The River Boats collection, P0063, contains black and white photographs of
early river craft used on the Green and Colorado Rivers between the towns of
Green River, Utah, and Moab, Utah. Also included are some photographs of freight
boats used during the brief mining boom on the San Juan River, ferry boats,
miscellaneous rowboats, and other riverboat-related images. The photographs
in the first seven folders grouped by the particular boat or company that operated
the boats, while those in the last folder are miscellaneous. This collection
was received some years ago in the Special Collections department, but no records
were kept of its provenance. In addition, when it was first processed the images
were put in folders with no real relation to their chronology. Accordingly,
in 2002, the collection was re-processed, the images were rearranged in chronological
order, and renumbered. Included in this box will be a copy of an article in
the CANYON LEGACY, vol. 1 n. 5, "A Foolhardy Undertaking: Utah's Pioneer
Steamboaters," which recounts the history of most of these crafts. A detailed
inventory of these photographs is available at Photograph
Register P0063.