From the Past - November 4, 2026
90 years ago
Large crowd attends the boxing card and dance at Northdale promoted by Guy Eagleburger. • CCC Camp Notes – “Our versatile boxer – Eddie Rocco – has signed up for a bout in Monticello. We’ve heard there are going to be great doings there besides the boxing and the camp is ready to turn out 100 percent to cheer for our Eddie.”
80 years ago
A new feature is named in southeastern Utah’s scenic wonders, “Wiley’s Atomic Rock.” Wiley Redd discovered the rock while taking tourists through White Canyon. • Advertisement – “Stockmen! Don’t beat the profits off your livestock. Buy a stock prod from Frost Implement Company.”
70 years ago
Summit Point teacher Mrs. Mussota has 13 children in her classes this term. • Postmaster Gordon Wood announces a new building for the post office. Harold and LaVern Young and Lee and Fern Richey will be the lessors.
60 years ago
Strong disagreement with limitations on proposed highway scenic strips is voiced by a number of persons at a meeting sponsored by the BLM. • Sheriff Rusty Musselman and deputies Chauncey Black, John Dufer, and Verle Green spend most of the night at oil wells in McElmo Mesa Field after reports that union picketers plan to close down the rig.
50 years ago
Democrats David Guymon and Edward Boyle win the race for commissioner posts. • Vandals with too much time on their hands push over 20 stop and yield signs in Blanding. • Monticello defeats East Carbon to advance to football semi-finals.
40 years ago
Utah files a lawsuit to rule out the possibility of Davis Canyon in northern San Juan County as a nuclear repository site. • Bluff fourth grader Curtis Betsuie wins three gold and two silver medals at the Special Olympics in Provo.
30 years ago
Sierra Club president advocates draining Lake Powell. Proposal draws immediate opposition locally. • The Dangling Rope Marina between Wahweap and Halls Crossing on Lake Powell is located in Dangling Rope Canyon. The area derives its name from the ropes miners used to lower themselves into the canyon to pan for gold in the Colorado River. • An injured, 15-pound Golden Eagle is captured near Spring Creek. The beautiful two-year-old bird has a six to eight foot wingspan. The bird will be sent to a rehabilitation center in Price.
20 years ago
Navajo Mountain water crisis continues into sixth month. • Torrential rains bring a wet October. • The San Juan Bronco volleyball team claims its fourth title in four years with a convincing run at the 2A state tournament. Members include Shaylona and Briona Holliday, Aysia and Sagan Shumway, Kelli Christensen, Heather Meyer, Sabra Latham, Felicia Flavel, Mandy Bradford, Haven Webb, Shaylee Grover, Shea Turk, Jessi and Haylie Palmer, Lizz Hurst, Emma Bayles, Cassi Hosler, Danielle Wilson, Alyssa Simpson and Brooke Bowring, coached by Cassy Moon.
10 years ago
Empire Electric received several reports in the past two weeks from business owners receiving threats to turn off their electric service if they didn’t pay the demanded amount within a short period of time. The scams are becoming more sophisticated than in past years. One business owner recently lost $500 after being approached by a “serviceman” pretending to work for Empire Electric.