40 THE GREEN RIVER AND ITS UTILIZATION
<br />were pritected by oak strips running lengthwise. Three men
<br />eluding the boatman, rode on each of the ]acre boa asd erode
<br />small one. The passengers sat on the hatches. Aft ,,
<br />tion on names
<br />he boats
<br />namesr Utah, Tyrim,1 g, andtCo
<br />men, with t
<br />were chosen and painted on the respective boats.
<br />Personnel - %lost of the party assembled early in July,:
<br />and made camp on Scotts Bottoms, a few miles below the to
<br />Green River,W o. K. W. Trimble, the topographic. engineer,
<br />charge; J. B. Reeside, jr., was geologist; Ralf R. Woolley was hyd::
<br />engineer and recorder; H. L. Stoner represented the Utah Pow
<br />Light Cu., which was cooperating in the work; Albert Loper, a,
<br />of many years' experience. along the Colorado River, was head
<br />man; L. B. Lint and H. E. Blake were rodmen-boatmen; and-_
<br />Clogston was cook. Preparations were finally completed to p
<br />on the morning of July 13, and the evening before was spen
<br />dinner entertainment, given in honor of the party by the Co
<br />Club of Green River. The "bon voyage" of the club had a _
<br />significant meaning to the members of the.party after listening-
<br />vivid tales of unsuccessful attempts to navigate the canyons byY
<br />adventurers.
<br />Green, Ricer to Flaming Gorge.-The barren waste land t
<br />which the stream lazily meanders grew somewhat monotonous
<br />time Flaming Gorge was reached. This monotony; hove -
<br />broken several times by small isolated ranches on one bank
<br />other of the stream. Some of these were abandoned, and at th
<br />the occupants were fighting gmadesperate ke a home At many, plat 4
<br />-other obstacles in an effort where the.
<br />stream sand bars kept the party guessing g as to channel was, and sometimes poor guesses bung the boats up
<br />where it was necessary for the boatmen to get out and wo '
<br />into deep water again. F
<br />- .--At Smith Ferri, about a mile above the mouth of Henrys
<br />preparations were made to begin -t-he--s--u--r-v- ey work, bee- atjse
<br />vey of the Flaming Gorge reservoir site made by the United'
<br />Bureau of Reclamation in 1914 had covered the river from
<br />site in Horseshoe Canyon up to the town of Green River, Rr
<br />e A, definite elevation was taken from the-
<br />F'faming =G?9
<br />Dent Geological Survey bevel-mark near ipmvcof?d, on HEn?
<br />and the mapPrngwork was done as the party proceeded drA
<br />.
<br />?r _ Dyer. From- ;Smith Ferry the river appears to drop into a
<br />the. Uinta Range, and this- ii f?OHbt die ??$rlCk" sgo i
<br />. M&kworth tB _ ' en si dd- the not'tf wall of ` laminb Cxo:
<br />its vivid hues of 1.4 browny and ocher, rises like a huge` _
<br />- otJemtt P. Bxckwsct?,?+? ? .
<br />- ? B?. T D, tits r?affiiv?a , =
<br />GREEN RIVER CAINYO 6 YI
<br />f11.eed. The gorge is just a mile long and forms a very impressive
<br />;,trance to the series of canyons below.
<br />Ho-sesh.oe Canyon.-Horseshoe Canyon, which immediately follows
<br />r;i:iJng Gorge, is a little less than 3 miles ]oil-. Through the Flam-
<br />;;. Gorge and Horseshoe Canyon boa elder trees are scattered along
<br />Cl, bank where the walls offer any footing and pine trees dot the
<br />:;apes, extending down to the water's edge. In places the solid rock
<br />VaPs are almost vertical and rise several hundred feet above the
<br />rrrr. The gray shades of the rock with the generous sprinkling of
<br />river and the river winding its way between the walls form a con-
<br />:,;:nth changing panorama.
<br />r-7irfisher Canyon.-From the mouth of Horseshoe Canyon the
<br />-:per in a sweeping bend changes its course from northwest to south-
<br />..z, as it passes through Neilson Flat and enters Kingfisher Canyon.
<br />i;is canyon is still the habitat of great numbers of kingfishers, and
<br />.:c name as applied to the canyon in 1869 by Major Powell remains
<br />Gen appropriate. The canyon is not much over a mile long and is
<br />aendcrfully beautiful. The river is like a placid lake, and the beau-
<br />hli}- colored canyon walls with their green trees clinging to the
<br />?'iy cs are perfectly reflected in.the river as in a huge mirror. Sheep
<br />Creek, a small crystal stream, empties into the Green from the west
<br />near the foot of the canyon, anpd about half a mile farther down the
<br />riper makes a sharp turn-to the left around Beehive Point. Here a
<br />number of posts on each bank and evidence of a trail indicate the
<br />]nation of an abandoned crossing of some sort. The small open
<br />area just below Beehive Point is called "Hideout Flat," and is said
<br />to Gave been at one time the retreat of cattle thieves.
<br />Red Canyon.-Many beaver slides and fresh deer tracks were
<br />noticed along the banks as the boats drifted through Hideout Flat
<br />a:,d into Red Canyon. Within the first 2 miles of this canyon four
<br />rapids were run, and in one of them the Uta.k was hung up for a few
<br />n ales on a boulder in midstream. About a quarter of a mile
<br />*1ow the fourth rapid Carter Creek comes in from the soutb, and
<br />.lyre. a camp was made-, -the rest of-.tbe-day--being taken _tc-survey = - _-
<br />{ tarter Creek Canyon and make some repairs of shoes and other
<br />Nouipment. Carter Creek flows in a rugged gorge with steep walls.
<br />Tne whole lower part of the canyon is filled with trees and brush,
<br />'"king it very difficult to traverse. The stream at the time of this
<br />t ;July 20, 1922) carried about 100. second-feet or more of clear
<br />"ter and was well stocked with mountain trout, as was demon-
<br />ated by the fisherman of the party, who caught 35 in a little more
<br />two hours before-dark
<br />Thus far the question of.drinking water had received ,no mod,
<br />lion, as the river water-had been fairly, clear?sud there.-vas MO
<br />tection to it, but ?otortns at .one place and another on the large
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