Leslie Jones Collection, 1953-1994

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Leslie Jones Collection, 1953-1994

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This collection contains photos, negatives and slidesfrom various river trips in the Grand Canyon taken between 1953 and 1994.

1 linear foot; (2 boxes)

eng,

Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633504

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Jones, Leslie, 1970 September 28-

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Leslie Jones began running rivers when he was just eleven years old, growing up in Missouri. He attended college at the University of Bozeman and engaged in engineering work in cities such as Minneapolis and Manhattan. He moved out west in 1953, after the passing of his father, and began to build boats and run rivers with his cousins Don and Bus Hatch. The two of them got Jones involved in running through Dinosaur Canyon with the Sierra Club in order to oppose the building of the Di...