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.
Rio Grande (disambiguation) (Redirected from Grande River) Rio Grande means big river in Spanish (RÃ­o Grande) and Portuguese (Rio Grande) and may refer to the Rio Grande in North America, or to other rivers, political divisions and other categories: 1 Rivers.