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Las Vegas Age
Las Vegas, Clark County, Lincoln County, Nevada
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Two daring boatmen, John Wetherill and Patrick Flattum, safely reached Rainbow Natural Bridge after a hazardous January 4 trip up the Colorado River from Lees Ferry. News arrived January 23 in Kayenta, Ariz., via a message delivered by an Indian runner to Mrs. Wetherill; they planned immediate return.
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KAYENTA. Ariz., Jan. 23 UP-.
Two daring boatmen who set out January 4 on a hazardous trip up the Colorado river have arrived safely at Rainbow Natural bridge. according to word received here today by Mrs. John Wetherill. wife of one of the men.
A hastily scrawled message was brought across the desert to the Wetherill home here by an Indian runner whom Wetherill and Patrick Flattum of Los Angeles. his companion. had met when they reached the bridge
Mrs. Wetherill went to Flagstaff today to inform backers of the venture that the men were safe and planned to start on the return trip down river to Lees Ferry, their starting point at once.
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Colorado River, Rainbow Natural Bridge, Kayenta, Ariz., Lees Ferry
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January 4 To January 23
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Two boatmen, John Wetherill and Patrick Flattum, embarked on a hazardous trip up the Colorado River on January 4 and safely arrived at Rainbow Natural Bridge. A scrawled message was delivered by an Indian runner, informing Mrs. Wetherill. The men planned to return downriver to Lees Ferry immediately.