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<br />decided to make another descent if he could obtain financial aid l
<br />the Government. His second expedition left Green River,
<br />May 22, 1871. -'
<br />After Powell's second expedition it was apparently 20 years or i
<br />before other attempts were made to descend the canyons, but in
<br />the steam launch Major Powell, 3' 35 feet long, equipped with
<br />6-horsepower engines driving twin screws, was brought from Chicag
<br />way of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad to Green X
<br />Utah, and launched on the stream to ply between that town and M
<br />on the Colorado above the confluence of the two streams. A bra
<br />propeller screw resulted in the abandoment of this first attempt,
<br />another unsuccessful attempt was made the following year. Fit
<br />in 1893 the boat was taken down to the mouth of the Green and I
<br />Other steamboats were subsequently put on the river; the Un
<br />was the most pretentious, and she was wrecked trying to run upstr
<br />- - -on the Colorado River above Moab. Finally all thought of p
<br />steamboats on the lower Green was abandoned.
<br />GALLOWAY AND FLAVELL
<br />The next navigator to become prominently identified with the
<br />River canyons was Nathan Galloway, a hunter and trapper,
<br />the greatest the upper Colorado has ever known." " To him if
<br />the credit for designing the forerunner of the type of boat whi
<br />since come into general use as best suited -to the rough water;
<br />canyons. "While Galloway doubtless did some boating throu
<br />upper canyons previous to that date, his first extended river ti
<br />in 1895, when he left Green River, Wyo., and went through t
<br />Ferry." He repeated this trip, starting in September, 1896,-
<br />-partner, William Richmond, but instead of stopping at Lees
<br />--they-went to Needles, reaching there February 10, 1897. 'A
<br />month before this trip was started George F. Flavell, another ,t
<br />-and prospector, and a single companion pushed off from Green
<br />Wyo., and they arrived at Yuma in the following December.
<br />LOPER
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<br />In Member, lffa? prospecting expe?il`tlon-lefC salt
<br />Utah, in three steel boats each 16 feet long. The party con
<br />three men, one of whom was Albert Loper, who was with tbb
<br />logical Survey expeditions on the San Juan and Green Rivers:
<br />the summers of 1921 and 1922 respectively.
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<br />ence to his credit and a desire to obtain "a complete collection of
<br />photographs covering the whole Colorado Canyon series." Of the
<br />voyage, Freeman 34 writes:
<br />The voyage of the Stone party was a record-breaking performance in several
<br />respects. It was not only much the fastest trip ever made through the whole
<br />C_iorado Canyon series, but it was far ahead of any other passage in the number
<br />o' rapids run. The record for time still stands as the best ever made between
<br />G-een River, Wyo., and Needles; the Kolb brothers, two years later, made a
<br />s'ightly better record for rapids run. The arrival at Needles also marked the
<br />completion of Galloway's second voyage through all of the canyons, and to date
<br />oe is the only man to attain that distinction.
<br />HOLB BROTHERS
<br />The Kolb expedition which left Green River, Wyo., September 8,
<br />loll, was another photographic trip. The party as it left Green
<br />River comprised Ellsworth and Emery Kolb and it moving-picture
<br />assistant whom they called Jimmy. The trip was a complete success.
<br />Interesting pictures were obtained, the most notable of which were
<br />the motion pictures showing the thrilling experiences with the boats
<br />in the rapids and other features of the trip.'-'
<br />UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
<br />lotwithstanding the fact that each one of these canyon voyages -
<br />added something of one kind or another to the general fund of infor-
<br />mation, the need for accurate'survey data upon which to base a plan
<br />for the development of the Power and irrigation resources along the
<br />stream was not satisfied. ---
<br />Accordingly, a Geological Survey party was sent into the canyons
<br />during the summer of 1922 and made a complete topographic map and
<br />profile of the river from Green River, Wyo., to Green River, Utah,
<br />properly correlating the several isolated surveys of reservoir sites
<br />previously made by the Bureau of Reclamation and the survey of -
<br />Parts of Desolation and Gray Canyons made by the Utah Power &
<br />Li,-ht Co. The following condensed account of the trip gives some of
<br />the salient facts determined by this survey.
<br />The boats.-Three boats for this expedition were built in Wilming-
<br />ton, Calif., and shippe_ _bLxail to:Green River,,Wyo,_ -Two. of them- ___.
<br />Rere of the G floway type, 18 feet long and about 4% feet beam.
<br />The other one was 16 feet long and was similar in plan to a common
<br />flat-bottomed rowboat. All of them were decked over at each end,
<br />nth only an open cockpit in the center for the oarsman. The end
<br />epmP&rtments were equipped with'hatch covers which were fastened
<br />nth thumb nuts. These covers were made water-tight by lining the
<br />*o laxge tact edges with rubber., The r-awes o :the boats were oak, and the
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