For Jim Stiles, of course This is not a paid endorsement. In fact, this is not a paid anything. And it may not be an endorsement. I am not certain when Jim Stiles and I became fellow-travelers, comrades in…
Jim, Pringles, and Me…by Damon Falke
BYGONES & OBSOLETE STORIES: HOTEL NEWHOUSE …BY CLARK PHELPS
Jimi Hendrix, Grace Slick & The Jefferson Airplane were guests Judge Willis Ritter was a resident I was an interloper. The Hotel Newhouse was an elegant 12-story Salt Lake hotel built in 1912 on the southwest corner of 400…
Vlachos’ Views…Photos and Captions by Paul Vlachos
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… Let’s talk about film, the stuff we used to make photographs with,…
POINTBLANK: TRUMP v. HILLARY— THE SHADOW versus THE FACADE… by LOCH WADE
Whoever is president is a symptom, not the disease. If we were able to wave a magic wand and make Trump go away tomorrow, and replace him with Clinton, would it change anything? Would the United States stop interfering in…
DEPUY: From the Great Southwest Artist’s Online Gallery
Click Here to Visit John’s Website In 2001, the Zephyr interviewed John Depuy. Here’s how that interview began… John DePuy: Let me read you something. It says it all. It’s all I have to say. “Madman and seer–– Painter…
“Our friends were dearer then,” #3—Bates & Robin Wilson’s ‘Muley Twist’ Heaven: At Home in the Red Rocks… by Anne Wilson
The story of Bates and Robin Wilson is as much a story of community as it is of their love of the red rock of southeastern Utah. While their “lasting contributions” were accomplished separately, they both endeavored to introduce and…
(FROM THE 2008 ZEPHYR ARCHIVES) SITLA LOOKS AHEAD…by Jim Stiles
NOTE: I wrote this article in December 2008. We were trying to warn Moab and Grand County residents of future SITLA developments, even then. Particularly note references to the Lion’s Back Resort, as far back as 2006. At the time,…
Herb Ringer’s American West: ROAMING ARIZONA in the 1950s
HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian Border to the Rio Grande and from the Big Sur coast to the High Plains. We…
TRUCKING THE HARD WAY, PART 2. On Early Day Trucking: an interview with Noel and Fendol Sitton, circa 1970… By Maxine Sitton Newell
NOTE: Maxine Newell was a life long resident of the Colorado Plateau. She was born in Dove Creek, Colorado and lived in Monticello and then Moab until her death in 2015. Maxine and I worked together at Arches NP in…
Elders and Old-Timers: The Remarkable People of Kayenta’s Past …By Harvey Leake
In the Navajo country, just south of Monument Valley, is the bustling town of Kayenta, Arizona. Kayenta is a unique place, not just because of the amazing landscape that surrounds it, but also because of the rich heritage of the…
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Sowing Clover: How to Fight a Fire, Part Two…by Tonya Audyn Morton
At first, it was just fear. We woke up at 2am to a wailing fire siren, knowing that two communities immediately to the west of us had been evacuated. We could see the glow of the massive fires in the…
A BEARS EARS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION …by Jim Stiles
For months advocates and opponents of a proposed Bears Ears National Monument debated the pros and cons of such a designation. It appeared all but certain that President Obama’s administration would embrace the plan and monument proponents appeared to have…
BYGONES & OBSOLETE STORIES… by Clark Phelps, antique man and collector of dreams
Bill Harrah, the Nevada casino owner, was known for his extensive automobile collection. Living in Reno he also collected Virginia City, Nevada and surrounding California gold country gambling memorabilia. Like most collectors after a while he purged his own excesses.…
TRUCKING THE HARD WAY. On Early Day Trucking: an interview with Noel and Fendol Sitton, circa 1970… By Maxine Sitton Newell
NOTE: Maxine Newell was a life long resident of the Colorado Plateau. She was born in Dove Creek, Colorado and lived in Monticello and then Moab until her death in 2015. Maxine and I worked together at Arches NP in…
“STILES’ TIME MACHINE”–Moab This Morning, April 4, 1956…by Jim Stiles
DATELINE: MOAB, UTAH—APRIL 4, 1956 It seems like only yesterday when our little hamlet of Moab slumbered peacefully, like a throwback to the 19th Century. Quiet lazy mornings. Peaceful green evenings. My serenity was only disturbed by the rumble of…
WARD ROYLANCE. The Power of Perseverance…by Barry Scholl
Ward Roylance straddled two eras in Utah—particularly southern Utah-tourism. One foot was firmly planted in the traditional post-World War II era, when everything in America—including road building, adventure tourism, corporate expansion, and mineral exploration was expanding at an unparalleled pace.…
An Excerpt From ‘LAST OF THE ROBBERS ROOST OUTLAWS: Moab’s BILL TIBBETTS’, PART 11…By Tom McCourt
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…
THE WISDOM OF NATURE AND WHY HUMANS TRY SO HARD TO AVOID IT… by Harvey Leake
From the August 2008 Archives Readers of the Zephyr are not unfamiliar with the angst that its writers often express over the deteriorating state of our natural environment and the ineffectiveness of our best efforts to reverse the trend.…
WILLIE FLOCKO’S COUNTRY KITCHEN: Easter Bunny Hasenpfeffer …by Bill Benge
From the 1992 Zephyr Archives… this article is rated R – not suitable for reading by children due to the sensitive subject matter. If you’re like Ol’ Flocko, you probably wonder what to do with the Easter Bunny after you…