Middle Fork of the Salmon Scroll Map Jones, Leslie Allen Western Rivers

Mimeograph scroll map [30.5 cm x 688 cm] [12" x 271"] on paper. This scroll was taken on a private float in 1993 and the users have added marginalia and well-wishes. Near fine. Highly detailed river runner's guide to floating the Middle Fork [of the Salmon] showing the put-in as Dagger Falls, above the traditional at Boundary Creek (Ski Jump!) and the take out just below the confluence with the Main. Hot springs are located. Map notes all of the major rapids and the move at the top (left to right, etc.). Also contains mileage and tips (lunch spots and campsites) for boaters, as well as an elevation table. Table showing American whitewater rating system for rapids. The 'Middle' is one of the steepest rives (40 a feet a mile) and some of the spiciest water, with 100 rapids in just 100 miles (most Class III's are unnamed) One of the most coveted permits by boaters and one of the hardest to land - annually there are usually upwards of 22,000 applicants for only 220 available private permits. This is one of the all time trips and highly recommended. "My Body is a Temple." Leslie A. Jones was born in Montana in 1922. He developed his love for rivers early on living by the Missouri River. It was not unusual for him to be found at that time rowing a boat under the moonlight fishing for catfish. Jones remained in Montana for his professional training as a civil engineer. In 1953, he moved to Salt Lake City. In the same year, Jones rafted the Lodore Canyon of the Green River with his cousins. This raft trip was in conjunction with the Sierra Club's attempt to create awareness about a proposed dam that would have flooded the canyon. It was on the same trip that Jones began to combine his love of river running and civil engineering. A broken oar compelled Jones to develop a self-support single person craft. Over the years, he has made several contributions to canoe and kayak designs. "I d noticed when I d run with the Sierra Club the rapids all kind of ran together as a blur, and I couldn t remember the details well enough, and I didn t have any identification points. So I started my scroll maps I didn t like the wind on the U.S. Geological [Survey] maps, so I started building my scroll maps. "The outline of the maps was taken either from aerial photographs and drawn artfully, or traced directly from the contour maps of the U.S. Geological Survey, putting the river end-to-end, instead of cut up in segments like the USGS did, . . . so I could line the river out on a seven-inch scroll strip and then take it from one end to the other, without having to run off the scroll. . . . And then putting a profile of the river . . . wherever it fit best. . . . We had to put them on paper, for lack of mylar. Then we put them on mylar" - Les Jones These maps were made by Jones to order, and as this is almost 23-foot paper map that was intended to use for navigating white water, we would presume that very few of these survived. We are unable to locate a single institutional holding for this map (BYU). Rare.