Moab History: Making money in early Moab

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Accounts from the Oral History Collection

A black and white photo showing the aerial view of downtown Moab: compared to today, downtown in the 60s was much more sparse, though still impressive.

Moab History: Downtown on camera

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The uranium mining boom of the 1950s changed Moab tremendously, transforming the sleepy, remote city into a bustling, affluent boomtown. While a lot changed overnight, other facets of the town’s growth took time….

The first national bank was a small, one story building.

Downtown over time: Storefronts from Moab’s past

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Thousands of businesses have come and gone.