Posts by Moab Museum Staff
Moab History: I. W. Allen Memorial Hospital
Moab’s medical history is defined by dedicated caregivers both inside and outside hospital walls. From doctors making house calls on horseback to nurses hosting supply drives during pandemics, the Moab community has been adapting to rural healthcare challenges for over a century. The Moab Museum is proud to exhibit a new satellite exhibition at the…
Read MoreMoab History: Legacy of Care – The Grand County Hospital
Moab’s medical history is defined by dedicated caregivers both inside and outside hospital walls. From doctors making house calls on horseback to nurses hosting supply drives during pandemics, the Moab community has been adapting to rural healthcare challenges for over a century. The Moab Museum is proud to exhibit a new satellite exhibition at the…
Read MoreDr. Koji Lau Ozawa: “Archaeology of the Gila River War Relocation Center”
Dr. Koji Lau-Ozawa, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA whose research focuses on the history and archeology of WWII Japanese American incarceration presented to Museum guests on Thursday May 9th. Dr. Lau-Ozawa’s dissertation research at Stanford focused on the Gila River Incarceration Camp, where he worked in collaboration with the Gila River Indian Community to…
Read MoreMoab History: Peach Days
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Moab was a small, isolated agricultural community – and orchards were both a big business and a source of local pride in the valley. Moab peaches were a delicious and profitable crop and were exported to Colorado markets and beyond. Early settlers attempted to bolster the fruit-growing enterprise…
Read MoreMoab History: Cattle Drives
A century ago, traffic jams in Moab looked very different than today. Cattle – not cars – clogged streets seasonally, as ranchers brought livestock through the Moab Valley on their way to the railroad in Thompson. What was it like driving cattle through town? What was it like for locals when hundreds of cows passed…
Read MoreMoab History: Early Phones in Moab and Beyond
Long before cell phones, far simpler phone technology connected Moab to the outside world. In Moab, J.N. Corbin is remembered for many entrepreneurial efforts, including being a key player in bringing telephones to the region. In 1903, J.N. Corbin organized the LaSal Mountain Telephone and Electric Company to build and operate telephone and electric power…
Read MoreMoab History: Legacy of Care–Before a Hospital
This month, the Moab Museum is proud to announce a new exhibition beyond our walls at Moab Regional Hospital. Legacy of Care: A Brief History of Medical Services dives into the history of medical care and services as well as the providers themselves. Moab’s medical history is defined by dedicated caregivers both inside and outside hospital walls. From…
Read MoreRose Masters: Manzanar to Moab
Rose Masters, a volunteer and former National Park Service Ranger at Manzanar National Historic Site, provides an overview of Manzanar’s history and share stories of some of the men incarcerated at Manzanar Relocation Center who were transferred to the Moab Isolation Center following the so-called ‘Manzanar Riot.’ This program was put on by the Moab…
Read MoreThe Arrival of Mormons at Bluff – Hole in the Rock expedition
On April 6, 1880, a group of 236 Mormon pioneers reached their destination at Bluff after an incredibly arduous journey across southern Utah. Their church-sponsored journey became known as the Hole in the Rock Expedition, named for the passage the pioneers chose at Glen Canyon. Before 1880, very few white settlers called the Bluff Valley…
Read MoreKimi Hill: The Life and Art of Chiura Obata
Kimi Hill, Obata family historian and granddaughter of Chiura Obata, presented“The Life and Art of Chiura Obata” in the Moab Museum’s South Gallery with filmmaker Adam Prieto earlier this year. Chiura Obata (1885 – 1975) ranks among the most significant California-based artists and Japanese American cultural leaders of the last century. His artistic career was…
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