LECTURE | From Isolation to Inundation: How Tourist Travel Changed Southern Utah


Feb 29, 2024, 7:00 pm

Join Lisa-Michele Church to learn about three changes to rural Utah during the 20th century which required dramatic adaptation, including the building of highways, the growth of tourism inspired by national parks, and the reinvention of the local rural economies.

This event accompanies the Museum on Main Street exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Utah Humanities, touring in partnership with the Silver Reef Museum. For more information, see www.utahhumanities.org or http://www.silverreef.org

For Crossroads, Silver Reef Museum Hours:
Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
CLOSED on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
Free with museum admission ($4 per person)

Utah Tech University Boeing Auditorium

225 South 700 East
Boeing Auditorium 121 Udvar-Hazy
Saint George , UT 84770
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Event Contact:

Bobbi Wan-kier
museum@silverreef.org
(435) 879-2254
www.SilverReef.org

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