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Afloat on Lake Mead ○ lake and its walkways lined with native ○ ○ For complete information, call 702-
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by H. Dan Wray ○ plants. Its tasteful architecture blends ○ 228-3743 or fax 702-228-3929.
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into the shoreline and many visitors to ○ Compensation will be based upon the
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hen Jim Cribbs announced ○ Lake Mead will pass it by. That is to be ○ individuals experience and expertise.
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that the Volunteers Trip for ○ regretted as the center has an exhibit ○ Send appropriate documentation to Kirk
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WAugust was to include going ○ room with hands-on displays, a theater ○ Kaplan, Board of Trustees, Red Rock
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out on a boat on Lake Mead, we all ○ with a short film recounting the story of ○ Canyon Interpretive Assn., HCR 33 Box
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feared the worst. Knowing Jim, we fully ○ Lake Mead, and a very well stocked ○ ○ 5500, 1000 Scenic Loop Drive, Las Ve-
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expected having to row the boat! ○ bookstore, which together, provide a ○ gas, NV 89124.
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The first thing which fine introduction ○
struck us on arriving at the to Lake Mead. ○ ○
lake was the low water level. Lake Mead NRA, ○ ○
The landing stage had had to which is visited ○ Remington, continued from page 1
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be moved further out from by 9 million ○
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the shore and the receding people each year, ○ named Endion, an Algonquin word
water line had left small covers nearly ○ ○ meaning, The place where I live. That
pools in which a few stranded 1000 miles of ○ ○ was fitting, for he had a special appre-
fish were struggling to stay shoreline and a ○ ciation of the Native American tribes . . . .
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alive. On the positive side, surface area of ○ No white man can ever penetrate the
re-colonization of the new water of 181,000 ○ ○ mystery of their minds or explain the
shore line by native plants acres. ○ reasons for their acts.
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was in evidence. ○ Although the Visitor Center was ○ Remington was the ultimate perfec-
Our fears about rowing were un- ○ ○ quite busy, we were able to speak to the ○ tionist. He had gathered an enormous
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founded as our boat turned out to be a ○ ○ Rangers and have a useful exchange of ○ ○ store of items from the West, and to
replica paddle boat. The more intrepid ○ ○ views and information with the volun- ○ house them he engaged an architect to
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decided to brave the sun and take a seat ○ teers manning the information desk. ○ build a large studio adjacent to the house.
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on the upper deck. The others stayed ○ Thank you, Jim, for a very interest- ○ ○ There he put spurs, guns of all types,
below. Was the bar the attraction? Thank ○ ○ ing and instructive day out. ○ ○ Indian war bonnets, swords, saddles,
goodness the captain gave us prior warn- ○ ○ ○ blankets, canteens, cartridge boxes,
ing, as the blast from the boats siren ○ ○ ○ knives, tomahawks, baskets, clothing
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announcing our departure almost gave ○ Director, Wild Horse ○ everything was there to insure the accu-
us heart attacks. We were urged by the and Burro Program ○ racy he cherished in his work. These
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captain to look for bighorn sheep on the ○ ○ ○ were good and very productive years,
rocks. We thought he was unduly hope- ○ ○ ○ ○ but by 1906, he and Eva felt New Roch-
ful, but looked all the same. he Red Rock Canyon Interpre- ○ elle was crowding them and they moved
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As we rounded the corner Hoover ○ ○ tive Association anticipates ○ to Ridgefield, Conn. He died shortly af-
Dam came into view. It was the first time ○ ○ Thiring a full-time manager to de- ○ terward in l909, the victim of a sudden
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some of us had seen it from lake level. We ○ ○ velop exhibits and offer interpretive ○ ○ attack of appendicitis. He was just 48
could see the spillways over which water ○ programs dealing with wild horses and ○ years old.
had poured in the spring of 1983 and ○ ○ burros in Red Rock Canyon and South- ○ ○ Remingtons contribution to our
couldnt fail to note how far below them ○ ○ ern Nevada. Requirements: ○ ○ knowledge and appreciation of the West
the water level had now fallen. The colors ○ ○ Ö must be an acknowledged and ○ was enormous. He left more than 2,750
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of the rocks, particularly on the Arizona ○ ○ recognized expert on wild horses and ○ paintings, 25 sculptures, eight books and
side, were resplendent in the morning sun ○ burros. ○ numerous articles. During his life, The
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as we turned and made for home. ○ ○ Ö have specific knowledge of the ○ American Watercolor Society and the
Our voyage was all too soon over ○ ○ wild horse and burro issues pertaining ○ ○ National Academy of Design were
and we disembarked in search of some- ○ ○ to the Red Rock Canyon National Con- ○ among those organizations featuring his
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where we could picnic. Jim took us back ○ ○ servation Area and the Nellis AFB Test ○ work.
down the road to one of the marinas with ○ Range. ○ ○ Just two years before Remingtons
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ample palms and picnic tables, and we Ö have demonstrated competence ○ death, Teddy Roosevelt said of him, He
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ate a leisurely lunch. ○ ○ in interacting with a wide range of fed- ○ has portrayed a most characteristic and
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Then it was off to the Alan Bible ○ ○ eral managers, state and local officials, ○ yet vanishing type of American life.
Center with its magnificent view of the media, volunteers and the public. ○ ○ That sort of sums it up.
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