02-26-2008, 08:56 PM
Aaahhh, I knew you wouldn't let me down. Speaking of down, I couldn't put Boren's book down. Still gives me goose bumps. Then again, that's what makes it such a romantic-notion tome.
When I first came West, I spent an inordinate amount of time in the Uintas for several years. I knew many of the places described in the book(s). Had been within hundreds of yards of several of the places. I gave up the idea of chasing down any of this after he wrote that "you could walk within several feet of a mine entrance, and never know it's there."
That's a book-selling hook if there ever was one.
Geez, I'm impressed that you were so quickly able to dump into your post some text of the book. That means you've got a copy of it and a scanner.
I always thought if it were true, the Ute Nation would not be as it is. After all, Wandin, Whiterocks and Uintah are not exactly Palm Springs.
Nonetheless, if it is true, the secret will die with the Elders. Then again, if it was true, it wouldn't be a secret. No way the Nation could be that tight-lipped about it.
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When I first came West, I spent an inordinate amount of time in the Uintas for several years. I knew many of the places described in the book(s). Had been within hundreds of yards of several of the places. I gave up the idea of chasing down any of this after he wrote that "you could walk within several feet of a mine entrance, and never know it's there."
That's a book-selling hook if there ever was one.
Geez, I'm impressed that you were so quickly able to dump into your post some text of the book. That means you've got a copy of it and a scanner.
I always thought if it were true, the Ute Nation would not be as it is. After all, Wandin, Whiterocks and Uintah are not exactly Palm Springs.
Nonetheless, if it is true, the secret will die with the Elders. Then again, if it was true, it wouldn't be a secret. No way the Nation could be that tight-lipped about it.
tg
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