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…
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…JIm Stiles ‘OLD MOAB’ vs ‘NEW MOAB— Ed Abbey, Chilled Red Wine & When to Clap at the Symphony. SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles “Memories of Snow’ The WILDER WEST… the Art & Wit of DAVE WILDER “Theodore…
‘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,…
‘THE BIGGEST PUBLIC LAND GRAB’ The ‘Green Energy Boom’ & Mainstream Environmentalism Sometimes the endless open spaces of the West impress me most when I can’t see them at all. One night when I was a ranger at the…
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…
In October , The Zephyr re-posted an interview with longtime Moabite MAXINE NEWELL, from the summer of 1995. Here is Part 2… After World War II, Maxine married Hub Newell. They lived in Green River for awhile where Hub, an…
A Last Look at the “Pre-Elevated Bikeway RIVER ROAD” (State Route 128)Construction on the $9 million Moab Hub & Elevated River Bikeway began last month.Here are some photographs we shot of those first two miles as work began. Note the…
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 5 of my collection of…
The 17 Verses… NOTE & CAUTION! This story was previously published in the San Juan Record in Monticello, Utah, where the population is about 90% Mormon. My tale of woe was taken in good humor by almost everyone I heard…
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles Election Blues…Speaking of Elections, Hate Bain Capital? Now Go Look in the Mirror…The Stiles Job Plan: “Do as the French do.” SOWING CLOVER… Tonya Audyn Stiles “The Walnut Desk” THE POETRY of DAMON…