In 1940, the Roosevelt administration hired out-of-work writers and photographers from coast to coast to create “travel guides” for each of the 48 states. The Federal Writers’ Project sent documentarians to the far corners of America. One of the most…
EDITOR’S NOTE: For Part One of: ‘The Calm before the Swarm,” go to: http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2011/12/01/the-calm-before-the-swarm-by-jim-stiles/ After decades in operation, the Atlas Uranium Mill, once the lifeblood of the community, ground to a halt, closed in 1984 and never re-opened. The domestic…
Everyone has a favorite campsite. Whether it dates from a happy childhood, undergraduate hi-jinks or racial memory from prehistoric humanity makes no difference. If you’re lucky, you have a favorite secret campsite, one that will hopefully remain unknown forever. In…
In the late 80s and early 90s, I was taking a lot of pictures of Moab’s ‘survivors.’ the ones who decided to tough out the hard times and make a new life. Here is Part 2 of my collection of…
THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT & HISTORY: A recent survey of Americans under 30 revealed some surprising gaps in their knowledge of America and of the world. Three in ten could not locate the Pacific Ocean on a map. Seven out of…
MY PERSONAL HISTORY: Life & Times in Southeast Utah by Verona Stocks The Farm in Blanding When school was out a family friend took Aunt Pearl, Mary and me to Blanding. The night before we left, a well…
In the summer of 1987, the economy of Moab and Grand County hit rock bottom. A few years earlier, as uranium prices plummeted, the Atlas Vanadium Processing Mill north of town closed its doors for good. The mill, which had…
Portraits of Moab (1988-1993) In the late 80s and early 90s, I was taking a lot of pictures of Moab’s ‘survivors.’ the ones who decided to tough out the hard times and make a new life. Here is Part…
The View From Above A 1957 aerial photograph of Arches National Monument, including Abbey’s trailer. U95 bridge at Hite in Glen Canyon A new million dollar home, built on SITLA lands near Moab. Tarantula Mesa, just east of the…
I n s t a n t M o a b …the Polaroid Wizardry of Terry Knouff Terry Knouff has been loving the Canyonlands country since 1979, and living in it since 1987. But his first love ) is photography.…