Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

158 BEYOND THE WEST.
The navigation of the Colorado above E1 Dorado
Canon has only been attempted (excepting by Ives)
since the Mormon trade began to attract attention
and to assume importance. It has been ascertained
by trial that steamboats may ascend at all seasons to
a point 100 miles north of Ilardyville, and less than
400 miles from Great Salt Like City, by a road over
which goods may be hauled without difficulty. At
this point upon the river, a town named Callville is
just begun. It will be the depot for Utah, and of
course more convenient than Hardyville. Callvillf
is but a little more than 100 miles south of St. George,
a thrifty Mormon town close upon the Arizona line,
if not within the Territory, and from which place, and
the fertile district about it, supplies of cheese, but ter, vegetables and fruit, have already found their
way to the mining districts of El Dorado Canon, Hardyville and Mojave.
The Colorado is the largest river between the Mississippi and the Pacific, and the only navigable stream
in Arizona. Its position between the Territory and
California, its connection with the Gulf anid the Pacific, the vast mineral wealth of its banks, and the
important trade of Arizona and Utah, make it a most
valuable highway, and one to the navigation of which
careful attention should be given. With a constantly changing channel, a swift current, and a bed of
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