Utah Statewide Archaeological Society Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 1, March 1959

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UTAH ARCHEOLOGY is distributed quarterly to all members of the Utah Statewide Archeological Society. Membership dues are $1.00 per year . All correspondence should be directed to the Editor: James H. Gunnerson , Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 12; Utah.

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No. 33

The Activities of Jacob Hamblin in the Region of the Co1o!.,a,?o by LeJand Hargrave Creer. (1958) 40 pp.~ 1 fig.

(Nos. 32 and 33 are bound

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$1.25)

An Outline of the Histor, of the Flamin Gorge Area

by William Mo Purdy (1959) 29 pp O!) 14 figs • .9 1.000 0

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Preliminary Rep'ort of the Biological ResoUJ;ces of the Glen Canyon Reserv0i!. by Angus M. Woodbury and Staff Members of the Division of Biological Sciences, University of Utaho (1958) 225 PP03 1 figs. 9 9 il1ustrations~ $2.500 Survey of Vegetation in the Glen Canyon Reservoir Basin "by Angus M. Woodbury .') Stephen D. Durrant" and Seville F1owerso (1958) 60 ppO .') 11 illustrations.

Two other public09:tions are strictly archeologica1~-one reporting work done in Utah » the other reporting work done in Coloradoo ~" .

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~cheologica1 Not~s

£n Stansbury Island by Sydney J.S. Jameson 0 (1958) 35 ppO!) 21 figs. 9 $10250

Excavations in Manc~ Cawon , Colorado by Erik Ko Reed.

(1958) 224 pp • .') 62 figso .') 2 tables» $4.00.

In the near future p . severa1 more archeological numbers stemming from the Upper Colorado River Basin Archeological Salvage Project (G~en Canyon) will appear in this series.

Copies of the Universit~ of Utah Anthropological-Rapers can be purchased from the University of Utah Press,9 Salt Lake City~ Utah.

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THE MOAB MUSEUM

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by Lloyd Pierson

One' , of the promising developments in museology in · tq.e past decade" more so than ever before» has been the growth .of th,e local or regional museum. To the swelling ranks of th~se "small u museums there recently was added a museum in MO.;lb 9 Utah.

The small local museum fulfills a natural desire to have the treasures of the area remain at home where they are much more significant as close to in s itu as possible rather than in storage at some far off large museum .

This ideal was» in part» the motivating force behind the Moab Museum. The initial push necessary to get the museum rolling was provided by the Womanos Literary Club of Moab. In looking about for a proj ect which would qualify for the ,~ears Foundation , Community Achievement Award the long felt need for a museum was brought to the attention of the club and was eventually selected as the club project for 1957=58.

The rules of ·the award contest stated that the project must be a community effort ; one involving several civic clubs !~ A meeting was called for the formation of the museum group in Nove~ber » 1957 and all of the civic clubs in the community were asked to send a representative.

All clubs responded and at the organizational meeting it was suggested that the group be set up on a broad foundation so' that the museum could f orm the nucleus for other possible ,e ndeavors and not be too restricted in ' its future developments. The name picked for the society was the Southeastern Utah Society of Arts and Science 9 Incorporated.

Initial effor't s were directed at finding a building to house the museum" determining the scope of the museum and fund raising.

The first problem wils solved by the offer of the Grand County Commissioners of the free rent of a six room house centrally located across from the county courthouse. A soundly built house of early Moab architecture it ideally suited the museum's purposes tn its nascent stages. The fund raising was successful beyond expectations and plans for the museum exhibits were formulated based on the space and funds.

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It was decided that the Moab MuseumHs sphere of interest should lay in the fields of archaeology» history» mining cand milling" and geology» with the empQasis placed on-the local aspec~s of these disciplines. Consequently two furred-in wall cases have been built for archaeologicat exhibits. These feature items from the late Dr. J.W. Williams collection which had been giv~n to the National Park Service and is now on the loan.to the museum. In history, panels have been prepared on the Spanish Trail~ the Mormon Mission period» Early Moab» and one case of historical items is on display. In the field of mining and rnilling,one panel showing the recovery of uranium from ore as carried out at the Uranium Reduction Company in Moab is complete while a panel on early mining and prospecting is almost complete and another on uranium mining methods is under way.

A fluorescent mineral exhibit is complete and exhibits of uranium minerals» local gem stones» and the geologic time scale of the Moab District are in the planning stages for the Geology section.

These exhibits will be the "permanent" displays for the museum; the basis for future expansion and temporary exhibits. Although not all exhibits were completed» the museum was dedicated and opened to the public on August 22» 1958.

The exhibits have been designed with two all-age-inclusive groups in mind; the tourist and the residents. It is hoped that during the summer the "permanent" exhibits will provide much interest and information to the ever increasing traveling public. During the rest of the year the Moab Museum hopes to c~rry on an educational program for the citizens of Moab and Grand County.

As part of the program aimed at community betterment» a series of monthly temporary exhibits was initiated. The bulk of these exh~bits will be local collections of various types and other things of interest» many sponsored by local organizations with aims parallel to museum interests. Others will be traveling exhibits from other institutions throughout the country bringing in items and displays designed to broaden local perspectives.

As examples we ' have had on exhibit a local co~lection of archaeo~ logical material,9 sponsored by the Moab Archaeological Society; another of minerals; and another of historical guns sponsored by the Grand Rifle Club. From the ouside world we have had an exhibit of Ute~Paiute baskets from the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Utah and programmed for the near future is an art exhibit from the Museum of New Mexico. Included in this program will be occasional lectures" movies» or other special events as the opportunity or need arises.

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We have started our own traveling exhibit program by cOQstructing and sending out a small series of exhibits to the local schools~ Using materials from the museum collections of less fragile nature we believe they will serve a good purpos~. Another program directed at the school children is the monthly series of movies of the educational yet entertaining type within and supplementing the museums sphere of interest.

With the above we hope to fulfill the stated purposes of the society , viz : to collect , preserve, display and interpr*t archaeological , mineralogical , hist'orical and palec;mtological exhibits; particularly those so abundant in this favored area; to afford social, recreational . as well as cultural and special educational opportunities for adults and children; to provide attraction and stimulate interest for vi&itors to this' area ; to stimulate and foster a cooperative community interest and participation .

Contemplated for the future. depending of course on available time . interest , and money. are programs of publishing popular and technical material of interest to the community, possibly research in certain fields , cataloging of local collections to preserve the "Moab Story , " greater cooperation with other groups of s,imilar interests and such other services as we may be able to render to the people of Moab.

Having a fond hope for the future and a firm grip on reality we feel that we are headed in the right direction. We po not consider that we have accomplished anything that could pot be duplicated elsewhere and we hope that we can and will provide inspiration to others considering the steps we have taken.

From October through April the Moab Museum will be open Wednesday and Thursday evening 7 to 9 through the courtesy of the Moab Girl Scouts; Saturdays 3 to 5 p.m. and Sundays 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 porno During the summer months the hours will be 3 to 5, and 7 'to 9 p.m. daily with evening slide lectures in the f.ront yard for tourists Âť sponsored by the Moab Chamber of Commerce.. We would be particularly pleased to welcome members of the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society.

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Utah Statew.ide Archeological Society Membership List This list includes individuals and institutions who are now (March 23 9 1959) or who have been active members within the past year. Those listed who have not yet paid their 1959 tnembe-r ship dues have been dropped from ~~ Newsletter mailing list.

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Mrs. Dorothy Adams Monticello, Utah Ray A. Anderson Utah Power and Light Co. Grace, Idaho Ray Ao Anderson 208 S~ 2nd East Moab a Utah ' Mrs. Essie Baily _ 190 North 1st East Moab Ii Utah James C. Bean 213 Loslie Ave. Salt -Lake City l5 p Utah Homer Behunin Ferron.\' Utah John M. Belnap Hooper9 Utah Dr. Dean R. Brimhall Manana Farm Fruita.\l via TorreY9 Utah Mrs. Beverly Brown Box 334 Moab,9 Utah Gaylord A. Buchanan, MoD. 440 Circle Drive Richfield, Utah William K. Buchanan, M.D. 128 Circle Drive, Swan Acres Pittsburgh 379 Penn.

Ross To Christensen Department of Archaeology Brigham Young University Provo» Utah Carl Condie St. George» Utah George Condie 2089 Wo North Temple Salt Lake City, Utah LeRoy Condie 204~ Stanford Ave., S.E. Albuquerque p NoM. Mrs. Joe Wo Cooper Monticello p Utah John L. Cross 860 SOo 10 East Oremj) Utah Mr. and Mrso Jerrold Dalton 308 Douglas Drive Sunset» Clearfield, Utah James Co Dean 913 Eo 6th South Salt Lake City 2.\1 Utah Co Lawrence DeVed 18 West Main Vernal p Utah David Dibble Department of Anthropology University of Utah

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James 00 Douglas 1340 ~ 30th Sto Ogden» Utah So GeQrge Ellsworth Utah Stat~ University Logan » Utah AoBo Elsasser Depar-t-ment of Anthropology University of Califbrnia Berk~~ry 4 » California HoB. Fields 3810 C6dySto Wheatrid~e9 Coloo Amanda Frances P~Oo Box 204 Moab» ' Utah RoGo Frazier ,417} SOo , 23rd East Salt Lake , City 17 p Utah Earl Ao Fredrickson 357 East 5th Noo Logan!) Utah McLaren Funk Brigham ,City!> Utah CoP o Gaddis 1151 Jaren Circle Salt Lake CitY9 Utah Bernard Wo Garr~tt 2264 Harrison Ogden; Utah James C. Gifford Peabody Museum Harvard Universiny Cambridge 38 9 Mass.

Grady N. Gill 1085 East 4100 So. Ogden,!) Utah

Mike Griffard Green River ; Utah Verda Wo GruI)ig 86 Noo First 'East Brigham City; Utah James Ho Gunnerson Department -of Antl:p:opology University of Utah Salt Lake City 12 ; Utah Oscar Jo Hammen 637 Blaine Street MissouJ,a p Montana Ru lon ,Hansen 815 East 2nd Noo Logan p Utah Vi late Hardy La Verkin .!) Utah FoK o Hassel 906 Rancho Blvdo Ogden!) Utah Hatch River Expeditions 1278 Driggs Ave. ' Salt Lake City 6 ; Utah Robert Fo Heizer Department of Anthropology University of California Berkeley 4 9 California Jack Holzberlein Meeker 3 Colorado Anna Hufstetler 947 - 32nd Sto Ogden !> Utah Alice Hunt c/o Geologi?al Survey Death Valley National Monument Death Valley; California

10 LaVerna Hyatt Elsinore !) Utah

Charles M. Mabey 387' East450 So. ClearfiddJ) Utah

M. Wells Jakeman Department of Archaeology Brigh.am Young University Provo ~ Utah '

Dan- Manti. i~g 197 East 5th No. Richfield j Utah

A.G. Johnson Box 35 · ' Aztec 9 N~w Mexico

D. Lavan Martineau General Delivery Richfield !) Utah,

Roberta Karren Jensen 9 Utah

Thomas W. Mathews Gila PueJ:?lo Box 1562,; Globe J) Arizona

Charles Kelly Torrey !) Utqh Clark S. Knolton Box 344 Georgia Teachers College Collegeboro p Georgia La Ree Lamoreaux 434 East 600 So. St . George .9 Utah Major Junius C. Layson Provost Marshal Dugway Proving Ground, Utah Mr . and Mrs. John A. Lambert La Point 9 Utah

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Lester D. Lowe Franklin p Idaho Albert R. Lyman Blanding 9 'Utah Mr. and Mrs. Dick McCandles 634 E~st Locust Lane Moab ,\) Utah Kim McCarter 1218 Fenway Ave. Salt Lake City !) Utah Westley McDonald Mon t ic e L(o Utah I)

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Claudia Matson 9531 = 242 St. Be l leros~ 26 9 New York Elsie Moretine 2649 Eccles Ave. Ogdenp Utah Library » Mus~um of Northern Arizona Box 402 Flagstaff p Arizona Dale C. Naylor , 152 Vine St. Murray 7» Utah Thomas E. Nelson 402 1st. Ave. No. 31 Salt Lake City 3 » Utah Katharine Newby 467 University St. Salt Lake City.9 Utah J.M. Nobbitt!) Jr. Box 21 Green River .9 Utah G. M. OONeill 440 = 11th Ave. Salt Lake City 3 9 Utah

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Spen.ce r Ohl in 40 So. Main Richfield~ Utah

Harry B. Robinson Sequoi{l Nat,ional Park Three Rivers, California

W.D. Pack 310 Soutn 3rd East Pre s ton ~ Idaho

OoC. Rogers 1828 Steele Laramie p Wyoming

L.A. Painter 411 Andrea Ct. Moa-b y Utah

Mr. Grady Rymer Box 509 Dugway Proving Ground, Utah

Ann Palmer Monticello, Utah Peabody Museum Library H~rvar<;l University Cambridge 38, Mass.

Merrill (Bud) Peterson 651 Canyon Rd. Loganj> Utah Frank i Phe lp s 65~ West 2nd No. Loganj> Utah Geoige L. Pierce 379 Childs Ave. Ogden» Utah ,

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pierson Box 98 Moab» 'Utah Mrs. Howard C. PriceJ) Jr. Preston Nutter'Ranch Price» Utah John A. Price 418 Beta 4f12 S$lt Lake City, Utah Treacy Redd Blanding» Utah Mr. and Mrs. George Renie P.O. Box 295 MoabJ) 'Utah

. Harold R. S~rgant 230 SQ ,First East Verna'lp Utah Eric Simonson 790 East 39th So. Salt Lake City, Utah John P. Simonson Greenriverj) Utah Elmer R. Smith Department of Anthropology University of Utah Salt Lake CitY9 Utah J.C. Smith P.o. Box 488 Milford» Utah Ron H. Smith 570 East 7th No. Logan» Utah William S. Smith 2835 Liberty Ave. Ogden» Utah John L. Sorensen 1794 North 150 East Provof) Utah Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sprang Ripple Rock Ranch Fruita» via Torrey~ Utah

12 Charlie R. Steen P.O. Box 142 Sant;aFeJ) New Mexico ." .

Earl Stoddard ?132 Ogden Ave. Ogden.9 Utah ' I

G.E. Untermann Box 141 Vernal» Utah , Casper Van De Graaff 2919 Van Buren Ave. Ogden)) Utah

Jerome Stoffel 45 East 5th No. Logan,\! Utah

Earnest W. Van Sickle 225 No. l.st West Bountiful. ~ Utah

Kent and Carol S~out 1031 East 8th South Salt Lake City 2» Utah

Mrs. Lorenia L. Walestein P.O. Box 1074 Moabj)Utq.h

Claude E. Sturat 9 Jr. R.F oDo 1,4 Ogden" Utah

Jessie Wanlass 2465 Monroe Blvd.

Ogden,9 Utah

Dee C. Taylor Department qf Anthropology Montana State University MissoulaJ) .Montana

Dr. Morris J. W~rburton Medical Arts Building Salt Lake City II» Utah

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HarrY· ,G. Taylor 905 Rmcho Blvd.

OgdenJ) Utah L.Co Thorne 18 West Main Street VernalJj Utah Robert C. Thorne Box 64 Jensen» Utah M. Verne Thurber 134 West 400 So. Orem» Utah Oliver Jo Tribe 409 Adams Avenue Ogden» Utah Billie R. Untermann Box 141 Vernal,9 Utah

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Acquisitions Division, Serials University of Washington Library Seattle 5» Washington Jack.West Box 1096 Moab?) Utah Theodore E. White Dinosaur ~ Box 37 Jensen» Utah EoL. Winn Kenilworth,9 Utah Wilford Wiseman Barstow High School Barstow)) California Y.T. Witherspoon.

1226 East 5th South Salt Lake City)) Utah

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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Young Box 959 Moab,? Utah

Wm. B. Wright,.I' Jr. Mary· s River Ranch Deeth, Nevada

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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CAMPUS Most of the sessions of the Society for American Archaeology and the USAS business meeting w,ill be held in the Student Union Building. You are also invited to visit the Museum of Anthropology.

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UTAH ARCHEOLOGY Dept of Anthropology University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 0

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