Title |
Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Sixty-five feet above the river on portage job in Cataract Canyon, left to right, Don Harris, Gene Atkinson, and Norm Nevills. |
Photo Number |
P0341n02_09_15 |
Description |
Photo shows one of the boats of … the 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition, led by Norm Nevills, being portaged around a rapid in Cataract Canyon, Utah |
Date |
1938-06-20; 1938-08-01 |
Textual Date |
June 20-August 1, 1938 |
Keywords |
Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Cataract Canyon (Wayne County-San Juan County, Utah); Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah); Men; Atkinson, W. Eugene; Zoologists; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Scouts and guides; River guides; Harris, (LaPhene) Don, 1911-2004; Boatmen; Cigarettes; Smoking; Pith helmets; Canyons; Rivers; Rapids; Fluvial landforms; Portages |
Subject |
Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Wooden boats--Photographs; Cataract Canyon (Utah)--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Cataract Canyon (Wayne County-San Juan County, Utah); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |
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. They reached the top of Cataract Canyon on June 23 and reached the bottom on July 2 |
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 |
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Type |
Image |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6j39j5s |
Setname |
uum_map_rr |
ID |
1342246 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j39j5s |