More about Donald Worster

• 2018 - Worster Interview. Counterpunch.
• 1985 - Epilogue of "Rivers of Empire." Oxford Press.

Other sites with history content

• Grand Canyon History: Virtual Outings. Grand Canyon Historical Society.
• Letters Received by the Powell Survey 1869-1879. Illinois Wesleyan University. 
• www.farcountry.org
• www.riverguides.org

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SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL

• A storied land: Tiyo and the epic journey down the Colorado River. Hopkins.

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BOATMAN'S QUARTERLY REVIEW

• Kent Frost
• Ken Sleight

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CANYON LEGACY; MOAB MUSEUM

Canyon Legacy 01; Canyon Legacy 02; CanyonLegacy3; Canyon Legacy; Canyon Legacy 05; Canyon Legacy 06; Canyon Legacy 07; Canyon Legacy 08; Canyon Legacy 09; Canyon Legacy 10; Canyon Legacy 11; Canyon Legacy 12; Canyon Legacy 13; Canyon Legacy 14; Canyon Legacy 15; Canyon Legacy 16; Canyon Legacy 17; Canyon Legacy 18; Canyon Legacy 19; Canyon Legacy 20; Canyon Legacy 21; Canyon Legacy 22; Canyon Legacy 23; Canyon Legacy 24; Canyon Legacy 25; Canyon Legacy 26; Canyon Legacy 27; Canyon Legacy 28; Canyon Legacy 29; Canyon Legacy 30; Canyon Legacy 31; Canyon Legacy 32; Canyon Legacy 33; Canyon Legacy 34; Canyon Legacy 35; Canyon Legacy 36; Canyon Legacy 37; Canyon Legacy 38; Canyon Legacy 39; Canyon Legacy 40; Canyon Legacy 41; Canyon Legacy 42; Canyon Legacy 43; Canyon Legacy 44; Canyon Legacy 45; Canyon Legacy 46; Canyon Legacy 47; Canyon Legacy 48; Canyon Legacy 49; Canyon Legacy 50; Canyon Legacy 51; Canyon Legacy 52; Canyon Legacy 53; Canyon Legacy 54; Canyon Legacy 55; Canyon Legacy 56; Canyon Legacy 57; Canyon Legacy 58; Canyon Legacy 59; Canyon Legacy 60; Canyon Legacy 61; Canyon Legacy 62; Canyon Legacy 63; Canyon Legacy 64; Canyon Legacy 65; Canyon Legacy 66; Canyon Legacy 67; Canyon Legacy 68; Canyon Legacy 69; Canyon Legacy 70; Canyon Legacy 71; Canyon Legacy 72; Canyon Legacy 73; Canyon Legacy 74; Canyon Legacy 75; Canyon Legacy 76;

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DESERT MAGAZINE

Desert Magazine Archives

• History of the magazine. Wikipedia
• Archive at the University of Arizona
• Archive by Rocko

Our collection of Desert Magazine articles combined into one file

• Desert Magazine Article List & Desert Magazine Articles Combined

By Title: Our total collection of Desert Magizine articles

• 19-Days on Utah Trails 1949, Oct
• 19-Days on Utah Trails; 1949, Nov
• Dirty Devil River; 1943
• Dolores Rocks Where the River's Meet; 1950
• Down Utah's San Juan River; 1969
• Escalante When the Boats Would'nt Float; 1950
• Forgotten Trail of the Old West; 1950
• Glyph Hunters in Indian Country; 1946
• Grand Canyon Voyage; 1947
• Grand Canyon Voyage; 1948, Feb
• Grand Canyon Voyage; 1948, Jan
• Kelly of Capitol Reef; 1955
• On the Trail to Rainbow Bridge;1941
• Outlaw Trail of Robbers Roost; 1966
• Over the Top of Landscape Arch;1958
• Porcupine Rim; 1977
• San Rafael Swell When a Fortune Was a Drop in the Bucket; 1969
• Southern Utah's Guides; 1963
• The Hard Good Life at Robbers Roost; Baker; 1963
• The Water Was Rough in Cataract Canyon; 1958
• Trachyte Creek; 1977
• Utah's Canyonlands; 1967
• Utah's Incredible Arch of Stone; 1948
• Zeke Johnson's Natural Bridges; 1947

• 1950 - Forgotten trail of the Old West

Canyonlands National Park, Bridges National Monument, Bears Ears National Monument in San Juan County, Utah

• 1947 - Zeke Johnson's Natural Bridges
• 1949a - 19 days on Utah trails
• 1949b - 19 days on Utah trails
• 1958 - The water was rough in Cataract Canyon
• 1967 - Utah's Canyonlands
• 1969 - Down Utah's San Juan River

Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument, Capitol Reef National Park, San Rafael Swell, Dirty Devil river and Robber’s Roost

• 1943 - Dirty Devil River
• 1950 - Escalante River: When the boats wouldn't float
• 1955 - Kelly of Capitol Reef
• 1963 - The hard good life at Robbers Roost
• 1966 - Outlaw Trail of Robbers Roost
• 1969 - San Rafael Swell: When a fortune was a drop in the Bucket

Arches National Park, Dolores River, and Moab Area in Grand County, Utah

• 1948 - Utah's incredible arch of stone
• 1950 - Dolores River: Rocks where the rivers meet
• 1958 - Over the top of Landscape Arch
• 1977 - Porcupine Rim

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

• 1941 - On the trail to Rainbow Bridge
• 1946 - Glyph hunters in Indian Country
• 1977 - Trachyte Creek

Grand Canyon National Park

• 1947 - Grand Canyon voyage
• 1948a - Grand Canyon voyage
• 1948b - Grand Canyon Voyage
• 1956 - Mid-air Collision of Trans World Airlines and United Airlines near Little Colorado River confluence. Spamer.
• 2015 - Moab Local Residents Find Plane Wreckage During Grand Canyon Rafting Trip. Laura Haley for The Moab Times-Independent.
• 2024 - Too Numerous to Name: Noteworthy People of Grand Canyon, Arizona. Spammer.

Old Spanish Trail

• Forgotten Pathfinders along the North Branch of the Old Spanish Trail 1650 to 1850. Nelson 2016.

Outfitters List

• 1963 - Southern Utah's Guides and Outfitters

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THE RIVERBED CASE

It could be said that the Colorado Riverbed Case is the largest known oral history of the men and women who utilized the Colorado River basin in Utah prior to 1929. Paper documents of the Colorado Riverbed Case appear to be very rare and are known to be archived in institutions such as the Utah State Historical Society and the Utah State Archives.

• The Riverbed Case
  • 1931 - The Decree and Utah State Objections
  • 1930 - Riverbed Case Brief USA
  • 1929 - Riverbed Case Brief Utah
  • 1929 - Riverbed Case Brief USA
  • Testimony Abridged: Volume One with Table of Contents (searchable)
  • Testimony Abridged: Volume Two with Table of Contents (searchable)
• The link to the records at the Marriott Library, University of Utah is here: The Colorado Riverbed Case

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DAM SURVEYS OF US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

1921 - Green River UT to Lee's Ferry; Chenoweth Expedition

• Chenoweth short summary
• Chenoweth Report

1921 - San Juan River; Trimble Expedition

• Hugh Miser Reportf

1921 - Glen Canyon; Fowler Expedition

1922- Green River Wyoming to Utah; Woolley Expedition

• Woolley Report
• F. L. Page Report

1923 - Grand Canyon; Birdseye Expedition

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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION HISTORY

• Reclamation History Archive
• Historical Essays
• Large Federal Dams
• Reclamation: Brief History
• Reclamation History Volume 1
• Reclamation Selected Bibliography
• Floyd Dominy Interview
• Bumpy Road for Glen Canyon Dam. Bud Rusho.

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COLORADO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

• Click here to read a summary of early Colorado River surveys.
• 1930 - Historical and Physical Facts in Connection With the Colorado River and Lower Basin Development.
• 2011- The Colorado River; History, Issues and Solutions. Petrequin.

Upper Colorado River

• The River Bed Case (USA v Utah). The case is an exceptional oral history of the Colorado River running community in Utah.
• Click here to read an article about the Colorado Riverbed Case.
• The Decree and Utah State Objections
• Riverbed Case Brief USA 1929
• Riverbed Case Brief USA 1930
• Riverbed Case Brief Utah 1929
• Narrative Volume One with Table of Contents: Testimony of the river community
• Narrative Volume Two with Table of Contents: Testimony of the river community.
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• 1921 - Hearing to rename the Grand River to the Colorado River.
• 1961 - Hoskinini Papers (Glen Canyon). Stanton.
• 1964 - History SE Utah & No Arizona. Crampton.
• 1964 - Historic Sites of Canyonlands District. Crampton.
• 1972 - History of Cattle Grazing in Canyonlands. NPS.
• 1975 - Boating History of Upper Colorado, Green & San Juan (reduced). Crampton.
• 1975 - Boating History of Upper Colorado, Green & San Juan (optimized). Crampton.
• 1975 - Eugene C. LaRue. Walter Langbein.
• 1979 - History of Uintah Ouray Ute Lands. O'Neil.
• 1984 - History of Northeast Colorado. Bureau of Land Management.

Green River

• Click here to read article about Desolation Canyon.
• 1959 - History of the Flaming Gorge Area. University of Utah.
• 1985 - Beyond the Wasatch: The history of irrigation in the Uinta Basin and Upper Provo River area of Utah. Department of Interior.

Canyonlands (Southeast Utah Group)

• John Weisheit Collection @ Marriott Library. Univ. of Utah.
• History of Canyonlands National Park and Region
• Chronology of Canyonlands Region
• 1964 - History & Historical Sites of Cataract & Narow Canyons (reduced). Crampton.
• 1964 - History & Historical Sites of Cataract & Narrow Canyons (optimized). Crampton.
• 1980 - Cultural Resource Summary East Central Utah Moab District. Pierson.
• 1985 - Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
• 2008 - Canyonland NP Administrative History. Schmieding.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell)

• Click here to read article about protecting southeast Utah as a National Monument during The Great Depression.
• Click here to read an article about Rainbow Bridge and Navajo Mountain.
• Escalante National Monument History
• 1961 - Hoskaninni Papers: Mining in Glen Canyon. Cramption.
• 1964 - History & Historical Sites of Southeast Utah & Northern Arizona. Crampton.
• 1965 - Lake Powell: Jewel of the Colorado. Department of the Interior.
• 2001 - Administrative History: Rainbow Bridge
• 2008 - History to protect Glen Canyon as a national monument

San Juan River

• 1975 - Boating History of Upper Colorado, Green & San Juan (reduced). Crampton.
• 1975 - Boating History of Upper Colorado, Green & San Juan (optimized). Crampton.
• 1980 - History of Southwest Colorado. Bureau of Land Management.

• Celebrating Grand Canyon. Jeff Ingram.
• 1967 - Congressional testimony of Sierra Club (David Brower, Hugh Nash, Jeffrey Ingram) and Stephen Jett of the Navajo Nation.
• 1974 - Wooden Boats Plus Colorado Rapids Equals Adventure. Wallace; Smithsonian.
• 2000 - Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park.
• 2002 - Observations of Environmental Change in Grand Canyon. Webb.
• 2006 - Environmental History Kane and Two-Mile Ranches. Trudeau.
• 2008 - Legal History of Glen Canyon Dam Operations

Lower Colorado River

• 1920 - Problems of the Imperial Valley. Davis. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1946 - Harry Aleson and Georgie White Expedition. News clips from Boulder City News.
• 2003 - Cadillac Desert Revisisted (Central Arizona Project). Holland et al.
• 2011 - 100-year history of Imperial Irragation District
• History of the Central Arizona Project
• Photo history of Hoover Dam. Denver Post. (cache)

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HUMOR

The Stinky Desert Gazette & other similar publications

• Back issues. CPRG Website.

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MAGAZINES

• Click here to read a 1958 Arizona Highways magizine feature called "Flying the Colorado River."
• Click here to read a 1983 Sunset Magazine article called the "Mighty and Troubled Colorado."
• Water Resources Magazine. June, 1922.
• Desert Magazine Collection (since 1937)

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UTAH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

• History of Beaver County. Bradley.
• History of Box Elder County. Huchel.
• History of Cache County. Peterson.
• History of Carbon County. Watt.
• hHistory of Duschesne County. Barton.
• History of Emery County. Geary.
• History of Garfield County. Newell & Talbot.
• History of Grand County. Firmage.
• History of Juab County. Wilson.
• hHistory of Kane County. Bradley.
• History of Millard County. Lyman & Newell.
• History of Morgan County. Smith.
• History of Piute County. Newell.
• History of Rich County. Parson.
• History of Salt Lake County. Sillitoe.
• History of SanpeteCounty. Antrei & Roberts.
• History of Sevier County. Bishop.
• History of Summit County. Hampshire, Bradley & Roberts.
• History of Toole County. Blanthorn.
• History of Utah County. Holzapfel.
• History of Wasatch County. Embry.
• History of Wayne County. Murphy.
• History of Weber County. Roberts & Sadler.

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