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" 1 f I x X 3 - J'rfi'ft H --'- $r i tX' i 4 ' :KVii f V M J "S v ”’' ffS " 1 f t I & ' '4 'r f jP I ' y t- - m s V l 4 !j xysxrtit n I——'' 4b Green River straddles Highway 50 the “uranium route” At right the old Palmer ' v " vffc-- House a railroad hostelry Imilt in 1863 now demolished W" JP ireeira wwh1 $!? - fiveir t Hides n the Uranium Tide By Sirs E B I Siraoason ‘ t 1 - Tribune Corretponckai tr B ISTORICALLY Green River Utah Is about 75 years old The Denver and H""l Rio Grande Railroad here dates back JL JL to abbut 1880 and the town was at that time ealled Blake the name being changed eight years later to Gretn River it-h-as mostly been a town of transitory population There are perhaps 15 families living here now who were residents here in 1910 Around 88 99 and 1900 the Butch Cassidy Wild Bunch made Green River their trading center when they were hiding out at Robbers Roost about 60 miles southwest of town Previous tp this another outlaw gang held up the D&RG a few miles east of here Later Gunplay Max well was a frequent visitor here and Matt Warner was early day marshal of Green River The business district at that time consisted of three saloons and one general merchandise store We are now far removed from those turbulent days Around 1905 the valley was exploited as a peach country and fanners from Illinois lows Kansas and Nebraska moved in When the trees bore fruit it was all that was expected in size and’ flavor A poor season or so and exit the peach growers Cantaloupe had been raised in small acreage but through the efforts of S M Wilson the fanners were encouraged to grow in quantities for carload shipments which were shipped direct to New York and Philadelphia where they were sold to exclusive restaurants and night clubs for their clientele -- -- w- B this was discontinued during HOWEVEit World War because of acreage having been used for other crops and various reasons Many melons and cantaloupe are still raised here and trucked out to the mining camps and into surrounding states The flavor of the Green River cantaloupe is unsurpassed anywhere ' This is just a little desert town more or less peaceful with the residents going about their daily affairs unhurried and unafraid We have been thrilled through the years by the adventures of the voyagers on the river starting with the Kolb Brothers the Path-Braand the Eddy expeditions the Frenchmen Cohnont in their canoes Buzz Ilolstrom and Charles Mann solo trips and the Nevills Don Harris Georgie White and many others have made the river a well traveled throughfare Speed boating has become a favorite summer recreation and races are conducted each year A roping club ’sponsors the rodeo every year and s melon celebration brings many oldtimers back There are the usual Woman’s Club Civic Club Legion and Legion Auxiliary a Presbyterian and LDS church with their organizations and a Catholic service is conducted in a leased building There are Masonic and Eastern t Star Ledge j y - also A new LDS chapel will be buDt within the next two years and a new school building is under construction A water and sewer system was established some years ago with filtering and chlorination installed a few years later This year the entire system is being expanded There have been few years in the past 50 where there has not been some oil or mining activity in the vicinity bringing in crews for several years at a time Much vanadium mining was done during World War I and at that time uranium was just a We are at the present experiencing a mild uranium boom and along with it several oil companies are again leasing land in the valley ct II L Purdy town barber 46 yean shows relics T v7" v I ( 5 ARE located in Emery County about from the Temple Mountain and WESanmiles Rafael Several mining districts thousand tons of uranium ore are shipped by rail each month to Salt Lake City and much is trucked to Monticello There are prospects for a busy summer since the announcement that we are now assured of a uranium buying plant here Tourists have always asked what on earth this vast expanse of desert and barren hills was good for Now we have the “ v 7--1 I!"-::'-'-- X ' "' r L - vt -- I'f 11 t t : - answe- J '4 1 r 4 J :i T V r-uranium We have five restaurants six service stations two hotels six motels and three trailer courts Material is on the ground for a new motel and an apartment house is being reconstructed On the highway entering the town from the west may be seen anywhere from five to 15 planes and two or three helicopters parked during the evening and over night They are for the use of the prospector or for conveying personnel and supplies to and from the mines Fortunately we have James Hurst a licensed airplane mechanic and pilot to keep the planes in good repair Hunt Is also a businessman president of the Service Club and a member of the City" Council Devere Curtis is the present mayor Many geophysical crews have made thla their headquarters during the past 10 or 12 12-un- 'X1 it Town jail 50 yean old has a limited capacity need A SPRINKLING SYSTEM? years an increase of perhaps 50 cent in population during the past per WE HAVE had year and a half H L Purdy has the distinction of having served the public here for 46 consecutive year as a barber He Is a veteran of the first World of the city council He War and an Indian relics of collecting the bobby has He Is also fossils and stones rare antiques fan a fishing and boating Green River Is bounded on the north and east by the Book Cliff Mountains to the south ami west by the San Rafael Reef Both these ranges have fantastic formations and are entirely different in structure They are the source of much enthusiastic' eepament from travelers and to the natives there Is nothing to compare with the sunsets that leave the large Silent City in the Saa Impression of Rafael Reef bathed in the primitive colors I tM i First Look in the "NEED an EXPERT" Wane Ad Columns I RTS” J M I( " |
