Diamond Creek, Utah
Showing
1 - 3
of 3
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Voice Recording
Al Look talks about his role in helping to discover Fremont Indian ruins in what became the Look-Turner Site in Utah. He speaks about Hannah Wormington, the archaeologist who excavated the site. He also discusses a flash flood on Diamond Creek in which rancher Laura Turner was killed. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
Format:
Voice Recording
Bill Wallace talks about his family's pioneer ranching history in Cisco, Utah, about taking cattle by train to Kansas City, and about different ranches and people of Grand County, Utah. He also discusses petrified turtles that were discovered in the building of I-70, and Native American artifacts and sites such as the Owl Rock near the old Turner Ranch. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
Format:
Voice Recording
Merle Winters, a cowboy and ranch hand for the Turner Ranch in Utah, describes the 1939 flash flood of Diamond Creek, in which Laura (Brown) Turner died. He also talks about American Indian petroglyphs, and about the inscription of Antoine Robidoux and about other archaeological finds. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical...
