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Show THE ZEPHYR/FEBRUARY-MARCH THREE MOAB 2006 LANDMARKS But who remembers? HE BIG TREE 100 South & 300 East THE MEADOR Main Street HOUSE THE MEADOR HOUSE was built in the early years of the 20th Century by CARROLL J. MEADOR, one of Moab's prominent early citizens. His son BILL MEADOR, who would later become Grand County's superintendent of schools for many years, grew up here. The house survived until the mid-90s. A plan to down it down and build a truck stop was stopped when the City Council refused to allow the trees in the front yard to be torn down. But a year later, the old home was demolished and replaced with a TACO BELL. It went bankrupt after three years and the building was te-modeled to become the Moab Adventure Center. At least the trees made it. (Thanks to Sam Taylor for helping me with this brief history) THE BIG TREE was probably planted in the mid-1880s and was a prominent Moab landmark for over a century. The top-heavy cottonwood began to uproot itself and tilt in late autumn 1999; the city had no choice but to bring it down. eNO) Teno PAGE 17 |
