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Show 797 from Hanksville down that was then know as Crescent Creek, to its mouth of that creek on the Colorado River. Crescent Creek is the same thing as North Wash, its mouth being located about five or six miles up the river above Hite, Utah. These was a wagon road from Greenriver in to Hanksville. The country was a semi- arid, dry country; no population. He recalls that the second or third night out from Greenriver, Utah, they made a dry camp because there was no water from the time they left the San Rafael River until they reached Hanksville. They carried water on the wagon in barrels. R. 1895- 1896. At that time Hanksville consisted of possibly four or five houses. From Hanksville they went to the head of Crescent Canyon [ North Wash] and down this canyon to the Colorado River, where they launched the boats. He believes the expedition started down the Colorado River December 6 or 7, 1889. The purpose of the expedition was to make a railway survey of a proposed railway, called the Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad, that had its original starting point from Denver and crossed the range [ Continental Divide] about where the Moffat Road is, down the Grand River [ Colorado] to the junction of the Grand and Green Rives, down the Colorado River to near Eldorado Canyon, and down across to San Diego, California. R. 1896- 1897. After they launched and loaded their boats at the mouth of Crescent Creek, they dropped down to Hite. Mr. Cass Hite lived there at that time. Then they continued on down to what is called Tickaboo Bar, where Mr. Stanton met some parties from Omaha who were there investigating |