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The 79 year old Loper standing with his boat at his home in Green River, Utah, the night before leaving on his fatal trip into the Grand Canyon. He died in Marble Canyon at Mile 24 1/2 on July 08

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1949, July 01
Call number: mssMarston papers V180/0118
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