Interview with Evelyn Greene

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Cliff Dweller's (resort)
Marble Canyon
Navajo rugs
Navajo Indians
Tourist trade
Trading posts

Meeting Bill Greene in Kentucky; 1943, development of Marble Canyon, waiting tables, cleaning cabins; roads and busses; young family, life in Phoenix, open "trading post"; working with Nanebah Clah a Navajo weaver, their friendship; move to the trading post at Oraibi, on the Hopi Reservation, experiences, Hopi art; move to Pinon Trading Post; Navajos and the law, peyote clans; the Greene's at Cliff Dweller's, movie stars; Bill's broken leg.

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Lake Powell
Princess Margaret
Railroad retirement
Rough Rock
Smith, Shine
Wahweap

Development of Wahweap, lease, Lake Powell; Shine Smith, Navajo Christmas Party; 1951, move to Rough Rock Trading Post; Navajo railroad retirement; arrowheads; beauty of the country; Princess Margaret's visit to Wahweap; other famous visitors, Lowell Thomas, James Arness, Ken Curtis, Edward Abbey;

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Greenhaven
Lake Powell Motel
Motion pictures
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs
Railroad retirement
Tourist trade
Wahweap Navajo railroad retirement, investigation; helping with funeral of a Navajo man; more on Shine Smith's Christmas Parties; Disney Movie, The Navajo; Frank, Navajo employee, code talker; couples who helped at the trading post; Evelyn's work as a notary; concession at Lake Powell, legal battle; early development at Wahweap; 1962, the Lake Powell Motel, Princess Margaret; robbery at Cliff Dweller's, Vern ______ injured; Mackelprang murders in Kanab; Greene land above Cliff Dweller's; Greenehaven development north of Page.



PART 1 Listen Transcript	Cliff Dweller's (resort) Marble Canyon Navajo rugs Navajo Indians Tourist trade Trading posts	Meeting Bill Greene in Kentucky; 1943, development of Marble Canyon, waiting tables, cleaning cabins; roads and busses; young family, life in Phoenix, open "trading post"; working with Nanebah Clah a Navajo weaver, their friendship; move to the trading post at Oraibi, on the Hopi Reservation, experiences, Hopi art; move to Pinon Trading Post; Navajos and the law, peyote clans; the Greene's at Cliff Dweller's, movie stars; Bill's broken leg.

PART 2 Listen Transcript	Lake Powell Princess Margaret Railroad retirement Rough Rock Smith, Shine Wahweap	Development of Wahweap, lease, Lake Powell; Shine Smith, Navajo Christmas Party; 1951, move to Rough Rock Trading Post; Navajo railroad retirement; arrowheads; beauty of the country; Princess Margaret's visit to Wahweap; other famous visitors, Lowell Thomas, James Arness, Ken Curtis, Edward Abbey;

PART 3 Listen Transcript	Greenhaven Lake Powell Motel Motion pictures Navajo Indians--Social life and customs Railroad retirement Tourist trade Wahweap	Navajo railroad retirement, investigation; helping with funeral of a Navajo man; more on Shine Smith's Christmas Parties; Disney Movie, The Navajo; Frank, Navajo employee, code talker; couples who helped at the trading post; Evelyn's work as a notary; concession at Lake Powell, legal battle; early development at Wahweap; 1962, the Lake Powell Motel, Princess Margaret; robbery at Cliff Dweller's, Vern ______ injured; Mackelprang murders in Kanab; Greene land above Cliff Dweller's; Greenehaven development north of Page.