The fall from the mouth of Gray C any0n to the city of
<br />River is 41 feet, or 3.73 ;f et to t1ie nine.
<br />OTHER EXPEDMON5
<br />Another voyage down the Green River from Green Riser, i
<br />to Greer. River, Utah, was made in August, 1926, by a party ca:
<br />ine of Webster B. Todd, of New York; M. Ogden West, of Chi
<br />F. LeMoyne. Page, of Pittsburgh; H. E. Blake, jr., of Monti
<br />Utah; and C. H. Hale, of Manila, Utah. This trip was made
<br />vacation outing with two of the boats used by the Geological Si
<br />party in 1922. One of theni lodged on a partly submerged ro
<br />midstream in the Canyon of Lodore and, after many hours of
<br />effort to dislodge it, was abandoned.
<br />Mr. Page "in describing this scene says:
<br />The high, confining malls which had seemed so beautiful aid grand
<br />or so before now almost drove me mad, * * * but I could see no 21
<br />tage in remaining there, hoping for some miracle to pull the boat off the
<br />She was on there, and on there to stay, and nothing short of a steel cayA
<br />plenty of rope to string across the rapids to hand-aver-sand it above tke
<br />out to the boat would get her off. So with heavy- hearts we broke our loaf
<br />in Lodore, the canyon which always seems to exact such heavy toll.
<br />When the party reached Jensen, Messrs, Page and Nest Ie
<br />The others continued to Green River, Utah, where the rernq
<br />boat was placed in storage, and the party disbanded.
<br />Below the town of Green River, Utah, many boat trips have.
<br />made on the river. The town is on a transcontinental re?i
<br />and is the most convenient starting place for all expedition=.'
<br />the Colorado River, into which the Green empties at a point
<br />117 miles below the town. It was also considered in then
<br />nineties a possible shipping point for the products of the''
<br />Galles, which lies along the Colorado River about 65 mile ups
<br />from the mouth of the Green. For this purpose, how ever, I
<br />contemplated that the two rivers between the two places shl-il
<br />used as a highway for freight and passenger boats. After ZN
<br />-- unsuccessful attempts. had been made to carry out this plfn
<br />the steamers The flndihe, major Powell, and Cliff Dwei}ernamed the City of Moab), appeal was made to Congress to.
<br />the streams for navigation. As a result of a provision i-, 16
<br />and harbor act of March 3,1909the channel conditions of `he
<br />between the towns of Green River and Moab were in-,6
<br />ead.; i unfavorable report was made by Assistant Enb reer
<br />gulches, of the Corps of Engineers of the War Department i.
<br />r
<br />rniwa States Bureau of Reclamation. made a r,
<br />includrrig the etaetch of the G tea River below Green R;4 ,
<br />rt aRue, a livdrau'ie e ; L
<br />m 1p1? and again in 1921 E. C.
<br />• PwsonstDDM=iC&tloa
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<br />i-,i;tod States Geological Survey, made studies of this stretch; in
<br />t! E. T. McKnight and S. S. Nye, geologists of the Geological
<br />?;. . I made a geologic examination of this portion of the stream:
<br />Ord in 192S W. G. Hoyt, a hydraulic engineer of the Geological
<br />ev, made additional investigations of the channel and other
<br />rhvsiographic conditions along the stream. Later in the fall of 1928
<br />)L. and Mrs. Glenn R. Hyde, seeking adventure, left Green River,
<br />?'!eh, to boat through the canyons of the Colorado, but they were
<br />i;,ver seen again after pusbing off from the foot of the El Tovar
<br />;; ftll.
<br />MAPS AND PROFILES
<br />Topograpliic maps and profiles based on instrumental surveys of the
<br />Green River from Green River, Wyo., to its mout.b, a-distance of 504.3
<br />are now ara']able, also a reconnaissance plan and profile of M
<br />:.!,es of the river above Fontenelle, Wyo., and standard topographic
<br />;zaps covering the beadwaters of the stream.
<br />The standard topographic maps are those of the Gros Ventre and
<br />Fremont Peak quadrangles, printed in three colors on a scale of 2
<br />ales to 1 inch, with a contour interval of 100 feet. These maps can
<br />i;e purchased from the Director, United States Geological Survey,
<br />0,ishington, D. C., at 10 cents each.
<br />The reconnaissance plan and profile of the 98 miles above Fontenelle
<br />consists of five sheets lettered A to E and shown on Plates I to Vin
<br />Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 396, obtainable from the
<br />Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, .Wash-
<br />inzton, D. C., for 50 cents. The horizontal scale is 2 inches to I mile,
<br />and the vertical scale is 40 feet to 1 inch. These are based on General
<br />l,nnd Office plats surveyed in 1909.
<br />The results of the work done by the Geological Survey party in 1922
<br />1)ubhshed on I6 sheets (10 plans, 6 profiles), lettered A to P. The
<br />"ale is 2 inches to 1 mile, with a contour interval of 30 feet on the
<br />1',d and 5 feet on the water surface. In addition to the topography
<br />"f the canyons and the location of the streams, the plans show all land
<br />dwelling houses, roads, and other artificial features. These
<br />`l<iis are obtainable from the Director, Lrnited States Geological
<br />?-vey• Washington, D. C., at 10 cents each, or $1.60 for the set.
<br />T1e plan and profile of the river below Green River, Utah, is pub-
<br />`L''Pd on 9 sheets (6_plans, 3 profiles), lettered A to I and shown as
<br />dates VIII to XXI of Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 396,
<br />r'',thizable as indicated above; _
<br />lshile the work was being done on the Green River in'1922 similar
<br />`0rl as done on the Yampa. River. Five sheets 3 lens 2 rofiles
<br />t
<br />o those of the Green River, slio t• the data 1'or the Ya -pa -t--
<br />om
<br />tpq 1th t0 & point i11 miles-lljl5traam..:T?IB_k are also obtainable
<br />the Direct .. 7?
<br />or of the ,.rated States Geological Survey at 10 Bents
<br />i 3-eet, or 50 cents-for- the set-
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