There are at least 2 historic ferry boats left in Utah that are rotting/rusting away and need to be preserved. The first is the old wooden ferry boat at the upper Alhandra Crossing on the Green River—it is resting in the river and only the redwood internal framework of the Read more…
Our interview came out in the Santa Fe New Mexican today. Written by John Knoll, it is a pretty accurate article of our interview. (Of course, being interviewed at a coffee shop resulted in me being pumped up on caffeine. I remember flailing my arms around trying to get a Read more…
The old roadway into the Ruple Ranch Ferry crossing, as seen on Google Earth, is a distinct route leading from the river up and over the small saddle to the south (river left). But how the route could remain so distinct was a mystery until recently. The old roadway is inaccessible by any type Read more…
Oral History about the Ouray, Utah, ferry across the Green River, as told to Bryan Brown on 29 April 2014 by Mark Hall, a 67-year-old resident of Salt Lake City (phone 801.722.8326).Mark’s grandfather was named Mark Moroni Hall (ca. 1898 – 1972) and he was a sheep rancher in the Read more…
The Lake Powell ferry crossing from Bullfrog to Hall’s Crossing was closed during most of 2014 due to budgetary constraints, but is open for business in 2015. The news release below is from the Utah Department of Transportation, which operates the ferry.State Route 276 runs through the Glen Canyon National Read more…