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Doris Drown Nevills and her daughters Sandra and Joan next to an oil rig ready for transport, Mexican Hat, Utah.

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Title Doris Drown Nevills and her daughters Sandra and Joan next to an oil rig ready for transport, Mexican Hat, Utah.
Photo Number P0341n01_23_02
Description Photo shows Doris Drown Nevills (wife of Norm) and her daughters Sandra and Joan next to an oil rig ready for transport, Mexican Hat, Utah
Keywords Nevills, Doris Drown, 1914-1949; Nevills, Sandra, 1941-; Nevills, Joan, 1936-; Camps (temporary settlements); Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Petroleum industry; San Juan oil field; Oil fields; Oil well drilling rigs; Families; Mothers; Daughters; Siblings; Sisters; Women; Girls; Trucks; Flatbed trucks; Cargo vehicles; General Motors trucks
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil well drilling rigs--Photographs; Nevills, Doris Drown, 1914-1949--Photographs; Neville family--Photographs
Additional Information William Nevills came to Mexican Hat in the 1920s to work in the San Juan oil field. His son Norman joined him in 1928. The oil boom didn't last and the family turned to other work to make a living. They turned their former oil camp into a tourist inn, and it eventually became the headquarters for Norm's river-running operation, Nevill Expeditions
Spatial Coverage Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Latitude 37.15
Longitude -109.85
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
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
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
ARK ark:/87278/s6mp5ttk
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327691
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mp5ttk
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