THANKS to Tom McCourt & the Tibbetts Family. For years, I have been watching Moab move farther and farther away from its roots, to the point where it seems few people even know the history of the place anymore. Some…
INTRODUCTION: When President Obama visited Hiroshima last May and laid a wreath at the Peace Memorial there, my mind flashed back to an evening more than 25 years ago, during a pack trip into Dark Canyon with Ken Sleight. It…
I’d like to offer a special ‘thanks’ to Lillie Keener of Salt Lake City for her contributions to this issue of the Zephyr. Lillie grew up in Moab and lived with her “Moab Mom and Dad,” Troy and Jaunita Anderson.…
On November 4, 1952, while traveling through southeast Utah, Charles Cushman encountered Jack Holley and his many critters. Cushman paused long enough enough to chat with ‘The Goat Man” and took these remarkable color images. It’s interesting to note the…
I am very grateful to the Utah State Historical Society, for their permission to reprint these incredible photos of Moab’s “Goat Man,” Jack Holley. From the Utah State Historical Society website: Alton Watkins Morton was born 26 July 1905 in…
Thursday morning. June 1, 1950 In early June 1950, Herb and his parents, Joseph and Sadie Ringer, crossed the original river bridge and paused on the south side to take a few photographs. As he returned to his Ford Woodie,…
For decades, centuries, and millennia, the southeast quadrant of what’s now called the State of Utah was one of the most remote parts of North America. Access to its center, Glen Canyon, was extremely limited. Reaching Glen Canyon via the…
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