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Show A-16 The Park Record Saturday, December 28, 1996 Grand Opening, Absolutely Freel 1 1 it Binffi fffi IS jKJd r w- j i i l ujuj 1 i I IF A GRAND OPENING OF YOUR CLOSET IS IN ORDER, NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL CLOSET SPACE. This month we'll install the highest quality closet available, absolutely free. You pay for the materials, and we'll pay for the labor. Just give us a call, mention this ad, and we'll draw up the perfect closet for your individual needs. HURRY! This Grand Opening offer lasts only through the end of December 1996. Limit one installation per family. Not valid with other offers. CALL FOR YOUR FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION TODAY. Park City (801) 647-9979 Provo (801)377-6464 Salt Lake City (801) 355-6767 Ogden (801) 394-6767 Toll Free (800) 750-9052 Interested in learning more about Park City's history? Early copies of The Park Record are available on microfilm at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. (please ask for assistance). There are also many books and photo collections that tell about life in the early days. I jp i 'jjt yJ The Park Record will be publishing a guide to the Sundance Film Festiva reviews, profiles, features, ticket information This special section will be inserted into the Park Record and distributed at a variety of locations during the festival. Call 649-9014 for advertising rates and information. Advertising deadline January 7, 12 pm .Published, January 15 YJr D" -J Press run: 12,000 Tte Park R Utah's Nine Mile Canyon: the world's longest art gallery by Sally Elliott and Ruth Gooden RECORD GUEST WRITERS Next time you go to Moab, plan to leave early with a lunch and extra water to see Nine Mile Canyon. Stop and get extra petrol in Price because Nine Mile Canyon is really 40 miles of pic-tographs pic-tographs and petroglyphs that make up one of the most fascinating fascinat-ing records of ancient history in the world. Eight thousand years ago, the Desert Archaic people moved into Nine Mile Canyon and began a tradition of recording record-ing their messages by chipping away the darkened areas of rock walls, leaving us with mysterious pictorial records of their deeds. No clues remain to tell us why the Desert Archaic people left the area, but the cliff art tells us that they were replaced by the very primitive Fremont Indians, named by Peabody Museum archeologist Noel Morss for the Fremont River. The Fremonts began their habitation of the canyon as early as 300 A.D. and were gone by 1400 A.D. when bands of Utes occupied the canyon. If the canyon is really 40 miles long, why do we call it Nine Mile? John Wesley Powell's topographer. topograph-er. Bishop, drew a nine-mile tri-angulation tri-angulation map on his way down the Green River, and the little tributary creek, just above Desolation Canyon, he called "Nine Mile Creek." The name attached itself to the entire canyon. There's another story about a family named Miles that had nine members, but we're partial par-tial to the first story! The pictographs and petroglyphs petro-glyphs of Nine Mile Canyon form a chronicle of ancient Native American habitation spanning the successive Desert Archaic, Fremont and Ute occupations. The story continues with the Ninth Cavalry's construction of a road linking Fort Duschene to the railroad in Price, Utah in 1886. The Ninth Cavalry was an all- jl oxiv PARK black force of "Buffalo Soldiers" which sent two troops to the Vernal area to bolster the four infantry companies and secure peace among the Indian tribes on the Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations. The road was an essential link from the Fort and Indian reservation to the Rio Grande railroad which brought allotments and supplies to the region. Until it was abandoned in 1912, Fort Duschene presided over the division of land to Indians and preserved peace during dur-ing the white settlement that brought 15,000 homesteaders to the area after 1905. Nine Mile Road was heavily traveled by Gilsonite miners, settlers, set-tlers, ranchers and soldiers. This major thoroughfare into the Uinta Basin was the route for stagecoaches and freight and mail wagons that served the growing settlements. Along the dusty track were watering holes for humans and livestock, with hotels, corrals and way stations. Numerous ranchers settled the canyon and their stories remain in the histories of the area. Helper, Price and Wellington share a mining history with Park City, though their treasure is coal instead of silver. Just as in Park City, ethnic diversity is a common feature of the Castle CountryEmery County towns and they share many common historical oddities. One happy result is that there are several good restaurants such as the Greek Streak and China City which are both good bets for lunch or dinner. To get there, take U.S. 40 to Heber City, U.S. 89 to 1-80, U.S. 6 to Wellington about 125 miles. Just past Wellington, turn left (or north) on Soldier Creek Road at the sign. Unless you have a particularly par-ticularly keen eye and an outstanding out-standing guide book (such as Chuck Zehnder's A Guide to Nine Mile Canyon), you'll miss many of the thousands of fascinating fasci-nating drawings in the canyon. Consider hiring an archeolo- Avvvru.. CITY, UTAH - ' ' ,1 "'HJ. J" PHOTO COURTESY OF UTAH ESCAPADES Petroglyphs may be seen all along the 40 mile stretch of land called Nine Mile Canyon, located in southern Utah on the way to Moab. gistguide who will take you out for a day of "Reflections on the Ancients," feed you a yummy gourmet lunch and drive you in a van to the most interesting sites in the "world's longest art gallery." Guides are also available avail-able for tours of San Rafael Swell and dinosaur diggings at Cleveland-Lloyd quarry. Though we saw several groups of campers on the side roads along the way, there are no facilities, so be fore 4X4, PW, PL, CRUISE, CASS, V-8 36 MONTH LEASE OUR POLICIES II you don'l Mop somamc h oni driving mm, mm. v VCearns Slvrj mmmmm WoodbineRdAMvjjj New Recyclingpe Old Recycling Site yMl? . The Recycling Center has moved and is now located at the end of Woodbine Road. Mm " -4. 'IS- . - - - - V" . warned. The road is navigable in good weather by regular passenger passen-ger cars, but there are some steep grades and muddy washes in snow or rainy weather. Utah Escapades, a destination travel management company, continues to provide information on getaways that don't require getting on an airplane. They are located at 2690 Sidewinder Dr., Park City. Call 649-9949 for more information. 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