The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
STATE NEWS
TRAVELS THROUGH
PERILS OF DEATH
Veteran Guide Visits Utah Bring
ing Marvellous Tales of Great
Daring.

Salt Lake, Jan. Nathan Gallo.
way. seteran river guide and rough
country scout. Is in Salt Lake. bringing
with him marvellous tale OF dis
tances through the Grand canyon OF
the Colorado. He is the only man
who over went down the Colorado
river twice and is alive TO tell 1t. 9th
ers who made the second attempt as
well as many who made the first,
paid the penalty of death for their
intreI,dlty.
Mr.. Galloway. who has lived in the
Vernal country Tor years, and whose
knowledge of river navigation Is more
extensive than that OF any other man
In the west, does not tell story OF
the glorious color OF the canyon, the
tints of its walls or the richness OF
the blending. but he tells OF hardships
and daring feats and long stretches
of water through hazardous canyons
made dangerous by rapids that dash
and eplash over the shadows and the
rocks
He made his first Trip through the
GranG canyon In 1898 with William
Richmond of Idaho. and eleven years
ago he planned for the second at
tempt. He was engaged by ]. f.
Stone. president OF the Central Ma
tional bank of Columbus. O, TO pilot
an expedition down the river. This
was eleven years ago. and every year
President Stone delayed the trip be-
cause of pressing business matters
Last summer. however. he asISedfGal.
loway to design boats Galloway went
to Detroit. superintended the building
ditlon
Start Dangerous Trip.
The party left Green River, Wyo,
September u, 1909 Besides Mr..
Stone and Pilot Galloway there were
r. A. Cogswell. California photog.
rapher. S. S. Doubendorff Of Myton.
Utah, and C. C. Sharp of Columbus
Sharp gave up the trip early and
Gidn't finish The party started out
with the Needles Cal. as the destlna-
ton. BY river it is nearly 1.40O miles
from Green River. Wyo. The first
canyon in the Green river, 100 miles
below the starting point, is Red can
yon, walled In for fifty miles and
marked by dangerous rapids. IL was
here that two young men from St.
Louis wore wrecked when they at
tempted the long trip
Ladore canyon, the next hazard Is
twenty-five miles long and the next
in succession Is Whirlpool canyon.
sixteen miles long. Split Mountain
canyon. seven miles long, follows, and
then, in order comes DeSolatIon can
yon, splitting the Uintah reservation
for elghty-five miles OF course. there
are long stretches Of unwalled river
between these canyons Emerging
from DeSolation canyon the party was
soon whiskcd into Gray canyon, just
above Green River, Utah. Following
past Green river on the stream of
that name, the party passed into the
Colorado. which Is formed by a juno
ton of the Green and Grand rivers
Down "HeIl's Half-Milc.'
The celebrated Cataract canyon.
sixty-fve miles long. is one of tho
most dangerous on the whole trip.
Here the wrecks of other boats were
found at the most risky rapids, known
as HellS Half Mile.
The Colorado river by this time is
a raging torrent. and the Dirty Devil
tlcth, empty luS llllO IL, uldhtS lHG
water murky The canyon ends six
miles above Dandy Crossing. OF Hito
PostofTice. aud few miles farther
down. the party passed Tlkabo bar,
where Major Stantons gold digging
venture Is still recalled by piles and
idle machinery
Glen canyon. l65 miles long. and
what is really the head Of the Grand
canyon. opens up below the Hoskinini
placer workings. and brings the DaYI-
gator out at Lees Ferry. The San
Juan river emptieS into Glen canyon
The walls are perpendicular and In
some places 1000 feet high Marble
canyon, next in order, 100 miles long.
brings the party right into the Grand
canyon of the Colorado, and for an
other 275 miles the river wends
through panorama of beauty, Near
the outlet of the Virgin river the
Grand canyon ends. and then such
small affairs as Black and Bounder
canyons intervene before Needles is
reached.
The party landed at Needles No
yember 10. 1909, after having spent
most of the two months and week
OH the river and traverslng a distance
by wator of nearly 400 miles
MIR. Galloway is going again when
the chance offers. and he will proba-
bly, shoot rapids through Colorado
river canyons until age has stiffened
his joints or until he can no longer
handle an oar.