I am hopelessly nostalgic. By nature, it seems, I am drawn to historic town squares, brick streets, and dusty museums. I am a sucker for trains and soda fountains. Any pre-World War II architectural style fascinates me. And this fascination,…
When you smile for the camera…. #moab #willys #overland The jukebox at Milt’s, back when Milt had the place. #milts #jukebox #moab #45s Freeway barrier w/capitol building Juniper@TacoBell,Price,Utah Truckin’ Down The Potash Road. #moab Kiln Old kiln, near Moab Standing…
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2013 PROLOGUE: As Moab began to ‘take off’ in the late 80s, we all wondered who would try to bring some order out of the brewing chaos. Via a grant from the City of Moab, formr Park City resident Tom…
How Silence & Tranquility Became Antiquated Notions in the Brave New West… I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~Henry David Thoreau When Thomas Jefferson…
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… Rock Springs, Wyoming – 2006. This was the first place I ever…
Just as the Boom was Beginning… ABOVE: This is an image of the southeastern part of Moab. The curving highway that crosses the top part of the photo is US 191.. Visible is the just built City Market and McDonald’s…
NOTE: The Zephyr recently received a DVD of a 1949 documentary film by Ray Garner. The film is silent; Mr. Garner exhibited this film to audiences around the country and provided ‘live’ narration. The film is now in the public…
RENO, NEVADA THEN (1944) & NOW (via Google Maps) 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…
‘Old Moab’ vs. ‘New Moab’ Ed Abbey, Chilled Red Wine & When to Clap at the Symphony. In 1952, when Charlie Steen discovered uranium and turned Moab from a sleepy little village to the most famous Boom Town in America,…