Show plaque honors norman CUFF CLIFF DWELLERS LODGE on september 19 1949 norman and his wife doris were killed in the crash of their airplane at mexican hat utah for many years had been recognized as the peer of all colorado river boatmen late in december john P rigg of grand junction colorado and art greene of cliff dawl lers lodge mounted a memorial plaque on the canyon wall of the colorado underneath and a little to the north of navajo bridge the plaque was financed by former boatmen associates and companions of on his river trips and was designed by mary abbott A dedication ceremony is to be held at the site next july 11 when those who navigated the grand canyon and san juan rivers with will gather from all over the nation for a reunion at cliff dwellers lodge from march 1952 desert magazine |