EXCERPT From “The Summer of Discontent” (Jackson Hole News & Guide):
The people who say they have felt a difference insist that it’s not simply a matter of them personally being inconvenienced. It has to do with the valley’s character. Cramming too much into a finite space can degrade some of the very attributes of Jackson Hole that make this place attractive for residents, visitors and the second-home owners who fall somewhere between, they say.
“I think it’s crazy this summer,” said Kelly Stirn, owner of the R Lazy S dude ranch. “We just keep on advertising, we just keep on bringing them in. I think people are finally going, ‘Whoa.’”
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I love to see horses out in the fields. I hardly ever see more than a handful at a time, grazing among the tall grasses, and pawing the ground. Occasionally one starts and prances toward the fence line, for reasons left unknown. But I have never seen a horse at work in those fields. I have never seen a horse engaged in industry, and I doubt that I’m the only one. The population of horses in this country, which was enormous in the 19th century, fell off by nearly half in the first 30 years of the 20th century, and then by 90% by the 1950s. Their services were rendered useless, in a span of 50 years, by technological innovation.
And that brings me to why I am thinking about the horse today. I am thinking about the horse because it was once essential, and thanks to technology, now it is only lovely. The horse is now only a reminder of a less efficient time. And soon the average worker will be the same…
To read more of Tonya’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2015/08/02/sowing-clover-the-end-of-work-by-tonya-stiles/
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But…for all the different forms of racism and bigotry that can still boil my blood, calling a canyon along the Colorado River “Negro Bill” just isn’t one of them. Imagine if the same upper middle class white people who predominantly persist in making this argument channeled their energies in a more productive direction. Because there is racism in Grand County and Moab, but consuming time on a non-issue like this is not only a waste, it’s counter-productive, and distracts everyone from real issues of discrimination.
First, just to review, we know that the canyon was named for a black man, William Grandstaff, who called himself and was referred to as “Nigger Bill.” He was one of Moab’s early settlers, arriving in the late 1870s; Bill is still considered one of southeast Utah’s most interesting characters…
To read more of Jim’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2015/08/02/take-it-or-leave-it-what-isnt-racism-in-moab-utah-and-what-is/
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“The weed will win in the end, of course.”
-Terry & Renny Russell, from ‘On the Loose’
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