Date of Award
5-2011
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
English
Committee Chair(s)
Jan Roush
Committee
Jan Roush
Committee
Jeannie Thomas
Committee
Evelyn Funda
Abstract
The following thesis is based on the role a legend plays in establishing and influencing a sense of identity and reality within a community and area, in this case the legend is of a massacre occurring in Almo, Idaho in the early 1860s. I found this legend of the Almo massacre while looking for an excuse to rock climb in the nearby City of Rocks National Reserve. I explored the Almo legend through interviews, historical documents and books and came to think that the Almo legend played a critical role in defining a sense of local reality for Almo, Idaho, both in the past and present. As time went on and I became more acquainted with the Almo legend and involved with the community, I came to realize the implications of the Almo legend were far more complex than I originally imagined. What follows is a description of both what I found in exploring the Almo legend and what I think it means
Recommended Citation
Floyd, Jonathan A., "The Legend of the Almo Massacre: Ostensive Action and the Commodification of Folklore" (2011). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 29.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/29
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This work made publicly available electronically on June 13, 2011