Moab History: Quilts in the Collection
There are several colorful quilts in the Moab Museum’s Collection.
There are several colorful quilts in the Moab Museum’s Collection.
Weaving has long been a flourishing tradition of the Navajo (Diné) people, persisting in the face of changing times and adversity.
Moabites have long cherished the Ancestral Pueblo load-bearing basket displayed in the Moab Museum.
Rock inscriptions carved on canyon walls over thousands of years lend whispers of the history of the people who came before.
Mitch Williams was one Moab resident whose life was shaped by his military service.
Voting has deeply shaped the Moab community.
SR 128 has taken many forms over the years, from rudimentary singletrack primarily ridden by horses to a paved road.
Since cameras first made it to the Moab Valley, numerous photographs have captured and preserved the history of floods of Moab’s past.
Pictured here are some of the methods Euro-American settlers employed for irrigating and taming the waterways that wind their way through the Moab Valley.
Though the name and the lore of Matrimony Spring have been changed, warped, and told again many times, the spring itself still provides water to locals and travelers alike… and may still work its magic on those who imbibe.