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I think this is a wonderful display of all the artifcacts that were collected and verified over the years. I did a little filming too: [ youtube video ]
Garth once studied archaeology, paleontology, and geology at Brigham Young University. He was also a standout football player. However, it was his dream to own and operate a museum.
A sandstone cave museum was always in the Chamberlains’ sights as Garth studied geology, archaeology, and paleontology. The exhibits on display are his personal findings after years of studies and collecting. They include more than 1,000 arrowheads, ceremonial points, jugs, pots, bowls, and working tools from the Puebloan Era.
As the white sandstone, which is covered by a reddish sandstone layer, is rather soft it is subject to erosion. The official story is that the cave was formed by the river erosion and is rather old, at least 10,000 years when the last cold age ended and there was much more rainfall and melting water creating many of the erosional forms we see today. There is little information about the history of the cave and it is likely the cave was extended when the speakeasy was established. It may have been extended again in the 1950s for the bar.
Garth once studied archaeology, paleontology, and geology at Brigham Young University. He was also a standout football player. However, it was his dream to own and operate a museum.
A sandstone cave museum was always in the Chamberlains’ sights as Garth studied geology, archaeology, and paleontology. The exhibits on display are his personal findings after years of studies and collecting. They include more than 1,000 arrowheads, ceremonial points, jugs, pots, bowls, and working tools from the Puebloan Era.
As the white sandstone, which is covered by a reddish sandstone layer, is rather soft it is subject to erosion. The official story is that the cave was formed by the river erosion and is rather old, at least 10,000 years when the last cold age ended and there was much more rainfall and melting water creating many of the erosional forms we see today. There is little information about the history of the cave and it is likely the cave was extended when the speakeasy was established. It may have been extended again in the 1950s for the bar.