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Show Baldwin- D 1188 Q Do you also remember a trip that was taken by Mr. Hoyt, the government engineer? A Yes sir. Q Did you have anything to go with furnishing the boats for that trip? A Yes sir; I met him at the mouth of the Green river, helped him get up the Colorado river to Moab. Q Did you have difficulty in coming up the river, with groundings? A Yes, several places we got stuck because of sandbars. Q Now, did you take a boat over and deliver it to Mr. Hoyt, near the mouth of the San Rafael? A Yes sir. Q Sir? A Yes sir. Q And how did you take that boat over? A On a truck. Q From where? A From Moab. Q Took it over to Greenriver? A To the town of Greenriver, and then down on the west side of Green river to the San Rafael. Q Was the boat launched there? A We couldn't get it to the river in the truck, by a mile; we thought we would put it in the San Rafael; thought enough 3160 |