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Canyonlands National Park
A Conversation with Ned Chaffin
 
photo: Ned Chaffin near Waterhole Flat (circa 1938)
Photo courtesy the Chaffin Family
Ned Chaffin near Waterhole Flat (circa 1938)
 

Ned Chaffin and his family had a ranch on the San Rafael River near where it enters the Green in the 1930s and 1940s. They ran cows throughout the “Under the Ledge” country from 1920 to 1944, when Ned was in his teens to late twenties. This area is now part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Canyonlands National Park, more commonly known as The Maze, The Doll House, Ernie's Country and Waterhole Flat.

The transcript available here is from an interview that took place over three days at Ned and Marjorie Chaffin’s home in Bakersfield, California. Maze District Rangers Gary Cox and Cynthia Beyer conducted the interview. This file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

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Last Updated: July 26, 2006 at 18:00 EST