NOTE: Some of the information in this story can be found in my book ‘Brave New West’ and in previous Zephyr articles, dating back to 1998…JS On the evening of October 31, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced a standing-room…
Green Chev : A local’s classic. Not as many local “daily driver” classics in Moab as there once were. Atomic Motel : Stayed here a couple of times. Yes it was funky, and by funky I mean moldy.…
All photos were taken using an iPhone. Becky Knouff has lived in Moab, Utah for the last 27 years. She is a third generation house painter following in the footsteps of her father, grandfather, uncles and brothers. She…
At twenty-one years of age, in 1950, I went through a hellish year, as national and international events seemed to pull me into areas in which I had little control. Distractions were many. Continuous war talk left my mind immobilized,…
He was known as an eternal optimist, a wanderer, dreamer and sometime impractical pioneer. His name was Sylvester Richardson. The west of the post-Civil War era was filled with ambitious men out to conquer the west, get out of the…
PREFACE: The events in Ferguson, Missouri remind me of a moment in my own brief career in law enforcement, as a ranger with the National Park Service at Arches NP. I wrote this account in 2005, years after the confrontation…
It should be difficult for any of us to write about where we grew-up, to write about where we call home, or where we once called home. There are the expected trappings of sentiment and the near constant questioning of…
My first decade (1929-1939) was spent growing up in Idaho. My second decade of life (1940-1949) was set in Utah. Incidences, experiences, environment, and heritage all shape one’s life, and so, pardon me as l divert a bit from…
The Zephyr is honored to present selected images from TOM TILL’s remarkable book, “Then & Now.” Balanced Rock Visit Tom Till’s Website. To see the PDF version of this page, click here. To comment, scroll to…
“For many, this is deja-vu. Grand County has been through this before. And, we know how to deal with it.” —Chris Baird, candidate for Grand County Council (explaining his recall petition to remove Lynn Jackson from office.) Sometimes I…