Bishop Nevills, Mexican Hat, Utah, December 31, 1923.

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Title Bishop Nevills, Mexican Hat, Utah, December 31, 1923.
Photo Number P0341n01_23_05
Description Photo shows William E. Nevills at his oil camp near Mexican Hat, San Juan County, Utah, in 1923
Date 1923-12-31
Textual Date December 31, 1923
Keywords Nevills, William Eugene, d. 1941; Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Petroleum industry; San Juan oil field; Oil fields; Camps (temporary settlements); Oil field workers; Petroleum workers; Oil field roughnecks; Men; Automobiles; Washboards; Snow; Fedoras; Eyeglasses
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Nevills, William Eugene, d. 1941--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Latitude 37.15
Longitude -109.85
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
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
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/s69z9wfz
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327700
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69z9wfz
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