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William E. Nevills, Mae Davies Nevills, Mrs. Bowen, Cardell Bowen, unidentified young woman, 2 unidentified young men, and Margaret Bowen.

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Title William E. Nevills, Mae Davies Nevills, Mrs. Bowen, Cardell Bowen, unidentified young woman, 2 unidentified young men, and Margaret Bowen.
Photo Number P0341n01_25_16
Description Photo shows several people, including William and Mae Nevills, outside a dwelling near Mexican Hat, Utah
Keywords Nevills, William Eugene, d. 1941; Nevills, Mae Davies; Bowen, Cardell, wife of; Bowen, Cardell; Bowen, Margaret; Men; Women; Families; Spouses; Husbands; Wives; Reading; Cowboy hats; Benches; Camps (temporary settlements); Wooden-frame buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Porches; Deserts; Petroleum industry; San Juan oil field; Oil fields
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Dwellings--Utah--Mexican Hat--Photographs; Neville family--Photographs; Nevills, William Eugene, d. 1941--Photographs; Nevills, Mae Davies--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.
Rights
Type Image
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
ARK ark:/87278/s6h716bx
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327814
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h716bx
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