Saul L. Red and Catherine Wixson Papers

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

*Click on image for content. MS.34; Box 1 of 2; ff 9/10: manuscript - "Blake Calls the Turn," by Frank Crowe [short fiction, c. late 1920s (re: Morrison-Knudsen Co.); 4 pp]
*Click on image for content. MS.34; Box 1 of 2; ff 9/10

manuscript - "Blake Calls the Turn," by Frank Crowe [short fiction, c. late 1920s (re: Morrison-Knudsen Co.); 4 pp]

Name/Title

Saul L. "Red" and Catherine Wixson Papers

Entry/Object ID

MS.34

Scope and Content

Saul L. "Red" and Catherine Wixson Papers MS 34 Saul L. "Red" and Catherine Wixson Papers Saul L. "Red" Wixson many years ago assumed responsibility for keeping the memory of Frank Crowe alive and his admiration of the man has often been noted as hero worship. Crowe was the Six Companies construction superintendent on the Boulder Canyon Project, although his association with both private construction companies and the federal government in dam-building projects began in the early part of the 20th century. Crowe gave Wixson his first job when Wixson was only 16 years old. Wixson followed Crowe from job to job and came to southern Nevada in 1931 to build Hoover Dam. The two moved on afterward to Parker Dam in Arizona/California and then to Shasta Dam near Redding, California where they settled. Crowe bankrolled Wixson's construction company which Wixson operated into the 1970s. Red and his wife Catherine [1909-1994] retired to Boulder City and in 1980 bought the former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Park for $74,000 and donated it to Boulder City as the Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park. This collection of papers includes 1920s correspondence between Crowe and Harry Morrison of the Morrison-Knudsen construction company; a hand-written short story by Crowe; and materials relative to the purchase and dedication of Frank T. Crowe Memorial park. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

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Primary Level

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 34 Saul L. "Red" and Catherine Wixson Papers inventory [2 boxes and 1 folder] Box 1 of 2 folder no. 1. article - "The Story Behind ... Nevada's Greatest Dedication," by Malcolm Thompson [with letter; re: Frank Crowe (1985; 12 pp)] 1 2. biographical material - Larson 2 3. correspondence, from: Albright, Jack [November 6, 1981] 3 4. correspondence, to/from: Bechtel Corporation [1981] 4 5. correspondence, to/from: Crowe, Frank and H. W. Morrison of the Morrison-Knudsen Co. [1924-25] 5 6. ephemera - Hoover Dam 50th anniversary [1985] 6 7. Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park - dedication materials [and Boulder City 50th birthday events (1981)] 7 8. Hoover Dam model - electric motors for cableway [operating instructions] 8 9. manuscript - "Blake Calls the Turn," by Frank Crowe [short fiction, c. late 1920s (re: Morrison-Knudsen Co.); 4 pp] 9 10. publication - "The McCloud-Pit Project" [1966] 10 Box 2 of 2 item: accounts receivable ledger for Wixson & Crowe, Inc. [1968-74; no entries] item: Wixson & Crowe, Inc. stationery Folder 1 of 1 drawing: "Perimeter Forced Warm Air and Air Conditioning" [S. L. Wixson, Northome, Minn. (August 23, 1972)] * * *

Location

Location

Rolling Rack #2

Research Room

Date

March 10, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wixson, Saul L. "Red"

Person or Organization

Wixson, Catherine

Person or Organization

Crowe, Frank T.

Person or Organization

Albright, Jack

Person or Organization

Larson Family

Person or Organization

Morrison, Harry W.

Related Entries

Notes

biography files photographs photograph collection no. 0038 [S. L. "Red" and Catherine Wixson Collection]

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Create Date

August 19, 2002

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Update Date

November 5, 2025