from Green River, Wyoming, and went down in flat, bottomed boats to Lee Ferry.  September, 1896, they started again from Henry’s Fork, Wyoming, and went to the Needles reaching there February 10, 1897.  Since that time Galloway has made several successful descents.  In August, 1896, George F. Flavell and a companion left Green River, Wyoming, and successfully descended to Yuma in flat-bottomed boats, reaching there December, 1896.

In 1907, three miners, Charles Russell, E. R. Monett, and Albert Loper, with three steel boats each sixteen feet long, left Green River, Utah, September 20th, to make the descent.  Loper and one damaged boat were left at Hite near the mouth of Fremont river, while Russell and Monett proceeded.  In the beginning of the Grand Canyon they lost a boat, but with the remaining one after various disasters, they finally made their exit from the Grand Canyon, January 31, 1908.  Their boats of steel were about the most unsuitable of any ever put on the river.  They carried a copy of this volume all the way through and found it of value.

A view of the Grand Canyon may now be had without risk or discomfort of any kind, as the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway runs trains direct to Hotel Tovar at the very edge of the gorge at one of the grandest portions, opposite Bright Angel Creek.  There are several trails in this region leading down to the river besides the one from the hotel.  It is always a hard climb for those unaccustomed to mountaineering.  From the north, for any who are fond of camping, an interesting trip may be made from Modena on the Salt Lake to Los Angeles Railway via St. George to the Toroweap and the Kaibab country, though this is a matter of several weeks, and necessitates an outfit.

The Grand Canyon may be crossed at two points, Bright Angel Trail and Bass’s Trail, and the heights of the north rim gained in that manner though it is not an easy trip.

In a general way we have now traced the whole history of the discovery and exploration of this wonderful river, which after nearly four centuries still flings defiance at the puny efforts of man to cope with it, while its furious waters dash on through the long, lonely gorges, as untrammelled to-day as they were in the forgotten ages.  Those who approach it respectfully and reverently are treated not unkindly, but woe and disaster await all others.  The lesson of these pages is plain, and the author commends it to all who hereafter may be inspired to add their story to this Romance of the Colorado River.

Agreement made by Major Powell with men of his first expedition.  From a copy in the handwriting of one of the party.