NOTE ON THE AUTHOR’S ITINERARY IN THE 
BASIN OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND 
ADJACENT TERRITORY 
(Except where otherwise stated journeys were on horseback.) 
1871— By boat from the Union Pacific Railway crossing of 
Green River, down the Green and Colorado to the mouth of 
the Paria, Lee’s Ferry. Numerous side trips on foot. Lee’s 
Ferry to House Rock Valley, and across north end of the 
Kaibab Plateau to the village of Kanab, 
1872— Kanab to House Rock Valley and Paria Plateau. 
To Kanab. To southern part of Kaibab Plateau. To Kanab 
via Shinumo Canyon and Kanab Canyon. To Pipe Spring. 
To the Uinkaret Mountains and the Grand Canyon at the foot 
of the Toroweap Valley. To Berry Spring near St. George, 
along the edge of the Hurricane Ledge. To the Uinkaret 
Mountains via Diamond Butte. To the bottom of the Grand 
Canyon at the foot of the Toroweap. To Berry Spring via 
Diamond Butte and along the foot of the Hurricane Ledge. 
To St. George. To the Virgen Mountains and summit of Mt. 
Bangs. To Kanab via St. George. To the Aquarius Plateau 
via Potato Valley. To and across the Henry Mountains. To 
the Colorado at the mouth of Fremont River. By boat to the 
mouth of the Paria. To Kanab and return across the Kaibab. 
By boat down the Colorado to the mouth of the Kanab. To 
Kanab via the Kanab Canyon. To the Uinkaret Mountains. 
To Kanab via Pipe Spring. 
1873— To Salt Lake City, via Long Valley and the Sevier 
River. 
1875—To terminus of Utah Southern Railway, about at 
Spanish Forks, by rail. To Kanab via Sevier River and Upper 
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