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Elsa Bailey – pioneering namesake of Bailey Falls

Location: Bailey Falls Rapid
Status: Live River
By: Unknown
Date: 1961
Description:

Elsa Bailey was a pioneering kayaker (here’s she’s shown in 1961 at the Salida, CO, kayak races). She was in the first group to kayak the Rogue River in 1959, and in the first Sierra Club kayaking trip in April 1961 – Bailey Falls on the Stanislaus was named for her. She passed away in 2016, still adventuring at age 103! Here is one obituary , and another .   

Keywords: Kayaking, River
Format: Photograph
Collection: Admin's Collection
Rights: From Guide to Three Rivers, John Cassidy et al

Date uploaded: Apr 23, 2021
Date last modified: Oct 19, 2021