Dates
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Existence:
approximately 1940s
Biography
SOCOTWA was a nonprofit river rafting group founded in the late 1940s in Murray, Utah.
SOCOTWA was a nonprofit group founded in the late 1940s in Murray, Utah. Its name stands for the "South Cottonwood Ward" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, though it was unaffiliated with the church. The organization began as a river rafting operator with a warehouse paid for by members, organizing rafting trips in Glen Canyon, Utah. The organization eventually grew to own trucks, buses, and rafts, and expanded to host trips on other rivers. In the 1950s, it had over 1,000 members and had an office in Salt Lake City. It eventually expanded to organize various types of trips, including river excursions, local social events, and reunions. The organization ran a newsletter and was governed by a board. It was active until at least 2010.
Citation:
Nancy B. Anderson SOCOTWA papers, 1956-2010 (SOCOTWA was a nonprofit group founded in the late 1940s in Murray, Utah. It's name stands for the "South Cottonwood Ward" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, names after a ward in Murray, Utah, though it was unaffiliated with the church. The organization began as a river rafting operator with a warehouse paid for by members, operating in Glen Canyon, Utah. The organization eventually grew to own trucks, buses, and rafts, and expanded to host trips on other rivers. In the 1950s, had over 1,000 members and had an office in Salt Lake City. Expanded to hosting other types of trips, social events, and reunions. Ran a newsletter and was governed by a board. It was active until at least 2010)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9376
Scope and Contents
Contains materials produced by SOCOTWA, a river rafting non-profit organization that started with organizing trips in Glen Canyon, Utah. The materials were collected by Nancy B. Anderson, a long-time member of the organization. Includes meeting notes and agendas, activity fliers, trip itineraries, newsletters, financial records, photographs, member contact information and records, recipes and menus for trips, handbooks, website printouts, t-shirts, pins, ribbons, and some correspondence....
Dates:
1956-2010
