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San Juan oil field, Rapley's old camp behind Mexican Hat Rock, Mexican Hat, Utah, December 1925.

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Title San Juan oil field, Rapley's old camp behind Mexican Hat Rock, Mexican Hat, Utah, December 1925.
Photo Number P0341n01_24_01
Description Photo shows San Juan oil field, Rapley's old camp behind Mexican Hat Rock, Mexican Hat, Utah, December 1925
Keywords Camps (temporary settlements); San Juan oil field; Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Petroleum industry; Oil fields; Valleys
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--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
Date 1925-12
Textual Date December 1925
Donated By/Purchased From Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988.
Rights
Type Image
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
ARK ark:/87278/s6n30ngk
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327736
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n30ngk
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