Trail on the water.

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Trail on the water.

A story of the life and adventures of Bert Loper on the Colorado River, 1907-1949.

106 pp. : typescript carbon.

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Baker, Pearl Biddlecome

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Pearl Biddlecome Baker (1907-1992) researched and published a book about about the history of Robber's Roost titled, The Wild Bunch of Robbers Roost. Pearl Biddlecome Baker was born 5 August 1907 in Ferron, Utah. In 1909 her family moved to a ranch that included the notorious Robber's Roost in Southeastern Utah. Pearl and her husband bought this ranch after her father died in 1929, but her husband died soon after. She ran the ranch alone until she remarried in 1934. In 1...

Loper, Bert, 1869-1949

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Bert Loper was known as "The Grand Old Man of the Colorado" and was one of the best know early river runners. From the description of Albert (Bert) Loper and Rachel Jamison Loper papers. 1893-1975. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 213416361 Born in Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri; boatman on San Juan and Colorado Rivers and Colorado gold prospector. From the description of Colorado River boatman and gold prospector 1907? (Denver Public Library). Wor...