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Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Surveying rapids at Horn Creek Rapid.

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Title Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Surveying rapids at Horn Creek Rapid.
Photo Number P0341n02_06_26
Description Photo shows the members of the Nevills Expedition of 1938 surveying Horn Creek Rapids, three miles downstream from Bright Angel
Date 1938-07-22
Textual Date July 22, 1938
Keywords Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Colorado River (Utah); Rivers; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Boatmen; Scouts and guides; River guides; Rapids; Horn Creek Rapid; Grand Canyon (Arizona)
Subject Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Photographs; Rapids--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Horn Creek Rapids (Ariz.); Grand Canyon (Ariz.); Coconino County (Ariz.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Latitude 36.0995167
Longitude -112.1347811
Additional Information The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938. After a visit to the South Rim, where Emery Kolb joined them, the expedition left Bright Angel on July 22 and ran Horn Creek Rapid the same day
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.
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6j39j4b
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1341833
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j39j4b
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