While doing some work for the National Park Service last week at Island Park in Dinosaur National Monument, I happened to meet up with a retired gentleman named Ron Hatch. He lives in Vernal, but said he was born in Jensen. As a kid, he said he helped his father with their livestock operation near Island Park, giving him a chance to get to know the Rupert family. I asked him if he knew of the ferry in Island Park at the Rupert Ranch and he said he did. His impression of the ferry there was that it was used mainly by the Rupert family to cross the Green River with their farm equipment and harvest hay on river left (looking downstream) in the "lower meadow." The hay would be fashioned into bales and transported back across the river to the ranch where it was used to feed livestock during winter. I asked Ron if he knew how long the ferry was in operation but he said he did not know.
Categories: Green River