Wright, Paul

Paul Wright was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1892. As an electrical engineer for Bell Telephone Company, he and his wife, Helen, lived in Newark, New Jersey before retiring to Prescott, Arizona. Mr. Wright was an active river runner on the Colorado, Snake and Salmon rivers throughout the 1950's and 1960's, and a member of the Colorado River "River Rats". He died August 4, 1970 in Prescott, Arizona.

From the guide to the Paul Wright Collection, 1946 - 1993., (Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.)