King of the Colorado : the story of Cass Hite : Utah's legendary explorer, prospector and pioneer
(Book)

Signed by author.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cass Hite was the man who: discovered Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument ; explored the wilderness of Glen Canyon and the San Juan River drainage ; lived among the Navajos as an adopted son of Chief Hoskininni ; found and named the Dandy Crossing of the Colorado River ; searched for The Lost Mitchell and Merrick Silver Mine in Monument Valley ; worked old Spanish gold mines along the Colorado River ; inspired the Glen canyon gold rush ; founded the town of Hite ; served time in prioson for killing a man in a classic old west gunfight ; buried the victims of the Indian fight at Soldier Crossing ; searched for The Lost Rhoades Mine and found gold in the Uintah Mountains ; became a high-roller socialite in Salt Lake City ; lived his golden years as a hermit in hidden Ticaboo Canyon ; sleeps forever beneath the water of Lake Powell.