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Show 28 K011 his ( second secoild ) expedition , ) his boats and supplies were shipped by rail to ( Greenriver Greciii-iVer GreciiiiVer ) , Utah . . Ile did Inot launch his boats at Greenriver , , but ( hauled hatiled ) them overland via ( Hanksville 11anksville ) , Utah , and launched them on the Colorado River at Crescent Creek . . ( Edwards Abs . R . Vol . 1 , pp . ( 555-55G 55555G 555-0-56 ) ) . In 1890 when ( he lie ) was engaged in placer mining in Glen Canyon , ( he lie ) shipped a big launch to Flagstaff by rail and ( thence theiice ) ( overland ove-i-land oveiland ) to Lees Ferry and had it and three other boats rowed and towed upstream to ( Kite Hite ) . ( McDonald , Abs . R . Vol . 1 , p . 611 . . ) ( Iii In ) 1899 when ( he lie ) was constructing a large dredge on the Colorado River , ( he lie ) actually built a road in to the river and hauled tons of machinery to the river overland from ( Greenriver Gve-enriver Gveenriver ) , Utah . ( McDonald , Abs . R . Vol . 1 , p . 611 . ) Stanton knew the rivers in Utah from experience , and his failure to use them for transportation leads to but one ( conclusion-not conclusionnot ) navigable . ( Small Sniall ) boats and rafts on the Grand ( Colorado ) River Information concerning ( any aiiy ) early navigation upon the Grand is meager . . Freeman records Samuel Adams ( traveled trtiveled ) the Grand River in 1869 . ( "The The ) Colorado ( River" River ) ( ( Compl Cornpl ) . . Exh . 81 , Chapter IX , p . 201 ) . Kendrick surveyed ( Stanton's Stantons ) Railroad from Grand Junction , Colo , to the Junction with the Green ( River Ri-Xrer RiXrer ) in 1889 . ( "The The ) Colorado River " ( Compl . . Exh . 81 , , p . 294 ) . * ' |