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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