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Lex Chamberlain (deceased 2016) and his wife, Lee Anne, took over the family enterprise in 1989 after the death of his father, Garth Chamberlain, who bought the old cave in 1951. When his father bought the cave, Lex says "it was a big, filthy and dirty hole." Garth and his wife discovered the large cave had been abused and mistreated because it was filled with graffiti and black stains from campfires.
The couple began to clean up the cave in a variety of ways. They used 286 bags of Portland cement and put a clean white coat of paint on the interior of the cave. They also leveled the cave's floor with 150 truckloads of dirt.
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archi ... 7HV-HbMIuU Garth Chamberlain, who established Moqui Cave with his wife, Laura, had roots in the area. He was a descendant of Thomas Chamberlain, the president of the United Order of Orderville in the late 1870s and early 1880s. Orderville is located only 16 miles north of the cave along U.S. Highway 89. To pay homage to this ancestor and the heritage of the area, today the museum features a display of United Order artifacts and photographs.
The couple began to clean up the cave in a variety of ways. They used 286 bags of Portland cement and put a clean white coat of paint on the interior of the cave. They also leveled the cave's floor with 150 truckloads of dirt.
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archi ... 7HV-HbMIuU Garth Chamberlain, who established Moqui Cave with his wife, Laura, had roots in the area. He was a descendant of Thomas Chamberlain, the president of the United Order of Orderville in the late 1870s and early 1880s. Orderville is located only 16 miles north of the cave along U.S. Highway 89. To pay homage to this ancestor and the heritage of the area, today the museum features a display of United Order artifacts and photographs.