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Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Inscriptions on the left wall of Narrow Canyon at foot of Cataract Canyon, now beneath Lake Powell: Hyde 1928, Powell Expedition, Eddy Expedition 1927, and Nevills Expedition 1938.

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Title Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Inscriptions on the left wall of Narrow Canyon at foot of Cataract Canyon, now beneath Lake Powell: Hyde 1928, Powell Expedition, Eddy Expedition 1927, and Nevills Expedition 1938.
Photo Number P0341n02_08_14
Description Photo showing a wall in Narrow Canyon, just below Cataract Canyon, with several inscriptions by various parties that passed this way. Members of the Nevills Expedition of 1938 added their names and the date, July 2, 1938, when they arrived
Date 1938-06-23; 1938-06-24; 1938-06-25; 1938-06-26; 1938-06-27; 1938-06-28; 1938-06-29; 1938-06-30; 1938-07-01; 1938-07-02
Textual Date June 23-July 2, 1938
Keywords Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Cataract Canyon (Wayne County-San Juan County, Utah); Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah); Narrow Canyon (Arizona); Canyons; Inscriptions; River registers; Hyde, Glen, d. 1928; Hyde; Bessie, d. 1928; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Eddy, Clyde, 1889-1954; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Fluvial landforms; Talus (Geology)
Subject Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Inscriptions--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Narrow Canyon (San Juan County, Utah); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); San Juan County (Utah)
Latitude 37.8775
Longitude -110.293889
Additional Information The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hyde were killed after reaching below the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon. Bessie Hyde was the first and only woman to make an attempt prior to the Nevills expedition. The inscription is now under the high water mark of Lake Powell
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17126/
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Donated By/Purchased From Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988.
Rights
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6vm53w8
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1341916
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vm53w8
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