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the Boysen Reservoir in Wyoming, returning with it to Lincoln in 

 September. During the period September 28 to October 30 he as- 

 sisted in the survey in the Niobrara River subbasin in Nebraska and 

 from November 7 to 15 aided in the examination of the Ashton Res- 

 ervoir area and the region adjacent to the Sargent, Woods Park, and 

 Ashton Feeder canals. He also assisted in the salvage of the burials 

 uncovered by activities at the Gushing dam site. During the winter 

 months he devoted his time to the restoration of pottery vessels from 

 the Boysen and Oahe Reservoirs and assisted in other laboratory 

 duties. On June 21 he accompanied the excavating party that was 

 sent to the Keyhole Reservoir in Wyoming and was occupied there 

 at the end of the fiscal year. 



George H. Smith joined the River Basin Surveys staff as archeolo- 

 gist on May 2. Until June 4 he devoted his time to a study of the 

 problems centering about historic sites in the Fort Randall, Oahe, and 

 Garrison Reservoirs, and in familiarizing himself with the work 

 already accomplished in those areas. He also made a quick trip to 

 the Oahe and Garrison Reservoirs in company with M. J. Mattes and 

 R. H. Mattison, historians of the National Park Service. On June 11 

 a party under his supervision began excavations at the site of Fort 

 Stevenson, and at the close of the fiscal year he was still engaged 

 in that activity. 



At the beginning of the year Richard Page Wheeler, archeologist, 

 was in charge of a party excavating at the Angostura Reservoir in 

 South Dakota. In July he and his party moved to the Boysen Reser- 

 voir in Wyoming, where they carried on excavations until September 

 20. Wheeler then returned to the headquarters at Lincoln and from 

 September 28 through October 30 directed the survey of 10 potential 

 reservoir sites in the Niobrara River subbasin in northern Nebraska. 

 Returning to the field headquarters, he spent the winter months 

 completing his report on the Niobrara survey and working on detailed 

 technical reports on his investigations in the Angostura and Boysen 

 areas. On June 21 he left for the Keyhole Reservoir near Moorcroft, 

 Wyo,, where he began a series of excavations which were actively 

 under way at the end of the fiscal j-ear. In April Mr. Wheeler was 

 elected chairman of the anthropology section of the Nebraska 

 Academy of Sciences to serve for 1952. 



On July 1 Dr. Theodore E. White, paleontologist, was investigating 

 deposits in the Canyon Ferry Reservoir. From there he proceeded 

 to the Garrison Reservoir and subsequently to the Fort Randall 

 Reservoir. At all three locations he collected fossils and continued 

 his studies of the geology of the various areas. From September 22 

 to 29 he made a rapid survey of 10 proposed reservoir projects in the 

 Niobrara River subbasin in Nebraska. The completion of that task 

 in so short a time was made possible through the cooperation of Morris 



