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Norman D. Nevills' 1940 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Painting the road sign at Camp Necessity.

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Title Norman D. Nevills' 1940 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Painting the road sign at Camp Necessity.
Photo Number P0341n02_18_03
Description Photo shows Norm Nevills adding an inscription to a canyon wall during the Green and Colorado Rivers expedition of July-August 1940. Notice his inscription from a previous expedition in June 1940
Date 1940-07; 1940-08
Textual Date July 11-August 22, 1940
Keywords Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Boatmen; Scouts and guides; River guides; Men; San Juan River (Colorado-Utah); Rivers; Fluvial landforms; Camp Necessity (San Juan River, Utah); Campsites; Inscriptions; River registers
Subject Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Inscriptions--Photographs; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949--Photographs
Spatial Coverage San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)
Latitude 37.179722
Longitude -110.900833
Additional Information The expedition started at the Green River, Utah, on July 11, 1940 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 22, 1940. Members of the expedition were Norm Nevills, Doris Nevills, Del Reed, Mildred Baker, Ann Rosner, John Southworth, Dr. Hugh Cutler, Charles Larabee, and Barry Goldwater in 3 boats, "Mexican Hat II," "WEN" and "Joan" each 16 feet long by 3 feet wide.
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/s60c5md1
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1342583
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60c5md1
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