Manuscripts
032
- Description
"1956 (Probably 1956 - trim[?] Dock's)":1956. Scenes from the June, 1956, outboard motor down run through the Grand Canyon: wave patterns - rapids - running rapids - upset - outboard motorboats and people - canyon and river scenes - man floating - wrecked motor - running up rapids - camp scenes - repairing boat - on Lake Mead - Deer Creek Fall. [entries: 1956 expedition; motorboats; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; rapidrunning; boat repairs; Lake Mead; Deer Creek Falls; accidents (boat); Garth Marston; Frank Masland; Marble Canyon; swimming rapids; Bill Beer; (J. Ballard Atherton?); (Hugh Cutler?); "Cactus"; boat repairs; "Rattlesnake"; Joseph Desloge; Deer Creek or Elves?]
- Production date
- 1870-1978.
- Call number
- R113
- Additional description
- While the principal focus is the history of river-running, the collection also touches, often in depth and with original materials, on the geology of the entire region, the history of mining, water issues, hydroelectric power development, recreational use and policy issues, the history of transportation, the ecology of various riverine ecosystems, exploration, the film industry and promotion of the West, and indigenous cultures.
