The 3rd Annual Retro Issue
Those "Fabulous 50s"
February- March 2002
Featured Stories:
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT POINTBLANK "Moab Enacts Human Zoning Laws!" by Ned Mudd NEW WEST BLUES "Winter Doldrums" by Jim Stiles NUTSHELL: The Photographic Evidence DOG OF THE DECADE: "Butch," the beloved pooch of CHARLIE STEEN, is the hands-down winner of the 50s D.O.M.... and CHARLIE is Reader of the Month THE 'FABULOUS' FIFTIES Views of Moab from a half a century ago... MY OLD MAN: The Uranium King The youngest son of Moab's most famous resident, Charlie Steen, sets the record straight about his father's discovery in 1952 by Mark Steen FROM RAGS TO RICHES Life changed rapidly for the Steens in 1952... From a tar paper shack to gilded boots & more... Photographs from the early days. THE HISTORY OF GLEN CANYON DAM The president of the Glen Canyon Institute describes the events that led to the damming of Glen Canyon and the environmental revolution it inspired. by Dr. Richard Ingebretsen AROUND THE BEND KEN SLEIGHT RETURNS TO THE 50s. Seldom Seen started the decade as a soldier and a tire salesman and ended it as a season river runner. But he spent the early part of the decade, dreaming of the Colorado River in a cold isolated part of the world called Korea. by Ken Sleight ONE LAST LOOK: "An ore truck rumbles north of Moab's Main St. during the uranium boom. FEEDBACK: The Readers Respond Tormented that you're missing Zephyr articles and cartoons? For a limited time, receive a one-year subscription for $10. Click here for details.
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