by stiles • • Comments Off on OUR FRIENDS WERE DEARER THEN, #2: BILL BENGE, OLD FRIEND…by Jim Stiles
Late on a Friday night last October, word came to me that my best friend, Bill Benge, had died suddenly of a massive heart attack. I came to realize that Life for many of us who knew and loved Bill…
In order to follow the history of the exploration and development of the Big Indian mining district it is necessary to understand a few things about the geology of the uranium ore deposits that were found after Charlie Steen discovered…
by stiles • • Comments Off on Losing Solitude: Froggers…by Martin Murie
The froggers would arrive in the mornings, having driven from their night hunt in California’s Central Valley wetlands, bullfrog country. They’d carry wet burlap bags full of live frogs into the streetside building, talk for a while, take their pay…
by stiles • • Comments Off on ZEPHYR ‘DEJA VU’/FLASHBACKS #1: MOAB: CASH KILLED OUR CACHET…by Jim Stiles
From the OCTOBER 1999 ‘Take It or Leave It’… This seems to have been a bad summer for a lot of Moab merchants. Many Main Street businesses are reporting drops in sales. There is genuine concern out there that tourism…
by stiles • • Comments Off on Herb Ringer’s American West: “HOLE ‘N’ THE ROCK” 1950
HOLE “N” THE ROCK 1950 The Dream of Albert Christensen, Hole N the Rock, is still open 7 days a week FOR MORE ON HOLE N THE ROCK, FOLLOW THESE LINKS… THE UNITY MONUMENT: The ‘Hole n” the Rock’ Creator’s…
PLUS…what the site of Jack Holley’s cabin–the Goat Man of Moab—looks like now… In 1940, photographer HARRY REED snapped this image of the old Colorado River bridge and US 160 (now US 191) and the river road (hwy 128.)…
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