by James M Aton
Utah State University Press, 2000
Paper: 978-0-87421-403-1 | eISBN: 978-0-87421-397-3
Library of Congress Classification GF504.S35A76 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification 304.20976259

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
 The authors recount twelve millennia of history along the lower San Juan River, much of it the story of mostly unsuccessful human attempts to make a living from the river's arid and fickle environment. From the Anasazi to government dam builders, from Navajo to Mormon herders and farmers, from scientific explorers to busted miners, the San Juan has attracted more attention and fueled more hopes than such a remote, unpromising, and muddy stream would seem to merit.