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English
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Selling Sleep : The Rise and Fall of Utah’s Historic Motels
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Utah in the Twentieth Century
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Logan, UT
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Utah State University Press
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65-87
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"...Woundedhead, a member of the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, who had lost custody of three older children due to prior convictions for use and sale of drugs, came to die at the Dream Inn is a story worthy of attention not only for the tragedy of her life but also for what it reveals about Utah’s decaying motels. Utah’s historic motels that eventually became havens for prostitutes, drug dealers, and domestic-violence victims were once beacons to weary travelers passing through Utah on Highways 40 or 89. Many were on their way somewhere else : families headed for Yellowstone or Las Vegas or California, or African Americans migrating from the South to the West Coast. Some were Mormons who had moved out of Utah and were bringing their children back to visit historic sites like Temple Square in Salt Lake City. They all needed a place to sleep for the night, and they found it in Utah’s motels." [Author]
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