Headwaters
of the Green River
Pinedale, Wyoming
Headwaters of the Green River
at Pinedale, Wyoming. Courtesy of Pinedale Online www.pinedaleonline.com.
Vernal, Utah
Rial Chew's sheep crossing the
Green River on the ice. The Yampa River joins the Green at Vernal,
now visited because of its proximity to Dinosaur National Monument
and Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Photograph courtesy
of Uintah County Public Library.
Farmington,
New Mexico 
View of orchards near
Farmington, 1902. At the confluence of the La Plata, the Animas,
and the San Juan Rivers, Anasazi "basketmakers" lived in the area,
followed by Navajo, Jicarilla Apache, and Utes. Apple orchards became
an important crop in the early 1900s. Courtesy of Farmington Museum.
Page, Arizona
Looking over Lake Powell National Golf Course toward Glen Canyon
Dam and Lake Powell. Page's history is linked to construction of
the dam and its economy is now linked to tourism and recreational
boating, fishing, water and jet skiing. Photograph by Frank Talbott.
Courtesy of John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum
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Pinedale/Green
River/Rock Spring, Wyoming
Pinedale's past is linked with
fur trading and ranching. Green River and Rock Spring history is
linked with the expedition of J.W. Powell and industrial trona mining.
Photographs courtesy of Museum of the Mountain Man.
Grand
Junction, Colorado
Waiting for Water. Courtesy of
Grand Valley Water Users Collection, Museum of Western Colorado.
Glenwood
Springs
Named for its springs,
it served as a major point on the railroad and now thrives as
a tourist destination. Courtesy of Frontier Historical Museum,
Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Farmington,
New Mexico
Rafters floating down the Animas
River during Riverfest 1993. Photograph by Ron Behrman. Courtesy
of Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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