| Green River and the Gunnison Valley Contributor(s): Chandler, Jo Anne (Author), Thayn, Annalee (Author), Green River Archives (Author) |
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ISBN: 073855877X ISBN-13: 9780738558776 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: Early Utah pioneers passed through the area that is now Green River and decided that the land would not support a farming community. The Farrer family did not agree with this assessment, however, and they opened one of the first stores in Green River around 1883. Always a diverse town, Green River has a long-standing tradition of religious tolerance and the coexistence of different faiths. John Wesley Powell passed through during his exploration of the Colorado and Green Rivers, and the local museum was named after him. The regionas economy has seen booms and busts, having survived on uranium mining and the missile base as well as on agriculture. Friday night football and the old opera house have come and gone, and now tourism has become Green Riveras main industry as travelers from all over the country discover the incredible beauty of the eastern Utah landscape. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.2 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Utah - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: Early Utah pioneers passed through the area that is now Green River and decided that the land would not support a farming community. The Farrer family did not agree with this assessment, however, and they opened one of the first stores in Green River around 1883. Always a diverse town, Green River has a long-standing tradition of religious tolerance and the coexistence of different faiths. John Wesley Powell passed through during his exploration of the Colorado and Green Rivers, and the local museum was named after him. The region s economy has seen booms and busts, having survived on uranium mining and the missile base as well as on agriculture. Friday night football and the old opera house have come and gone, and now tourism has become Green River s main industry as travelers from all over the country discover the incredible beauty of the eastern Utah landscape." |
Contributor Bio(s): Chandler, Jo Anne: - Author Jo Anne Chandler is the director of the Green River Archives, and Annalee Thayn is the director s assistant. Residents of Green River and the surrounding areas have donated countless historical photographs to the archives, and the authors have included many of these unique and previously unpublished images in this book. |