Manuscripts
004
- Description
"Hudson 19.. (1949 Down, Beginning with loading shots LF)": 1949. Trip of the "Esmeralda II" down the Colorado River from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead.
- Production date
- 1870-1978.
- Call number
- R089
- 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.
- Provenance
- Gift of the Estate of Otis R. Marston, with numerous smaller additions from G. Marston and many others, November 7, 1979, with additions 1950-1992.
