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Call number	nm370g000s003b010f0018i001p001
Item number	49123
Creator	Sprang, Richard W., 1915-
Title	Letter dropped from plane to boatmen on Colorado River in Glen Canyon [constructed title], 1952.
Date	1952
Type	Text
Description	CONTENT: Letter to Elmer Purtymun and Bill Towne, dropped from a plane piloted by Joe Moser and Dick Sprang (all of Sedona, Arizona). Purtymun and Towne were conducting a boat trip through Glen Canyon on the Colorado River in May 1952. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Dick Sprang came to Sedona, Arizona in May 1946, from Ohio, eager to explore the canyon country of northern Arizona and southern Utah. He remained in Sedona until 1956, hiking the backcountry, taking aerial photographs, and running the Colorado River in Glen Canyon. In 1952, together with Dudy Thomas and Harry Aleson, Sprang founded Canyon Surveys, a series of trips in Glen Canyon designed to map the geology, archeology, and flora and fauna of the soon-to-be dammed region. In 1957, Sprang moved to a ranch in Wayne County, Utah, where he ran cattle and continued exploring the slick rock country of southern Utah. He returned to Arizona (Prescott) in 1973 where he remained until his death in 2000. Sprang s years of research and exploration, writings and drawings earned him a reputation as an expert on the canyon country.
Collection name	Sprang, Richard W.
Finding aid	http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/sprang_richard.xml
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
Contributor	Moser, A.J.
Subjects	Boatmen--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Purtymun, Elmer Towne, Bill
Places	Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)--Description and travel
Physical format	Letter
Physical dimension	8.5x11 inches
Master file size	104731424
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Epson Expression 10000XL scanner
Software	Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme	RGB
Master image bit depth	24-bit
Master resolution	600
Master pixels horizontal	5208
Master pixels vertical	6703

Letter dropped from plane to boatmen on Colorado River in Glen Canyon [constructed title], 1952.

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