December 2019
DECEMBER 20 – KEITH BEHUNIN AND HIS FERTILE DIRT BAND
A favorite holiday Brown Bag tradition, the Fertile Dirt Band returns! The Fertile Dirt Band is an audience interactive bluegrass band utilizing the musical instruments that were available in the days of the pioneers. Our audience will recreate that pioneer music sound with washboards, spoons, cow bells, jugs, washtub bass and bending saws, the sounds of which have not been heard for 150 years. Fun takes precedence over aural (of the ear) sensuousness!
Find out more »January 2020
JANUARY 3 – JAMES ANTON, THE CRIMSON COWBOYS
James M. Anton is a professor of English at Southern Utah University and serves as board president of the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance. James is the co-author of the 2018 book titled The Crimson Cowboys: The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Chaflin Emerson Expedition. Professor Anton will describe an early 20th century venture of archeologists into the Desolation Canyon region of the Colorado River.
Find out more »JANUARY 10 – LEE HUGHES, NATIVE PLANTS OF THE ARIZONA STRIP
Each year, the unique combination of sun, wind, water, temperature and elevation sets the stage for the precise location of the best springtime blooms. Lee Hughes is a former BLM Ecologist and Botanist who just can’t leave the plants alone. Come hear what he has to say about spring flowers, as well as edible plants.
Find out more »JANUARY 17 – LEE BRACKEN, MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
On September 11, 1857, some 50 to 60 local militiamen in southern Utah, aided by American Indian allies, massacred about 120 emigrants who were traveling by wagon to California. The horrific incident, which spared only 17 children age six and under, occurred in a highland valley called the Mountain Meadows, roughly 35 miles southwest of Cedar City. The victims, most of them from Arkansas, were on their way to California with dreams of a bright future. Lee Bracken, Mayo of…
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