DISCOVERY ROAD©
at the CASINO STAR THEATRE
June 18-20, 23-27
The Casino Star Theatre and the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area are collaborating to present 13 different MPNHA Discovery Road© videos during the afternoons of Mormon Miracle Pageant performances. From 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on those days, a sequence of heritage programs are scheduled for screening at the historic theatre in Gunnison. An alphabetical list appears below, with dates and times added. A complete day-by-day schedule can be found here: http://www.casinostartheatre.com/day-by-day-schedule.html
List of Programs
The Apostle and the Outlaw: Some tales, some facts about Apostle Orson Hyde, one of the leaders of the Sanpete settlement, and Hyrum Beebe, a notorious outlaw who may have been the Sundance Kid. (Th 6/18, 3:00 pm; W 6/24, 1:00 pm; F 6/26, 2:00 pm; S 6/27, 4:30 pm)
Don’t Let Them Be Forgotten: Tracks the Blackham family from subsistence living in the cotton mills of England’s industrial revolution to Sanpete County, preparing the way for farmers, attorneys, business leaders, musicians, teachers, and politicians—including present-day mayors of two Sanpete cities—among their progeny. (F 6/19, 3:00 pm; W 6/24, 4:00 pm; S 6/27, 3:00 pm)
The Dreams I Left Behind: The discovery of relatives in England through a new acquaintance with the same surname led Robert Graham, a native of Fairview now living in Salt Lake City, to wonder about “the ones who stayed behind.” His invitation to Grahams on both sides of the Atlantic resulted in a “reunion” of distant cousins—by both geography and generations. (Th 6/18, 2:00 pm; Tu 6/23, 4:00 pm; S 6/27, 1:00 pm)
The Forgotten Ones: The Mormon trek includes myriad heart-wrenching stories of loved ones of all ages who perished along the Mormon Trail and its many tributaries. A special visit to the Pioneer Cemetery at Martin’s Cove, Wyoming, reveals details. (Th 6/18, 3:30 pm; S 6/20, 4:00 pm; W 6/24, 1:30 pm)
Manti Temple Hill: This video begins with the building of the Manti Temple, the Pioneer Dugout, and Temple Hill as a childhood playground, as told by descendants, and includes visits to the Corner Station in Mt. Pleasant and the home of the late Big Daddy (Rat Fink) Roth. (F 6/19, 1:00 pm; S 6/20, 4:30 pm; F 6/26, 4:00 pm)
The Maude Adams Show: Utah’s most famous actress, the original Peter Pan in James Barrie’s stage play, made her stage debut at the tender age of six months. Discovery Road wonders whether they can find traces of her career among the restored theaters of Sanpete County. (F 6/19, 1:30 pm; Tu 6/23, 2:30 pm; Th 6/25, 3:00 pm)
Mormon Trail: The Disabled: Innate or acquired—at birth or along the way—disabilities present additional challenges, yet pioneer travelers along the Mormon Trail developed wheeled chairs, crutches, splints, and other devices to ease the way for friends and family members who needed support. (S 6/20, 2:30 pm; F 6/26, 2:00 pm; Th 6/25, 3:30 pm)
Music Is the Reason (Wales): Welsh pioneers to Zion were sent to Sanpete County to develop a “Coal Bed” (the original name of Wales town), bringing with them their native gift of music. The coal ran out, but these musical miners produced both the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Osmond Family, to name just two.
(F 6/19, 4:00 pm; S 6/20, 2:00 pm; Th 6/25, 4:00 pm; S 6/27, 2:30 pm)
Native Americans and Sacred Water: Stories of western expansion include hundreds of water-war episodes, based on the European view that water is a commodity and can be improved by harnessing its power through dams and canals. Native American scholars explain the contrasting perspective of their cultural and religious principles.
(Th 6/18, 1:30 pm; T 6/23, 2:30 pm; W 6/24, 2:00 pm; F 6/26, 1:30 pm)
Passing Along Utah’s Heritage Highway: A busload of travel writers heads north from Zions National Park along Heritage Highway 89, visiting historic stops along the way, including Mom’s Café in Salina and Clarion, the short-lived Jewish settlement west of Centerfield. (Tu 6/23, 3:30 pm; W 6/24, 2:30 pm; Th 6/25, 4:30 pm; F 6/26, 4:30 pm)
Scandinavian Days: Scandinavian Days celebrates the heritage of “Little Denmark” every Memorial Day weekend, with Scandinavian foods, stories, games and music re-created by descendants of the Hansens, Jensens, Petersons, Larsens, Nelsons, and dozens of other –en and –on families who came to Sanpete in 1852. Sanpete’s famous oolite limestone and Spring City’s Heritage Days are also featured. (Th 6/18, 1:oo pm; F 6/19, 4:30 pm; Tu 6/23, 3:00 pm; F 6/26, 1:00 pm)
Stories From Highway 89: Narrator J. Spencer Kinard travels Highway 89 from south to north, telling the stories Hole-in-the-Rock, the Panguitch Quilt Walk, Capitol Reef and Fruita, on the way to Sanpete County. While I-15 brought population and “progress” to the Interstate side of the mountains, Highway 89 folks looked to their roots.
(F 6/19, 2:00 pm; S 6/20, 3:00 pm; Tu 6/23, 1:00 pm; Th 6/25, 2:00 pm; F 6/26, 3:00pm)
Utah’s Blackhawk War: An hour-long rendition of the assumptions of European immigrants with notions of private ownership, fences, dams, canals, and formal gardens, colliding with a nomadic culture subsisting within nature’s, not man’s, boundaries. (Th 6/18, 4:00 pm; S 6/20, 1:00 pm; W 6/24, 3:00 pm; Th 6/25, 1:00 pm; S 6/27, 4:00 pm)
List of Programs
The Apostle and the Outlaw: Some tales, some facts about Apostle Orson Hyde, one of the leaders of the Sanpete settlement, and Hyrum Beebe, a notorious outlaw who may have been the Sundance Kid. (Th 6/18, 3:00 pm; W 6/24, 1:00 pm; F 6/26, 2:00 pm; S 6/27, 4:30 pm)
Don’t Let Them Be Forgotten: Tracks the Blackham family from subsistence living in the cotton mills of England’s industrial revolution to Sanpete County, preparing the way for farmers, attorneys, business leaders, musicians, teachers, and politicians—including present-day mayors of two Sanpete cities—among their progeny. (F 6/19, 3:00 pm; W 6/24, 4:00 pm; S 6/27, 3:00 pm)
The Dreams I Left Behind: The discovery of relatives in England through a new acquaintance with the same surname led Robert Graham, a native of Fairview now living in Salt Lake City, to wonder about “the ones who stayed behind.” His invitation to Grahams on both sides of the Atlantic resulted in a “reunion” of distant cousins—by both geography and generations. (Th 6/18, 2:00 pm; Tu 6/23, 4:00 pm; S 6/27, 1:00 pm)
The Forgotten Ones: The Mormon trek includes myriad heart-wrenching stories of loved ones of all ages who perished along the Mormon Trail and its many tributaries. A special visit to the Pioneer Cemetery at Martin’s Cove, Wyoming, reveals details. (Th 6/18, 3:30 pm; S 6/20, 4:00 pm; W 6/24, 1:30 pm)
Manti Temple Hill: This video begins with the building of the Manti Temple, the Pioneer Dugout, and Temple Hill as a childhood playground, as told by descendants, and includes visits to the Corner Station in Mt. Pleasant and the home of the late Big Daddy (Rat Fink) Roth. (F 6/19, 1:00 pm; S 6/20, 4:30 pm; F 6/26, 4:00 pm)
The Maude Adams Show: Utah’s most famous actress, the original Peter Pan in James Barrie’s stage play, made her stage debut at the tender age of six months. Discovery Road wonders whether they can find traces of her career among the restored theaters of Sanpete County. (F 6/19, 1:30 pm; Tu 6/23, 2:30 pm; Th 6/25, 3:00 pm)
Mormon Trail: The Disabled: Innate or acquired—at birth or along the way—disabilities present additional challenges, yet pioneer travelers along the Mormon Trail developed wheeled chairs, crutches, splints, and other devices to ease the way for friends and family members who needed support. (S 6/20, 2:30 pm; F 6/26, 2:00 pm; Th 6/25, 3:30 pm)
Music Is the Reason (Wales): Welsh pioneers to Zion were sent to Sanpete County to develop a “Coal Bed” (the original name of Wales town), bringing with them their native gift of music. The coal ran out, but these musical miners produced both the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Osmond Family, to name just two.
(F 6/19, 4:00 pm; S 6/20, 2:00 pm; Th 6/25, 4:00 pm; S 6/27, 2:30 pm)
Native Americans and Sacred Water: Stories of western expansion include hundreds of water-war episodes, based on the European view that water is a commodity and can be improved by harnessing its power through dams and canals. Native American scholars explain the contrasting perspective of their cultural and religious principles.
(Th 6/18, 1:30 pm; T 6/23, 2:30 pm; W 6/24, 2:00 pm; F 6/26, 1:30 pm)
Passing Along Utah’s Heritage Highway: A busload of travel writers heads north from Zions National Park along Heritage Highway 89, visiting historic stops along the way, including Mom’s Café in Salina and Clarion, the short-lived Jewish settlement west of Centerfield. (Tu 6/23, 3:30 pm; W 6/24, 2:30 pm; Th 6/25, 4:30 pm; F 6/26, 4:30 pm)
Scandinavian Days: Scandinavian Days celebrates the heritage of “Little Denmark” every Memorial Day weekend, with Scandinavian foods, stories, games and music re-created by descendants of the Hansens, Jensens, Petersons, Larsens, Nelsons, and dozens of other –en and –on families who came to Sanpete in 1852. Sanpete’s famous oolite limestone and Spring City’s Heritage Days are also featured. (Th 6/18, 1:oo pm; F 6/19, 4:30 pm; Tu 6/23, 3:00 pm; F 6/26, 1:00 pm)
Stories From Highway 89: Narrator J. Spencer Kinard travels Highway 89 from south to north, telling the stories Hole-in-the-Rock, the Panguitch Quilt Walk, Capitol Reef and Fruita, on the way to Sanpete County. While I-15 brought population and “progress” to the Interstate side of the mountains, Highway 89 folks looked to their roots.
(F 6/19, 2:00 pm; S 6/20, 3:00 pm; Tu 6/23, 1:00 pm; Th 6/25, 2:00 pm; F 6/26, 3:00pm)
Utah’s Blackhawk War: An hour-long rendition of the assumptions of European immigrants with notions of private ownership, fences, dams, canals, and formal gardens, colliding with a nomadic culture subsisting within nature’s, not man’s, boundaries. (Th 6/18, 4:00 pm; S 6/20, 1:00 pm; W 6/24, 3:00 pm; Th 6/25, 1:00 pm; S 6/27, 4:00 pm)