Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Heartily digging into the sacks, we withdrew bread with sandwich spread or Vienna sausages between them. As consolation, however, there were cookies and finally raisins, which Ted especially liked.
And then the contest began. Lee Perry leaped...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
up the dusty road, then turned and climbed over the low sloping rock to the left. Merly had tried to encourage everybody to make this hike, and strangely enough, about the same number went on this as had gone up to the top of the natural bridge. We...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
CREWS Square Shooters: Captain Bill Collett, 709 East 6400 South, Midvale 16, Utah, was a quiet and efficient equipment man. He patched, pieced, and loaned whatever was in need of such work; and found time to lead his crew in vigorous hiking and...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Scorpions: Captain Lee Dennison, 964 Hollywood Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, amazed us all with his limitless energy. No sooner had his boat tied up than he was off running agilely over the rocks and boulders. Due to currents, and other sundry...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Cal Bears: Captain Steve Kovacich, 934 Avis Drive, El Cerrito, California, seemed to be a General Practitioner of desert life. He kept us informed in detail of the flora and fauna of the region and impressed us as well with his skill in climbing....
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Socotwa: The little launch was our security, and we enjoyed seeing it dart up and down the river or drifting along with us. Pulled up to the shore, it signaled a landing. Filled with Merly and Bob and a few others, it was a formidable enemy in a...
Bryce Canyon National Park (Garfield County, Utah); Utah Parks Company
Pat Anderson and Terry Lamb. "Sightseeing is made easy for visitors to Bryce Canyon National Park by a number of vantage points along the canyon rim like the one pictured here at Rainbow Point. A more intimate study of the strange formations in...
Kaibab National Forest (Arizona); Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
V. T. Tourist Park during winter months of 1927-1928. It is on the Kaibab Forest along the road kept open that winter while the Grand Canyon Lodge was under construction. William S. Rust ran the tourist park.
Grand Canyon National Park (Coconino County, Arizona); Utah Parks Company -- Employees
Wendel Heaton worked for the National Park Service maintaining trails in the Grand Canyon with his father, Clifford Heaton. Photo taken along the trail in or near Box Canyon below the power house.
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