A slip (also sometimes called a scoop, scraper, or road scraper) was the common implement for moving dirt when doing such things as digging ponds or making fills where large volumes of dirt were needed.
RIO GRANDE. The Rio Grande rises in Rio Grande National Forest, San Juan County, Colorado (at 37Â°47' N, 107Â°32' W), as a clear, spring and snow-fed mountain stream 12,000 feet above sea level. Its origin is at the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains.
The Rio Grande (/ËriËoÊ ËÉ¡rÃ¦nd/ or /ËriËoÊ ËÉ¡rÉËndeÉª/; Spanish: RÃ­o Bravo del Norte, pronounced: [Ëri.o ËÎ²É¾aÎ²o Ã°el Ënorte] or simply RÃ­o Bravo) is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River).