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 Read more…
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…
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…