Life in San Juan
Posing in pearls, Marie Ogden led a socialite’s life in New Jersey before her husband died in 1929. Devastated by his death, she experimented with a variety of religious beliefs, then formed her own spiritual colony and moved to Dry Valley, UT where she felt her followers would be safe from coming floods and earthquakes. Scholars now consider her one of the first New Age spiritual practitioners. San Juan Historical Commission photo
Marie Ogden and San Juan County’s Home of Truth
In 1933 in the depths of the Great Depression, 49-year-old Marie Ogden, a spiritualist and millennial Christian, moved to Dry Valley in San Juan County, UT to establish a religious colony and to aw...
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Orchids of San Juan County, Utah
Local photographer and retired botanist Kay Shumway has identified a number of spectacular orchids in San Juan County.
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Participants in the annual Upward Bound food drive will be knocking on doors Thursday, June 15 from 7-8 p.m. asking for donations to help stock the shelves of the Ironhawk Shelter. Courtesy photo
Upward Bound announces local food drive
The Upward Bound (UB) program is in full swing this summer at USU Eastern – Blanding Campus. Sixty students stay on campus to take high school and college prep classes as a bridge for the upcoming ...
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Local teacher earns fellowship
Lynda Boyle, a teacher at Monticello High School, has been awarded a James Madison Fellowship by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation of Alexandria, VA. A total of 53 fellowships were a...
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Annual visitors guide released
School is out, the weather is great and summer has begun! The San Juan Record is delighted to release the fourth annual 101 Ways to Experience San Juan County.
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Evander Allen
Monument Valley graduates

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Graduates set to receive diplomas at area schools
Diplomas will be presented to graduates of the San Juan School District at graduation ceremonies throughout the county.
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Night sky observatory at the Canyon Country Discovery Center in Monticello. Courtesy photo
Starry Night programs in June at Canyon Country Discovery Center
Starry Nights programs will be presented on Wednesday and Friday evenings in June at the Canyon Country Discovery Center in Monticello.
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San Juan High 2017 grads
2017 San Juan High School commencement exercises will be held Thursday, May 25 at 5 p.m.
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Juan Alvarez
2017 MHS graduates
The Monticello High School class of 2017 commencement will be Wednesday, May 24 at 7 p.m.
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