Why is it called the Dirty Devil river?

The name Dirty Devil tells it all. John Wesley Powell passed by the mouth of this stream on his historic exploration of the Colorado River. When someone asked whether it was a trout stream, a boatman shouted back, No she is a dirty devil, and the river has been known by that name ever since.



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