by Tom Martin

Join author and Colorado River historian, Tom Martin, as he shares stories of Otis “Dock” Marston who went on his first river trip in the Grand Canyon in 1942. Dock rowed through Glen, Cataract, Lodore, and the Grand Canyon, as well as the Snake and Salmon rivers in the Pacific Northwest. He participated in the one and only jetboat trip that ran upstream through the Grand Canyon powering up the rapids. Tom will share historic film clips from the 1940s through 1960. Volume 1 covers Dock’s life and the parallel lives of all those who ran the river until 1960, the year of the jet boat uprun. Tom is writing Volume 2 that will cover the rest of Dock’s life.

About the author: Tom Martin has been hiking in and rafting through the Grand Canyon since 1971. He wrote Day Hikes from the River (now in its fifth edition) and Big Water, Little Boats which recounts how an Indiana Hoosier brough the first McKenzie River dory to Grand Canyon in 1954. Tom edited Dock Marston’s book From Powell to Power: A Recounting of the First One Hundred River Runners through the Grand Canyon. He received the 2016 Grand Canyon Historical Society Pioneer Award for historical research. With Duwain Whitis, he co-authored the Guide to the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon which won the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award. Tom will have several of his books for sale and signing following the program.

Pricing:

FREE for Museum Members (Join)
FREE with Museum Admission
$10 for program attendance only (does not include further admittance to the museum/galleries)