Indians of North America -- Antiquities
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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.
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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...
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With Judy Anne Prosser-Armstrong and Dave Fishell, Al Look visits the Turner-Look Site in the Bookcliffs of Grand County, Utah. Look details the site’s discovery by rancher Al Turner, its exploration by Al Look and his son Al Look Jr., and excavation by archaeologist Hannah Marie Wormington of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Look discusses the vandalism that has occurred at the site, the theft of artifacts, and steps the Federal Government...
