George Flavell

George Flavell (HM1P0O)

Location: Green River, WY 82935 Sweetwater County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 31.435', W 109° 28.352'

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1896

Trapper, hunter, prospector, and tattoo artist - George Flavell and his passenger/partner Ramon Montez were the first men to float the "distance" of Green River, Wyoming to Needles, California primarily for the "adventure."

The two arrived in Green River in mid-August 1896, built their own boat - the Fanthon, and launched on August 27th, 1896. Far downstream in Yuma, Arizona, Flavell told a reporter the reasons for the journey, "First, for the adventure; second, to see what so few people have seen; third, to hunt and trap; fourth, to examine the perpendicular walls of rock for gold."

One of the major river controversies which remains today is whether it was actually George Flavell instead of Than Galloway who was the first to use the facing downstream method of running rivers and to build the newer style boats better suited for river travel.

In any event, Flavell's diary records running all the rapids except for 6 on the entire journey from Green River to the ocean. Regardless of who was "first", a new era of river running was at hand.
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Placed ByGreen River Greenbelt and City of Green River
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Date Added Monday, November 2nd, 2015 at 9:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 627441 N 4598045
Decimal Degrees41.52391667, -109.47253333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 31.435', W 109° 28.352'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 31' 26.1" N, 109° 28' 21.12" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 299 S Center, Green River WY 82935, US
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