The reasons people have come to Castle Country and continue to stay in the area vary a great deal. For some who have stayed there were job opportunities that brought them. For others it was family, or the allure of a more quiet setting than what city life offers.
For Richard Shaw it began with a dream to live in southeastern Utah.
“As a kid I always wanted to live in Moab,” he said recently. “When I got the chance 27 years ago to move to eastern Utah, I just figured I was closer to my goal of going to the red rock country. However once I found Castle Country, and what it had to offer, the dream of living in Moab disappeared. I had found my nirvana as far as I was concerned.”
Shaw said that what he found was a quiet community, with all the amenities he needed, but with many added bonus’. The air was clean and the traffic was low key, but most of all the people were down to earth and very friendly.
“I had lived several places in my life, including outside of the state of Utah and I had never found a community that was so accepting, so ready to welcome my family,” he says. “It was a lot like growing up in the suburban town where I spent my childhood with none of the big city hassles.”
With its outstanding recreational opportunities, a great educational system that covers everything from pre-school to a major university, a community atmosphere, and a freedom seldom found in most places people live these days, Castle Country is truly unique. In many ways it is one of a kind.
As they say in the Castle Country area, “Many come for a year, but stay for a lifetime.”