Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-27 | Page 5 | Eddy-Frazier Party Exploring Colorado

FRAZIER EDDY EDD R PARTY EXPLORING COLORADO Utahn s Successfully Complete Third One-Third of f Perilous C Cruise use Down River Members of the he Frazier Eddy-Frazier expedition who left Salt Lake City July 17 IT to conquer er the perilous Colorado river by boat from Lees Lee's Ferry bridge to the Boulder dm dAni have been successful a a third of the way according according- to Information received here It was reported only minor b bruises were suffered by the eight men Headed by Clyde Eddy member of of ot the Explorers' Explorers club club New ew York York busi bust bustness business ness executive of and nd former Salt Laker and Dr Russell G G. Frazier sportsman physician of ot Bingham the party r reached ached Bright Angel Point inthe in inthe inthe the Grand canyon Thursday a distance distance distance dis dis- tance of miles and nd continued the journey at t sunrise Friday s The boatmen expect to make the remaining miles to the Boulder dam in three weeks Mr Eddy said before he departed from Salt Lake City that the trip the trip Is Js for the purpose of completing a pictorial pictorial pictorial pic pic- record begun by himself in 1927 to compile temperature records through the Grand canyon and to accumulate accumulate accumulate ac ac- ac- ac cumulate general geographical data concerning the river and canyon above the dam He said that archeological findings of unusual Interest intes in Vasey's Paradise Para Par disc dise 30 miles south of Lees Lee's Ferrybridge Ferrybridge Ferry Ferrybridge bridge had delayed the party from reaching Bright Angel Point earlier M Members of f the party placed a bronze pl plaque que at Separation Rapids where three members of Major Powells Powell's party left his expedition and were were killed by Indians The e Colorado is probably the thelow- thelow lowest lowest low low- est in its history now