•The Moqui Cave (five miles north of town) has been a tourist attraction for over a half century. It was built into the side of a sandstone rockface and had been a dance hall and saloon (the bar is still in place). It currently houses a museum of Native American artifacts, local historical items, fluorescent rocks, dinosaur tracks, and pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. And of course a gift shop. Lex Chamberlain, son of the original owner, is usually on hand to provide stories and historical accounts of how the area developed. It was worth the modest price of admission.
[Moqui or Moki or Mokee is probably a Spanish corruption of Hopi, though this is not clear. In the language of the Hopi, moqui means “dead,” which is quite different from terms like “peaceful people,” which synonymous with the name the Hopi call themselves.]
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