Show Editor i Finds f Pleasant job iob On This Issue By BOB WHITE I Nearly three months a ao ago o. o I was wa asked by bv The Times Independent and the Plateau Features Syndicate to o do the research and writing for today's anniversary section I Since then Mrs MiS White and I Ilave have lave spent many hours bours in the fascinating fas fascinating study of this community's early years Few assignments in more than two decades of newspaper newspaper news- news paper aper work have brought a great great- er r personal satisfaction than this glimpse into the past The problem in most special special I editions Is to find enough mater mater- lal al on ona n a given theme to fill the space available With this edition the problem was just the reverse Much more material was at t hand than could be used We have tried however to touch on the more important phases of 01 Moab's early history Many interesting stories have had to be But the stories and that have been used used will serve we hope to give Mo Moab's bs b's many new residents a better conception conception conception con con- of this picturesque community's community's com com- background You may find that a majority of the stories included here are based on written sources rather than on Interviews Some of 01 Moab's pioneers pioneers pioneers pion pion- kept diaries and journals faithfully recording their day to day life Some wrote their stories in later years or told them to others Those early records and personal person person- al histories have been used wh wherever wherever rever r- r ever possible with a minimum ol of editing They tell of the hardships hardships hard hard- ships the pathos the lighter moments moments mo mo- mo ments of frontier life so clearly that they need no embellishment In some cases sources have differed differed differed dif dif- dif dif- slightly on dates spellings o 0 of names and other minor details Because of this students of local history may find we have erred in some instances either in fact or Interpretation Wed We'd appreciate having such errors called to our ou at at- Credit is given elsewhere for lor forthe forthe the major sources used We should also like to express thanks here hereto herel to the Individuals who have suggested to those who have loaned pictures and to those who have helped In n other 1 ways Our Interest in Moab's history whetted by work on this edition is by iu nu m means ans satisfied We hope to do further research as time permits And we ve would wel welcome welcome come the opportunity to lo look k over an any diaries journals letters or pioneer papers that we have luve not seen |