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If We Had a Boat : Green River Explorers, Adventurers, and Runners Bonneville Books
author
:
Webb, Roy.
publisher
:
University of Utah Press
isbn10 | asin
:
087480261X
print isbn13
:
9780874802610
ebook isbn13
:
9780585160146
language
:
English
subject
Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Description and travel, Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah)--Description and travel, Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--History, Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah)--History.
publication date
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1986
lcc
:
F767.G7W43 1986eb
ddc
:
979.2/21
subject
:
Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Description and travel, Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah)--Description and travel, Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--History, Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah)--History.
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If We Had a Boat
Green River Explorers Adventurers And Runners
by Roy Webb
University of Utah Press Salt Lake City
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Copyright 1986 by the University of Utah Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First paperback edition 1996
Cover photograph courtesy of University of Utah Marriott Library, S. J. Quinney Collection.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Webb, Roy D. If we had a boat.
(Bonneville books) Bibliography: p. Includes index.
1. Green River (Wyo.-Utah)Description and travel. 2. Green River Valley (Wyo.-Colo.)Description and travel. 3. Green River (Wyo.-Colo.)History. 4. Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah)History. I. Title. F767.G7W43 1986 979.2'21 86-15846 ISBN 0-87480-261-X
Photograph Credits:
Photographs on pages 12, 16, 30, 59, 65, 128 courtesy of Dinosaur National Monument, Department of the Interior, National Park Service; on pages 38 (Angus M. Woodbury papers), 70 (by E. O. Beaman), 85 (Utah Power and Light Co. papers), 116 (Ray DeSpain papers), 120 (Utah Power and Light Co. papers), 131 (Upper Colorado Grass Roots, Inc.) courtesy of Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah; on pages 94 (Kolb photo collection) and 138 courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region; on page 24 courtesy of Leo C. Thorne; on page 40 taken from William L. Manly, Death Valley in '49; on page 72 (by E. O. Beaman) courtesy of Sweet-water County Historical Museum, Green River, Wyoming; on page 148 courtesy of Don Hatch; on page 151 courtesy of P. T. Reilly
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TO BECCI whose unfailing love and encouragement made this book possible
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
3
1River, Rapids, and Canyons
7
2Down the Seeds-ke-dee
19
3If We Had a Boat
33
4Powell Surveys the River
49
5The Second Colorado River Exploring Expedition
69
6Revolution on the River
83
7New Faces, New Ideas
103
8Surveyors and Dam Builders
123
9Making a Living
143
Tailwaves
159
Notes
165
Bibliography
177
Index
187
Page viii
Illustrations
Whirlpool Canyon
12
Island Park
16
Rainbow Park
16
Red Canyon
24
Browns Park
30
Entrance to Flaming Gorge
38
Manly and crew in Red Canyon
40
Gates of Lodore
59
Split Mountain
65
Start of John Wesley Powell's Second Expedition
70
Jake Fields's Store, 1871
72
Linwood, Utah, 1917
85
Tense moment in Ashley Falls for Emery Kolb
94
Bernard and Genevieve DeColmont
116
Jensen, Utah, 1917
120
Aerial view, Echo Park
128
Echo Park Dam Pamphlet
131
Bureau of Reclamation surveyor at Flaming Gorge damsite
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