Glen Canyon trip, 1951 May 2-5

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Scope and Contents

1: Alt Stringham and Charlie Gibbons, member of Butch Cassidy's gang. All pictures taken May 2-5, 1951. Boated 165 miles down Glen Canyon from Hite [Utah] to Lees Ferry [Arizona]. (18-2)
2: "Cleopatra" North Wash (18-4)
3: Dinner in North Wash, between Hanksville and Hite (18-5)
4: Ferry at Hite (18-8)
5: Ferry at Hite (18-9)
6: Art [Arth] Chaffin; Ferry at Hite (18-10)
7: Mr. and Mrs. Art [Arth] Chaffin, operators of Hite Ferry (18-11)
8: Art [Arth] Chaffin Lodge and P.O. [post office] (18-12)
9: Launching boats at Hite (18-14)
10: Looking down Colo[rado] R[iver] from Hite (18-15)
11: Alt Stringham, Manti [Utah], group leader (18-17)
12: Gail Jensen, mayor of Manti (18-18)
13: 3 boats and 9 men (18-19)
14: [no caption] (18-25)
15: Tickaboo rapids (18-26)
16: Bert Loper's cabin; lived here 1907 to 1915, drowned in 1949 in Colo. R. rapids below Lees Ferry. (18-27)
17: First night camp at mouth of Tickaboo. Dr. Dick Sears catching catfish. Wed. 5/2/51 (18-28)
18: We all caught catfish (18-29)
19: Petroglyphs near mouth of Tickaboo. Spence found 2 arrowheads. (18-30)
20: Bert and Spence at mouth of Tickaboo (18-31)
21: Seepage from Navajo sandstone canyon walls (18-34)
22: "Tapestry" wall (18-36)
23: Old placer mining operation at Moqui Bar. Gold-bearing gravels on river ledges (18-38)
24: Petroglyphs just west of mouth of Smiths Canyon (18-39)
25: Same as 18-39. Note where section of rock has been removed (18-40)
26: Moki ruins-same location as 18-39. Dr. Sears, Ivan Barton, Bert Brown (18-42)
27: Stanton Dredge. 121.5 mi[les] above Lees Ferry
28: [no caption B men in power boat] (18-45)
29: Moki cliff dwellings (18-47)
30: Same location as 18-47 (18-48)
31: Spence examines Moki storage (18-49)
32: Model 30 Catepillar [tractor] at Gretchen Bar (18-50)
33: Same as 18-50 (18-51)
34: Solid rock miners cabin at Gretchen Bar. Note fig tree (18-52)
35: All this beauty is now under water (18-53)
36: Bronze plaque on Colo. R. at Hole-in-the-Rock (18-55)
37: "Hole-in-the-Rock" look[ing] up from the river (18-56)
38: Hole-in-the-Rock looking down from the top (18-59)
39: Looking down "The-Hole-in-the-Rock" through narrowest passage (18-60)
40: Looking down Colo. R. from top of A"Hole-in-the-Rock" (18-63)
41: Music Temple. Ft. row: Nan Barton, Dick Sears, H. Foulger, Wes Thomson. Sec. row: Spencer Olson, Gail Jensen, Dewey Anderson. Alt Stringham took picture (18-66)
42: Music Temple. F.S. Dellenbaugh, Clem Powell, F.M. Bishop, Jack Hillars [sic - Hillers] [inscriptions] Carved 1869 [sic] - 1872 (18-67)
43: [no caption] (18-70)
44: Mystery Canyon (18-71)
45: Mystery Canyon (18-72)
46: Rainbow Bridge (18-75)
47: Inscription at base of Rainbow Bridge (18-76)
48: Rainbow Bridge (18-77)
49: Bronze plaque at "Crossing of the Fathers" (18-81)
50: 4th and last night camp on sandbar just up from Warm Cr[eek] (18-82
51: Bert Loper register at base of Sentinel Rock. 16.9 miles above Lees Ferry (18-83)
52: Cabin at Lees Ferry (18-84)

Dates

1951 May 2-5

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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