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Call number	NAU.PH.96.3.27.10
Item number	72869
Creator	Lauzon, Bert (Hubert R.)
Title	Train wreck at Coconino Siding, July 28, 1939.
Alternate title	Santa Fe Railway train wreck in Coconino Cut, July 27, 1939.
Date	1939
Type	Image
Description	CONTENT: This is an image of the July 1939 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) train crash wreckage in the Coconino Cut. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Hubert R. 'Bert' Lauzon, was born in Quebec and raised in southern Colorado. He arrived at the Grand Canyon around 1910 and worked as a guide for William Wallace Bass, whose tourist business and camp benefitted from Lauzon's knowledge of horses, ranching, and outdoor skills. Late in 1911, Bert joined the Kolb brothers on a portion of their historic Grand Canyon Colorado River run. In 1916 or 1917, Lauzon married the Bass's eldest child, Edith. The couple had three children. The marriage ended with Edith's death. Three years later, Bert married Rosa White. During his years at Grand Canyon, he bred and trained horses, and ran cattle. From 1919 until 1928, he was employed by Coconino County as caretaker for the Bright Angel Trail, and also during roughly that same time period, he served as Justice of the Peace for the Grand Canyon District. In 1928, he was elected Grand Canyon Constable, a position he resigned the following year when he was hired as a ranger by the National Park Service. Lauzon retired from the Park Service in 1951. He died a few months later.
Collection name	Lauzon family
Finding aid	http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/lauzon_family.xml
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
References	Reed, Robert Carroll, Train wrecks : a pictorial history of accidents on the main line
Subjects	Railroads--Southwest, New Railroad accidents--Southwest, New Railroads--employees Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Places	Flagstaff (Ariz.)
Physical format	Gelatin Silver print (black and white)
Physical dimension	4.5 x 2.75 inches
Master file size	37354704
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Epson Expression 10000XL scanner
Software	Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme	Grayscale
Master image bit depth	16-bit
Master resolution	1200
Master pixels horizontal	5503
Master pixels vertical	3392

Train wreck at Coconino Siding, July 28, 1939.

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