Historic Utilization of Paria River BY P . T. REILLY
In 1912 the American Placer Corporation drove cottonwood pilings across a wash in Paria Canyon in an attempt to halt erosion. Photograph courtesy A. C. Waller.
of Bryce Canyon National Park, the Paria River courses generally south-southeast through Utah and Arizona to join the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry. The United States Geological Survey defines the area drained as 1,570 square miles. The stream's JLXEADING BENEATH T H E RIM
Mr. Reilly of Sun City, Arizona, has contributed a number of articles and reviews to the Quarterly on the Colorado River and southern Utah topics.
