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| Above, Goulding's Lodge Campground in November 2016. Photo by Arman Vaquer. |
Harry Goulding brought Hollywood to Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation. He also brought radioactive misery from uranium mining.
The San Juan Record has an article on Harry Goulding and his legacy of the red rocks of Monument Valley.
They begin it with:
Harry Goulding was a sheepman who marveled at the red rock monoliths of Monument Valley, UT.
He brought Hollywood to Monument Valley and the Navajo Nation, but he also brought Geiger counters, uranium mines, and decades of damage from radioactivity.
How ironic that the same man who helped to create the modern image of the rugged American West and jobs for Navajo actors also urged employment for Navajo uranium miners with devastating health consequences.
And it all began with sheep.
To read more, go here.
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