Sam R. Walton, Photographer and Boatman

and Anne E. Peterson, Curator of Photographs, DeGolyer Library

Nankoweap Delta by Sam R. Walton

Friday, November 15, 2002
DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

The Colorado River travels from Wyoming’s mountains through Utah’s canyon lands and into the Grand Canyon of Arizona.  This retrospective celebrated three eras of photography, each one telling a unique story of exploration, science, and recreation.  It combined John Wesley Powell’s 1871 voyage through the Canyons of the Colorado and Green Rivers, with Hal G. Stephens 1968-69 shots from the same locations while with the United States Geological Survey, and with Sam Walton’s present day images, taken while on commercial and scientific trips in the Grand Canyon. Anne Peterson enriched the exhibition with maps, stereographic photographs by E.O. Beaman, photographs by John K. Hillers, and material from U.S. Geological Surveys.

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Last updated October 23, 2002