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Craig Evan Royce
CRAIG EVAN ROYCE was born in Oakland, California, and received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Kentucky, where he became interested in the social history and art of the coalfields of the...view moreCRAIG EVAN ROYCE was born in Oakland, California, and received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Kentucky, where he became interested in the social history and art of the coalfields of the Appalachian southern highlands. A short time thereafter he returned to California and opened a museum/gallery in the art colony of Laguna Beach, California that featured art form the southern highlands. His first book, Country Miles are Longer than City Miles, published by the Ward Ritchie Press of Pasadena, California in 1976 and Authorhouse in 2006 was based on these Appalachian artificers and the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky.
The Uranium Seekers saga began in 1976 with support from Migliaccio Uranium Properties. Since 1980 the author has maintained various mineral positions within the Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah Mining District.
He has also discovered and recorded numerous archaic and prehistoric archaeological sites in the Northern Canyonlands Province of the Colorado Plateau in the San Rafael Swell region of Utah. These sites have been assigned Smithsonian Site Numbers through the Utah Division of State History. Artifacts from the largest of the sites are curated at the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah. The author has also discovered and recorded Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Dinosaur bone and eggshell sites through the same institution.
From 1993 to 2007 he served as the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Services Non-Game Program Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project Lexington Falcon Watch Volunteer Coordinator in Lexington, Kentucky.
2009-2010 Royce served as first Vice-President, then President, of the Castle Valley Chapter of the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society.
He currently resides in East Carbon City, Utah and is a educator at Pinnacle Canyon Academy in Price, Utah.view less
Books by Craig Evan Royce
Uranium Seekers: A Photo-Essay Tribute to Miners (Working) Country Miles Are Longer Than City Miles: An Important Document in the Art and Social History of Americana Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings