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 rises from south-central Colorado in the United States and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, it forms part of the MexicoâUnited States border.n English, Rio Grande is pronounced either /ËriËoÊ ËÉ¡raend/ ËÉ¡rÃ¦nd /or ËriËoÊ/ . ËÉ¡rÉËndeÉª because rio rÃ­o means River, in spanish The Phrase Rio grande river. Is Redundant, in mexico it is Known As rio RÃ­o Bravo or Rio, rÃ­o bravo (del norte bravo) meaning among other. things furious or agitated