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…
I’d like to offer a special ‘thanks’ to Lillie Keener of Salt Lake City for her contributions to this issue of the Zephyr. Lillie grew up in Moab and lived with her “Moab Mom and Dad,” Troy and Jaunita Anderson.…
On November 4, 1952, while traveling through southeast Utah, Charles Cushman encountered Jack Holley and his many critters. Cushman paused long enough enough to chat with ‘The Goat Man” and took these remarkable color images. It’s interesting to note the…
I am very grateful to the Utah State Historical Society, for their permission to reprint these incredible photos of Moab’s “Goat Man,” Jack Holley. From the Utah State Historical Society website: Alton Watkins Morton was born 26 July 1905 in…
Thursday morning. June 1, 1950 In early June 1950, Herb and his parents, Joseph and Sadie Ringer, crossed the original river bridge and paused on the south side to take a few photographs. As he returned to his Ford Woodie,…
THE EVOLUTION OF TAYO INC. & THE CITY OF MOAB—(And a Final Observation)…by Jim Stiles TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles LYNN JACKSON & TRANSPARENCY FOR ALL… SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles I LOVE THIS PLACE BEFORE & AFTER Arches National Park…
Many Moab citizens continue to ask questions about an IT security company called Tayo, Inc, its majority owner Tara Smelt, and that company’s relationship—personal and professional— to the City of Moab and its city manager Rebecca Davidson. Almost ALL this…
A few weeks ago, Grand County’s controversial county councilman, Lynn Jackson, was exonerated yet again by County Attorney Andrew Fitzgerald over allegations made by John Weisheit, the executive director of the Moab-based environmental group ‘Living Rivers. Weisheit’s lengthy ethics complaint…
CHARLIE STEEN’S youngest son ‘sets the record straight’ about the Life & Times of Moab’s Most Famous Prospector At the beginning of my first article in The Zephyr about my father, Charlie Steen, and his discovery of the Mi Vida…
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…