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Show Kolb- D 864 A No sir, didn't make any notes at all of that trip from Cisco down. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Now, When you arrived at Moab, do you recall what date you arrived at Moab? A No, I haven't got any record of that date. " Left Delta August 18th. We camped at White ( West) Water, twelve miles above Grand Junction; the second night we camped at the head of this canyon,"-- West Water Canyon. We took two days to go through; that would be four days from the 16th, August 18th, and we didn't take over three days from Cisco down to Moab. About the 25th of August, 1916. Q Now, on your arrival at Moab, what did you do with your canoe? A We shipped it back by automobile truck. Q To where? A Is it Thompson or Thistle? It is one station or the other. To the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the nearest point. Q Thompson. A Thompson; and from there the boat was shipped to Glenwood Springs, or above Glenwood Springs, to the mouth of Eagle (?) river. Mr. Shields, who was a cattle man, didn't like rapids; he was anxious to get away; he left me. Bert Loper joined me, and we made the run down the 2834 |
