| Title |
Norman D. Nevills' 1940 San Juan River and Glen Canyon expedition. Members of the group eating a meal, left to right, Joe and Marion Borden, Norm Nevills, and Margaret Galley. Redbud Canyon camp (Nevills designation), Wednesday, June 5, 1940. |
| Photo Number |
P0341n02_16_05 |
| Description |
Photo shows "Redbud Canyon," Nevills' name for a grotto with natural springs, a good place to camp and replenish water supply. It was located above the San Juan River, Mile 8 above the confluence with the Colorado. A description of the place from Gaylord : "Redbud Canyon" is / was on the San Juan at Mile 8L from the confluence. Not a canyon as such, but more a grotto, somewhat like the back wall of Music Temple. A notch in the riverside cliff, maybe a hundred feet off the river, and lined at the back by a horizontal seam with a seep and maidenhair fern (and columbine I think). At the foot of the wall was a pool - not a plunge pool as in Music Temple, but just a collecting of the seep water, which trickled out into the river through a slot in a bouldered dirt-bank. There was a cluster of really robust Redbud trees growing around the pool. "From the river it wasn't obvious as a grotto, and the "mouth" just looked like boulders and a dirt bank. We almost always filled our canteens there, after being so long without any good water stops coming through Paiute Farms. To get into Redbud we had to climb up and over, down into the grotto. It wasn't an easy water stop, but the water was absolutely superb, and the grotto was in shade all day." |
| Creator |
John E. Galley |
| Date |
1940-06-05 |
| Textual Date |
June 5, 1940 |
| Keywords |
Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; San Juan River (Colorado-Utah); Fluvial landforms; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Boatmen; Scouts and guides; River guides; Men; Borden, Joe; Borden, Marion; Galley, Margaret; Women; Spouses; Husbands; Wives; Camp sites (recreation spaces); Camping; Camp stoves; Meals; Eating and drinking; Food; Redbud Canyon |
| Subject |
Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--Photographs; Camping--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Juan River (Colo.-Utah); San Juan County Utah) |
| Latitude |
37.169167 |
| Longitude |
-110.855 |
| Additional Information |
The expedition started at the Goodridge Bridge in Mexican Hat, Utah, on June 3, 1940 and ended at Lee's Ferry, Arizona on June 10, 1940. Members of the expedition, Norman D. Nevills, John E. Galley and his wife Margaret Galley, Joe Borden and his wife Marion Border. |
| 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/s6fb5tkf |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
1342481 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb5tkf |
