Manuscripts
025
- Description
"C58": 1958. Trip of the outboard motorboats "Rattlesnake," "Cactus," and "Boo Too" down the Colorado River through Marble and Grand canyons, June 1958. [entries: 1958 expedition; motorboats; "Rattlesnake"; "Cactus"; "Bootoo"; Colorado River; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Otis Marston; Little Colorado River mouth; I'Anson?; rapidrunning; Bright Angel Bridge; Granite Gorge; swimming rapids (Beer & Daggett?); Garth Marston; Tapeats?; Willie Taylor memorial plaque; boat repairs]
- Production date
- 1870-1978.
- Call number
- R123
- 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.
