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Show A TRIBUTE To FRANK BECKWITH iness standpoint, Frank Eeehv.-ith I was a failure, and he was the first , to admit it. He simply cared nothing no-thing whatever for money as such. His mind was always occupied with gathering knowledge rather than! gold But there are other 'forms of wealth not indicated by bank balances. bal-ances. In the wealth of the mind Frank was the richest man I ever knew. He distributed that wealth without depleting his capital. H is true that Frank Beckwith failed to accumulate material wealth during his lifetime. He also al-so failed to exhibit any trace of greed ,and never profited by taking tak-ing advantage of his fellow man. He failed to adhere to any man-made man-made dogma, because his religion was nature and he worshipped in the temples of nature. He failed socially because he could not tolerate tol-erate the small hypocrisies of mod em society. He failed politically because he was honest. If this be failure, than I am proud to have known such a magnificent failure. a valuable scientific record. While on an exploratory trip in the desert Frank discovered the fossil field of west Millard county and collected many outstanding specimens, most of which are now in the Smithsonian Institute. Again he studied all the literature on this subject so intensely that in time he became recognized as the final authority for this field, and was consulted by scientists from many institutions. Almost every week during the summer of 1950 he guided groups of paleontologists paleontolog-ists to the fossil beds of west Millard and through this work acquired ac-quired a wide acquaintance among scientific researchers. On one of his trips he discovered the fossil of a Metrostrome, relative of the Trilobite, which was new to science. scien-ce. This was later identified by the Smithsonian experts and named nam-ed in his honor. I believe Frank got more satisfaction from this recognition re-cognition than any other happening happen-ing in his lifetime. The fossil is so rare that no other specimen has ever been found. During these 'fossil hunting expeditions ex-peditions to the House Range, day be published. As a student of geology, Frank was again the recognized authority author-ity on Millard county and vicinity, having visited and studied every rock formation in the area. He was especially interested in the effects of old Lake Bonneville on the geology of this section, and after having covered the country thoroughly on the ground he began be-gan making airplane 'flights in order or-der to get a large picture of the formations and old shore lines. In this field alone he had acquired more detailed knowlede than any other man. Among other accomplishments, Frank was an excellent photographer. photo-grapher. At one time he sold many artistic photographs to the Satur-, Satur-, day Evening Post. His photographs of scientific and historical subjects sub-jects are found in hundreds of books and periodicals in libraries throughout the United States. Frank was a student of all religions, re-ligions, but his mind was too great to be fettered by any one dogma. His great unrealized ambition was to put on a gee-string and live like a nrimitivo Tndifln rinse to nat- i r -i The pungent fragrace of summer sum-mer showers on desert sage will always remind me of the many wonderful journeys Frank and I took together exploring the wide and beautiful deserts of. Utah. Those pleasant days are now gone, but they will never be forgotten. CHARLES KELLY ure. He felt that the Indians were more sincere in their beliefs than most white men. Above all things he hated hypocrisy in any form. Considered from a strictly bus- Frank and I always camped at Antelope Springs, a beautiful desert des-ert spot. Around the campfire we had many discussions, and I found that he could discourse intelligently intelligent-ly on almost any subject. Besides being an authority on petroglyphs, Frank A. Beckwith, from a plaque pla-que modeled by Bishop Palmer of Cedar City. I first met Frank Beckwith thirty thir-ty years ago, through a mutual interest in Indian petroglyphs. A friend told me he was making a collection of photographs of these interesting and curious designs cut on the rocks of Utah, and I made a trip to Delta to see his collection. From that time on we worked together to-gether in trying to make a complete com-plete record of all petroglyphs in the state and traveled hundreds of desert miles. Frank was anxious to interpret the meaning of these primitive drawings, and to gain a better understanding of Indian psychology he made a deep study of Indian religion and legends. As a result he was finally able to interpret a number of the more common symbols, an accomplishment accomplish-ment which had never been attempted at-tempted scientifically before. During the course of these investigations in-vestigations Frank became interested inter-ested in the archaeology of Millard Mil-lard county and df Utah, and the research involved required many more desert trips and long hours of library research. Though this work he became a recognized auth ority of the subject, and spent one summer conducting a field trip to record and examine all known archaeological ar-chaeological sites in the state. His report and photographs constitute archaeology and paleontology, he was an astronomer, a psychologist, a student of religions, a geologist and a historian. I found that besides be-sides Greek and Latin, he had mas tered the extremely difficult Mayan May-an alphabet and calendar, one of the handful of living men who could read those curious inscriptions. inscrip-tions. The most pleasant hours of my life were spent with Frank at Antelope Springs, and I was constantly con-stantly amazed at the extent of his knowledge of so many different differ-ent subjects. Besides his scientific interests, Frank was particularly interested in the history of Utah and Millard county. He interviewed all the old pioneers he could find and recorded record-ed their stories, many of which have appeared in the columns of the Chronicle, and will be referred to !for years to come. Eventually he used part of this material in his book, "Millard and Nearby", but had hoped some day to expand ex-pand it into a more comprehensive comprehen-sive work. Frank first introduced me to the story of Butch Cassidy and assisted as-sisted in the research for the book, "Outlaw Trail", which was dedicated dedic-ated to him,. As each of my books was published I always sent him the first copy because of his keen appreciation of history and intell-entigent intell-entigent criticism. For thirty years we worked together doing research on a phase of Utah history not yet completed, which will some |