Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Question concerning Rozel, UT

From: hikmetloe@comcast.net

I am currently researching a book project and need to find out how the transcontinental railroad camp "Victory Camp" became "Rozel" and the significance of the name "Rozel." The switch in names took place some time after 1869. Rozel was first used for the name of the train stop, then spread to be used for many other geographical locations in the area. ...

—Hikmet Sidney Loe

author of forthcoming publication (summer 2009):
Range of Convergence: The Histories of Spiral Jetty and Rozel Point
Utah State University Press