Appendix
The parties who have made extended voyages through one or more of the canyons of the Green and Colorado rivers, and the order of their leaving, according to Dellenbaugh, are as follows:
Major J. W. Powell left Green River, Wyoming, May 24, 1869; arrived at the Virgin River with five of his party, six in all, Aug. 30, 1869—was met there by some Mormons who had been ordered to be on the lookout by Brigham Young. The party were distributed as follows:
The boats:
1. Emma Dean. J. W. Powell, John C. Sumner, Wm. H. Dunn.
2. Kitty Clyde’s Sister. Walter Powell, G. Y. Bradley.
3. No Name. O. G. Howland, Seneca Howland, Frank Goodman.
4. Maid of the Canyon. Wm. R. Hawkins, Andrew Hall.
Notes. F. Goodman left the party at the Mouth of the Uinta. The No Name was wrecked in Lodore Canyon. O. G. Howland, Seneca Howland, and Wm. H. Dunn left the party when about twenty-five miles from the mouth of the Grand Canyon, and were killed by the Shewits Utes near Mt. Dellenbaugh. Sumner and Hall went on down to the Gulf of California.
The second Powell expedition left Green River, Wyoming, May 22, 1871, taking advantage of the high water, which is desirable on the Green River. They arrived at the Mouth of the Paria, Oct. 22, 1871. Starting again from the Paria (Lee’s Ferry) Aug. 17, 1872, they passed through Marble Canyon and nearly 100 miles of the Grand Canyon, reaching the mouth of Kanab Canyon Saturday, Sept. 7, 1872. Here the voyage was discontinued on account of high water, rising higher each day. The crews of this party were distributed as follows:
1871.
1. Emma Dean. J. W. Powell, S. V. Jones, F. S. Dellenbaugh, J. K. Hilliers.
2. Nellie Powell. A. H. Thompson, John F. Steward, F. M. Bishop, F. C. A. Richardson.
3. Canonita. E. O. Beaman, W. Clement Powell, Andrew C. Hatton.
Notes. Richardson left in Brown’s Park; Beaman, Steward, and Bishop at the end of the first season. The boats had been badly pounded, the Nellie Powell very much so, and she was left at Lee’s Ferry. The party proceeded as follows:
1872.
1. Emma Dean. J. W. Powell, S. V. Jones, F. S. Dellenbaugh, J. K. Hilliers.
2. Canonita. A. H. Thompson, W. Clement Powell, A. C. Hatton.
H. M. Hook with fifteen miners in crude boats left Green River, Wyoming, June 1, 1869. H. M. Hook and one other were drowned in Red Canyon, and the expedition was abandoned.
Earlier parties to attempt descent: 1825—Wm. H. Ashley and party to Brown’s Park. 1849—Wm. L. Manly and party to Uintah Valley. The name D. Julien, Mai 1836, occurs carved in the walls in Labyrinth Canyon, and again in Cataract Canyon. No further record at present.
Brown-Stanton
This expedition left Blake (Green River, Utah) May 25, 1889, 16 men with 6 boats (very light). The entire party was Frank M. Brown, chief, Robert Brewster Stanton, chief engineer, John Hislop, C. W. Potter, T. P. Rigney, E. A. Reynolds, J. H. Hughes, W. H. Bush, Edward Coe, Edward ——, Peter Hansborough, Henry Richards, G. W. Gibson, Charles Porter, F. A. Nims, T. C. Terry.
Notes. Brown, Hansborough, and Richards were drowned in Marble Canyon. The expedition was temporarily abandoned in lower Marble Canyon. Hughes, Terry, and Rigney left at Glen Canyon, Reynolds left at Lee’s Ferry, and Harry McDonald joined the party.
Stanton
Stanton re-outfitted with heavy boats, 22 feet long, and began the second trip in Glen Canyon. This party included R. B. Stanton, Langdon Gibson, Harry McDonald, Elmer Kane, John Hislop, F. A. Nims, Reginald Travers, W. H. Edwards, A. B. Twining, H. G. Ballard, L. G. Brown, and James Hogue. They entered the head of Marble Canyon Dec. 28, 1889, and finished at tide water in the Gulf of California, Apr. 26, 1890. One boat wrecked in the Grand Canyon. Purpose of trip, survey for a railroad.
Notes. Nims had a fall in Marble Canyon, which broke his leg. He was taken out over a 1700-foot wall and carried over the plateau to a point where he could be hauled out by wagon. McDonald left the expedition near the upper end of the Grand Canyon, Hogue and one other left at Diamond Creek.
Galloway
Nathan Galloway left Green River, Wyoming, in the autumn of 1895 and went to Lee’s Ferry. Late in 1896 N. Galloway and Wm. Richmond left Henry’s Fork, Wyoming, and reached Needles, Feb. 10, 1897. Galloway passed down as far as the Uintah Valley five times, and through Desolation and Gray canyons seven times, through Cataract three times, and the Grand Canyon, once before making the trip with Julius F. Stone. Galloway was a trapper.
Flavell
On Aug. 27, 1896, George F. Flavell and one companion, name unknown, started from Green River, Wyoming, and went to Yuma, Arizona, which was reached Dec. 1896. They had one boat; flat-bottomed. Little is known about this expedition. Prospector or trapper?
Russell-Monnette
Charles S. Russell, E. R. Monnette, and Bert Loper, in three steel boats, left Blake (Green River), Utah, Sept. 20, 1907. Russell and Monnette reached Needles in Feb. 1908 with one boat. Purpose, prospecting.
Notes. Loper’s boat was punctured in the lower end of Cataract Canyon, and he held up to repair while the others continued to prospect as far as Lee’s Ferry. After a long wait they proceeded with the trip. Loper arrived shortly after, but discontinued the trip when he found he was left behind. A second boat was lost in the Hance Rapid. The third boat was torn away from them, while lining it in the Hermit Creek Rapid. They climbed the granite, and followed a trail which took them to the camp of L. Bouchre, a prospector. The boat was found the next day with three holes in its side, in a whirlpool five miles below the Hermit Creek Rapid. The boat was repaired and the voyage completed to Needles.
Stone
Julius F. Stone of Columbus, Ohio, accompanied by Nathan T. Galloway, Chas. S. Sharp, S. S. Denbeudorff, and R. A. Cogswell (Photographer), outfitted with four flat-bottomed boats, left Green River, Wyoming, Sept. 12, 1909, and reached Needles Nov. 15, 1909, with all boats in good condition, and with the remarkable record for Stone and Galloway of having brought their two boats through without an upset.
Notes. Sharp discontinued the trip at Glen Canyon, and one boat was left at this place. Purpose, photographic exploration.
Kolb
On Sept. 8, 1911, Emery C. Kolb, James Fagin, and Ellsworth L. Kolb, outfitted with two flat-bottomed boats, left Green River and arrived at Bright Angel Trail, Nov. 16, 1911. James Fagin left the party at the mouth of Lodore Canyon. On Dec. 19, Herbert Lauzon joined the party at the Grand Canyon for the trip to Needles; Ernest V. Kolb was taken along for a twenty-five mile ride to the end of the Bass Trail. Lauzon finished the trip at Needles with the Kolb brothers, Jan. 18, 1912. Purpose, moving pictures and photographs. In May, 1913, E. L. Kolb made the trip from Needles to the Gulf, travelling on the high water and making the 400-mile run in 8 days.