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Glen Canyon rafting trip manuscript

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Description: This manuscript, a mimeographed copy, provides a detailed account of a recreational raft trip through Glen Canyon on the Colorado River, in Utah, during the summer of 1958. The anonymous author describes the river, the scenery, the behavior of and interactions of the members of the excursion and their enjoyment of the adventure. There is a full-page map of their route and two pages of illustrations. The last six pages lists the 36 participants of the trip.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1958 June 12-19.
Call number: mssHM 83993
Provenance: Purchased from Tschanz Rare Books, L.L.C., March 2020.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Lost in the Grand Canyon

Manuscripts

This computer-generated manuscript, entitled "Lost in the Grand Canyon," documents an August 1956 raft trip through the Grand Canyon taken by Neal Newby, the author, and his friend Francis "Frank" Moltzen. The trip was taken for personal recreation but was more difficult than the two men imagined. The text is accompanied by seventeen color photographs with captions and photocopies of correspondence by notable river-runner Otis "Dock" Marston. There is also a CD bearing a reproduction of an audio tape made by Neal Newby in 1956.

mssHM 84083

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Sheldon Young diaries of his trip to California

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Two diaries kept by Sheldon Young as he traveled from Illinois to California in 1849. The first, brief diary covers March 19-28 and begins with Young's departure from Joliet, Illinois, with Hiram White and Pears G. Pearson. It records their travels as far as Galesburg, Illinois. The second diary picks up on May 19 (the pages for March 29-May 18, June 21-July 1, and October 14-November 8 are missing). The near daily entries record miles traveled, buffalo hunting, deaths from cholera, and the lack of food and water. The diary specifically mentions stopping at Fort Kearney, seeing Castle Rock, crossing the Platte River on a raft, following the Green River, stopping at Fort Bridger, encountering Snake and Piute Indians, traveling through Little Salt Lake City, the departure of the Bug Smashers, the abandonment of wagons after Christmas 1849, arriving in the Mojave Desert, a cattle stampede, and the arrival in San Francisquito on February 4, 1850. The final few pages of the diary recount Young's arrival in San Francisco on February 26, 1850, reaching Sacramento in early March, and departing San Francisco on board the Swift on October 13, 1850. Young recounts the shipboard deaths of several passengers, including his traveling companion Wolfgang Tauber, who had also been with Young in Death Valley. He concludes with the Swift's arrival in Panama in December 1850.

mssHM 75663-75664

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Mile 4, 62 [Raft trip in Marble Canyon.] (36 slides)

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

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[Developed June 1976. Raft trip, lower Grand Canyon.] (13 slides)

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

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John S. Southworth diary of Colorado River trip

Manuscripts

The first volume (HM 74297) is Southworth's diary that he kept while on the river trip. The diary begins in Green River, Wyoming on June 20th and ends near Boulder City, Nevada on August 22. Southworth talks about the trip: the conditions along the river; the weather; the scenery passed; the people, ranches and animals along the route; and injuries among the group. There are also two newspaper clippings in the diary. The photograph album (HM 74298) contains over 400 black and white photographs taken on the river trip. There are several photographs of Monument Valley and two photographs of Native Americans. The photograph album also contains a newspaper clipping about Southworth and the trip.

mssHM 74297-74298

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Lower Canyon, Mead - 1972 [Developed May 1972. Raft trip through Grand Canyon.] (33 slides)

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

Glen Canyon rafting trip manuscript

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