Last Chance Byway

Jerry D. Spangler is an archaeologist and a recognized expert on the prehistoric peoples of eastern Utah, USA, and is the executive director of the non-profit Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance, which is dedicated to preserving the past.Donna Kemp Spangler is an award-winning writer, a former journalist, and currently the communications director for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

“A first of its kind, this book clarifies aspects of the folk history surrounding Nine Mile Canyon. The Spanglers have documented and backed up their writing, giving it weight beyond just story, moving the lore into the field of history.”—H. Bert Jenson, Utah State University“An original and valuable synthesis that brings together widely separated threads and fills a real need for a longer treatment not only of the area, but of many of the canyon’s fascinating characters.”—Roy Webb, author of Lost Canyons of the Green River: The Story before Flaming Gorge Dam "Spangler and Spangler have created a beautifully illustrated and informative history of an overlooked part of Utah, which from the late 1800s to the early 1900s was a thoroughfare from the Green River to the Uinta Basin. The area was home to a variety of people, including members of the military, shopkeepers and trappers. It is evident in the details they relate that Spangler and Spangler were meticulous in their research."—Deseret News