Download or read book A History of Moab Utah written by Faun McConkie Tanner and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Far Country written by Faun McConkie Tanner and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elk Mountain Mission written by Tom McCourt and published by . This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Brigham Young's failed attempt to establish a fort and a colony at the present site of Moab, Utah.
Download or read book Cowpokes to Bike Spokes written by Tom McCourt and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factual and fascinating tales of adventures and life in the town of Moab.
Download or read book Moab and Grand County written by Travis Schenck and published by Images of America. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand County's story begins long before the first white settlers entered the valley. The land holds ruins, artifacts, and remnants of many ancient peoples, including Ute, Navajo, Anasazi, and others. Spanish missionaries--who were seeking gold as much as souls--were followed by French fur traders into the mid-1800s, and the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 brought the land to be known as Grand County into the Union. Soon, the valley was teeming with settlers. In 1880, the name "Moab" appeared in the US Postal Register; it was chosen by William Peirce, a businessman who became the town's first postmaster, and was a reference to the Biblical desert. In 1902, Moab, Utah, was officially incorporated. The coming railroads brought more settlers from around the world. Basque sheepherders, Chinese laborers, and African American cowboys joined followers of Brigham Young to become residents of the growing county. Towns like Thompson, Cisco, and Stateline sprang up along with fruitful orchards, and peaches from Moab were being served at restaurants in Paris.
Download or read book Reflections of Moab Utah written by Lydia Ann Taylor Skewes and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moab and Grand County written by Travis Schenck and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand County's story begins long before the first white settlers entered the valley. The land holds ruins, artifacts, and remnants of many ancient peoples, including Ute, Navajo, Anasazi, and others. Spanish missionaries--who were seeking gold as much as souls--were followed by French fur traders into the mid-1800s, and the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 brought the land to be known as Grand County into the Union. Soon, the valley was teeming with settlers. In 1880, the name "Moab" appeared in the US Postal Register; it was chosen by William Peirce, a businessman who became the town's first postmaster, and was a reference to the Biblical desert. In 1902, Moab, Utah, was officially incorporated. The coming railroads brought more settlers from around the world. Basque sheepherders, Chinese laborers, and African American cowboys joined followers of Brigham Young to become residents of the growing county. Towns like Thompson, Cisco, and Stateline sprang up along with fruitful orchards, and peaches from Moab were being served at restaurants in Paris.
Download or read book Where God Put the West written by Bette Larsen Stanton and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of photographs and memories of the cinematic legends who made movies in the Moab-Monument Valley area.
Download or read book Guide to Moab UT Backroads and 4 Wheel Drive Trails 2nd Edition written by Mayer Shelley and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brave New West written by Jim Stiles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jim Stiles moved west from Kentucky in the 1970s to make Moab, Utah, his home, that corner of the rural West had already endured decades of obscurity, a uranium boom and then a bust, and was facing an identity crisis. What kind of economy would prevent Moab from becoming yet another ghost town? For more than two decades, environmentalists in southeast Utah have had a simple answer to this question: replace extractive industries--mining, timber, and cattle--with an economy catering to "green" tourists with hotels, restaurants, and bars. They feel that if these lands can be spared further degradation by huge industries, the West could begin to thrive on something cleaner and more lucrative. But Stiles sees a downside to this seemingly idyllic vision. Bringing insight based on decades of residence in Moab, he makes a provocative and compelling argument that the economy most environmentalists hail as the solution to the woes of the rural West is in fact creating an unprecedented impact of its own. In recent years, Moab and other rural towns across the West have seen a massive influx of urbanites fleeing crowded cities in search of a simpler life. Yet Stiles also observes that these transplants are often unwilling to accept the isolation and lack of services that characterize genuine rural life. Believing themselves to be liberal, sensitive, enlightened environmentalists, they nevertheless bring with them exactly the type of lifestyle and ecological impact that they sought to leave behind and, in the process, create a community that no longer serves the native inhabitants. With a blend of travelogue, local color, and geography, Stiles engages readers with folksy humor while defending the lifestyle of the "pre-cappuccino rural Westerners" and exposing the paradox that underlies the professed good intentions of liberal newcomers.
Download or read book The Man Who Quit Money written by Mark Sundeen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand Prize Winner of the 2015 Green Book Festival Mark Sundeen's new book, The Unsettlers, is coming in January 2017 from Riverhead Books In 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings-all thirty dollars of it-in a phone booth. He has lived without money-and with a newfound sense of freedom and security-ever since. The Man Who Quit Money is an account of how one man learned to live, sanely and happily, without earning, receiving, or spending a single cent. Suelo doesn't pay taxes, or accept food stamps or welfare. He lives in caves in the Utah canyonlands, forages wild foods and gourmet discards. He no longer even carries an I.D. Yet he manages to amply fulfill not only the basic human needs-for shelter, food, and warmth-but, to an enviable degree, the universal desires for companionship, purpose, and spiritual engagement. In retracing the surprising path and guiding philosophy that led Suelo into this way of life, Sundeen raises provocative and riveting questions about the decisions we all make, by default or by design, about how we live-and how we might live better.
Download or read book History of the O W Warner Farm at Moab Utah written by Emma Walker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Moab UT Backroads 4 wheel Drive Trails written by Charles A. Wells and published by Funtreks Incorporated. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to 80 of the most scenic backroads in Moab, UT.
Download or read book ATV Trails Guide written by Charles A. Wells and published by Funtreks Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy, Moderate, Difficult ATV Riding Adventures in Moab, UT
Download or read book Big Red Rocks Little Red Devils A Moab Story written by Emmett R. Dixon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaze a trail through the town of Moab, Utah and the youth of one slightly crazed, sunburned kid. He has asthma, he's scrawny; he plays rock music on his Vox Jaguar organ. He has attitude and he's in your face. Part memoir, part history and part philosophy, Big Red Rocks, Little Red Devils will reveal the keys to life, liberty and the pursuit of girls, all from the driver's seat of a '69 Pontiac Firebird. Enjoy the ride!
Download or read book Disaster at Cane Creek written by Kymberly Mele and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic story of courage, survival, and tragedy, the Disaster at Cane Creek is the account of the devastating potash mine explosion that occurred August 27, 1963, only hours after a miraculous Sheppton mine rescue in Pennsylvania. Twenty-five miners working the afternoon shift were now caught in a horrific explosion at Texas Gulf Sulphur's new Cane Creek Potash Mine. Located in the scenic red rock canyon country just west of Moab, Utah along the banks of the Colorado River, the mine site quickly became the scene of an intense mine rescue operation. With no knowledge of any survivors, the race against time was set in full motion as expert mine rescue teams battled to overcome smoke, gases, and groundwater pouring down the mine shaft which was as deep as two Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. Disaster at Cane Creek is thoroughly spellbinding as it shares history's stage during the iconic 1960's with other relevant back and side stories during the Kennedy Administration. Author Kymberly Mele masterfully weaves together this powerful drama, putting the reader on the scene of this true-life story as events unfold. She conveys the essence of the people involved, communicates what they endured, and captures the sheer will, determination and fight for survival that is both riveting and inspirational.
Download or read book Moab Classic Hikes written by and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features forty full-color shaded relief/topographical maps with photos and descriptions designed to guide hikers along the classic hikes of the Moab, Utah area."
