Vernal Express | 1953-06-18 | Page 1 | Yosemite Park Group Make River Run Section

yosemite park group make river run A group roup of five from yosemite Paw park calif spent most of last week on the ste yampa mpa and green rivers enjoying ft a river run under the supervision of bus bu hatch the group included nor man and marjorie Mar lorie Herken herkenham harn dana and esther ana and douglas whiteside mr herkenham I 1 is 3 assistant park naturalist at yosemite mr is Js accountant tor for yosemite park and nd also curry co mr whiteside is a professional photographer and accountant the group left lily park on sunday and arrived at pats hole hal e on thursday in time to join the chamber of contra commerce troup group in their trip down the river they IT e y feasted on trout at jones I 1 hole le with the vernal group in commenting on the canyon country mr herkenham said that the park employees were of an almost united mind in opposition to the proposed echo park dam being constructed within the confines of the park area he said it would set a bad 1 precedent which might be followed by dams in the grand a and rid other bark park areas more than americans moved to new homes during 1052 1952 according to top 9 commercial survey