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Thursday, March 21, 2013 • Issue # 988
Exhibit Highlights Historic Utah Artists BOULDER - The Boulder Arts Council presents, Early Utah Masterpieces, a Utah Arts Council’s Traveling Exhibition highlighting a selection of important and historically significant works in the Utah State Fine Art Collection. Composed of 26 giclee prints of the valuable works, the travelling collection allows communities throughout the state view and learn about Utah’s artistic history. Early Utah Masterpieces will be exhibited at the Boulder Community Center from March 5 through May 1. Early Utah Masterpieces celebrates the extraordinary and rich history of the visual arts in Utah. At the first meeting of the Art Institute in 1899, money was appropriated to purchase its first painting, Black Rock, 1898, by J.T. Harwood. It is an impressive landscape of familiar sight in the Great Salt Lake. Beginning with that significant first purchase, the State Fine Art Collection has grown annually through purchases and donations.
The pieces displayed in this exhibit are giclee (a French word that means a spray of liquid) reproductions of the original oil paintings. Giclee prints are generated from highresolution digital scans and printed onto canvas using professional color ink-jet printers. The giclee process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction and can be adjusted to any size. Early Utah Masterpieces will be exhibited at Boulder Community Gallery at 351 N. 100 E. in Boulder. Please check the Boulder Arts Council Website at boulderartscouncil.com on the community calendar for times and days in which the library is open. Early Utah Masterpieces :“Alice Art Collection,” was created through American Masterpieces program. American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, and presents Americans with the best of their artistic and
cultural legacy, reaching large and small communities in all fifty states. Project supported was provided by the Utah Arts Council, the Utah State Legislature, the Western States Arts Federation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Utah Arts Council’s Traveling Exhibition Program is a statewide outreach program that provides schools, museums, libraries, and community galleries with the opportunity to bring curated exhibitions to their community. For more information on participating in the program, please contact Laura Durham, TEP Coordinator, at 801.533.3582. Members of the media, please call Lydia Durand, Communications Manager, at 801.236.7548. This program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Washington D.C. and program funds from the Utah Arts Council. —Boulder Heritage Foundation
“Black Rock,” by James Tharwood, is one of 26 historically significant works in the Utah State Fine Art Collection that are currently showing at the Boulder Community Center, until May 1.
Bryce Canyon Hosts Field Day for Youth from Southern Utah Paiute Tribe BRYCE CANYON N.P. Bryce Canyon National Park and the Bryce Canyon Natural History Association hosted a field day of learning activities for Southern Paiute youth in grades 4th, 5th and 6th. The goal of the event was to con-
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nect Southern Paiute youth to the park, as a part of their traditional homeland as well as participate in activities focused on science and geology. Fourteen youth from the Cedar and Shivwits Bands as well as their chaperone’s and
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a Tribal Elder traveled to the park and spent the day enjoying a Ranger guided snowshoe hike and model rocket building. Everyone enjoyed their first time on snowshoes as well as the mountain lion winter survival activity conducted by Park Ranger Kevin Poe. During lunch, Tribal Elder Vala Parashont spoke about her memories of her grandparents and traveling around southern Utah with them. She also talked with the youth about respect for the land and Southern Paiute cultural traditions. Due to a mid-afternoon snow storm, the students were unable to launch their rockets but didn’t let that dampen their enthusiasm. “I had a blast on Saturday. I was very impressed with our kids who were very well behaved and listened to instruction. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to attend,” said Julie Smith, Education Specialist with the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and one of the chaperones. Many thanks go to Dorena Martineau, Cultural Specialist for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the Bryce Canyon Natural History Association, park staff and volunteers who worked so hard on this event. This project was made possible by a grant from the National Park Foundation through the generous support of DISNEY. —Bryce Canyon N.P.
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The 1880s wagon road from Emery to Wayne County can be seen on the left and an Old Spanish Trail swale is visible on the right.
The Old Spanish Trail on the Fishlake Listed on National Register
FISHLAKE N.F. - The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1848) has been called the “longest, crookedest, toughest pack trail in North America”. It was a trading trail that meandered from Santa Fe, NM to southern California. Each fall a pack train of up to 200 mules would leave New Mexico for California crossing the arid country of Utah and the Mojave Desert when temperatures were still tolerable. The pack trains carried mostly woolen goods woven in New Mexico by Mexican and Navajo weavers from the wool of the Churro sheep. The Churro had been brought to the New World by Spanish settlers in the 17th Century. In exchange for woolen goods, Spanish and Mexican Californians traded horses and mules whose numbers were so excessive, that they were sometimes killed by vaqueros trying to preserve the ranges for cattle. Spanish mules were large, strong and in demand in the States. Arriving in New Mexico in the fall, they were driven up the Santa Fe Trail by the thousands to the Midwest where, even now, the famous Missouri mule has liters
of Spanish blood in its veins. Mules were twice the cost of horses because of their ability to carry heavy loads, their need for far less forage and water, and their extremely tough hooves which were suited for the rocky terrain of the trail. The trail had more exciting and darker chapters than just trade for wool and livestock. Fur trappers, in and out of Utah, had periodic scrapes with the natives. Behind the Johnson Reservoir Dam, an “express” going to New Mexico discovered the remains of 7 people with arrows sticking in the trees and musket balls lying on the ground. And sadly, the trade was not limited to blankets and stock. Many excursions over the Old Spanish Trail were intended to capture slaves from the Native American tribes of the Great Basin. Of the 1,200 miles comprising the trail, Utah has 450 of them. Of that number, 35 miles are found on the Fishlake National Forest. The Old Spanish Trail dips from I-70 into Red Creek south of Castle Valley. The trail crosses the head of a large hollow and
then heads west over Emigrant Pass towards the Sevier River Valley. At the southernmost point of the dip, the Fish Lake Cut-off forks from the main trail and heads south to Fish Lake, Grass Valley, Kingston Canyon and then rejoins the Old Spanish Trail at Junction. Some sections of these trail corridors still have traces and swales marking the passage of Manuel Metas (1805), Jedediah Smith (1826), William Wolkskill and George Yount (1831), Kit Carson (1848) and Captain John Gunnison (1853). Overall, the “trail” which is up to a quarter mile wide saw the passage of 30,000 horses and mules. If you are out in the Red Creek country, signs have been placed to remind people to stay on designated roads and trails in order to preserve these fragile vestiges of the history of the American West. On February 14, 2013, the Fishlake National Forest sections of the Old Spanish Trail and the Fish Lake Cutoff were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. —Fishlake N.F.
Spring Equinox at Petroglyph Site: Mountain Holds the Sinking Sun PAROWAN - Each year many solar and lunar events are commemorated and observed as rocks and shadows line up at the Parowan Gap. As spring draws near, the Spring Equinox will be observed with interpreted guided tour of the ancient petroglyph site. An interpretive tour of Parowan Gap followed by watching the sun set from the Equinox Carins will be held at the Parowan Gap, Saturday, March 23rd beginning at 6:00 P.M. The evening event will start with a guided interpretive walk through the narrow Gap opening, which will include how the Gap was formed and interpretation of several solar and lunar calendar petroglyphs. At 7 P.M. the group will walk fourtenths of a mile along the paved road to the trail to the Equinox Carins (a rock pile monument). From there the group will hike two-tenths of mile up to the Equinox Carins and watch the sun from a different angle.
“Again, the sun sets down the middle of the Gap, but at a different angle than the Summer Solstice, as the Gap opening is slightly smaller, said Nancy Dalton, interpretive guide and secretary for the Parowan Heritage Foundation which hosts the event. Bonnie Char Hallman, Public Relations Specialist for the Cedar City ~ Brian Head Tourism Bureau notes, “As you watch the sun go down at the ‘Gap’, the mountain ranges in the distance seem to hold the sinking sun gently and then tuck it nicely to sleep. To watch the process take place with a guide to help understand nature of this remarkable place is truly astounding. We are fortunate to have Nancy share her passion and education about this area.” “Even though it’s a few days after the official Spring Equinox, people can still watch the sun set down the center of the Gap opening,” said Dalton. Those attending the event
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are encouraged to wear hiking shoes and dress warm, in case the wind is blowing. “In the spring, the cold winds blowing through the Gap can cut right through you,” added Dalton. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Parowan Gap, a natural mountain pass 12 miles northwest of Parowan, features hundreds of petroglyphs dating back to between 2500-3000 B.C. and a number of rock outcroppings that cast shadows and other archeo-astronomical phenomena. For lodging and visitor information, visit www.ScenicSouthernUtah.com. This public interpretation event is hosted by the Parowan Heritage Foundation, Bureau of Land Management, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, and Cedar City-Brian Head Tourism Bureau. For more information contact Dalton at 435.463.3735. —Cedar City-Brian Head Tourism Bureau & Visitor Center
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