Emery County (Utah); Alger, Samuel; Cleveland (Utah)
Samuel Alger and his wife Ruth moved, as a young married couple from Huntington to the barren flats that would become Cleveland (Utah). According to the Emery County History Book, he was instrumental in getting the Cleveland Canal started by...
Emery County (Utah); Joe's Valley; Dam Construction; Johansen, Byron; Cabins; Reservoirs;
Building Joe's Valley Dam. Byron Johansen's cabin can be seen in the middle of the photograph, behind the construction. The cabin was originally located on the San Rafael Swell where By Jo ran his cattle. The Bureau of Land Mangement asked that it...
Emery County (Utah); Joe's Valley; Emery County Project; Dams; Water; Reservoirs
Building the reservoir and dam at Joe's Valley in Emery County Utah. When it was being built, it was known as the Emery County Project. A large reservoir was needed to store water for irrigation of Emery County, and Joe's Valley was selected....
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The settlers along the Muddy Creek evenutally decided to form a town a few miles away, where there was enough room for a largger community. First they had to divert the water from the Muddy Creek into a canal that would take water to the town of...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; San Rafael Bridge; San Rafael River; Swinging Bridge; CCC
The biggest assignment for Company 529 of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Castle Dale was to build a bridge across the San Rafael River on the San Rafael Swell. Bridge construction began in 1935. The bridge was built under the direction of the...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; San Rafael River; Swinging Bridge; CCC
The biggest assignment for Company 529 of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Castle Dale was to build a bridge across the San Rafael River on the San Rafael Swell. Bridge construction began in 1935.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Castle Dale (Utah); CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah was built in 1935. The photo captions read: D.G. 27, Camp 529 ; M.P. Greaves Proj. Supt. N. Hamilton E.A. ; Capt. Carlton G. Rocky; Lt. Clarence W. Callahan. The CCCs were a...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps Company 529 worked with the Department of Agriculture Division of Grazing, building roads, dams, bridges, erosion stabilization, ponds, etc. Bulldozers were about the only technical equipment. Most of the work was done...
Emery County (Utah); Castle Dale (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Bunkhouse for Company 529 in Castle Dale. This group of CCC boys worked on the San Rafael Swell. Their crowining achievement, according to locals, is the San Rafael Bridge, or "Swinging Bridge" as it is nicknamed.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; Owl; Jensen, Dermis; CCC
Dermis Jensen took this photograph while supervising the construction of the Swinging Bridge in 1935-1937 by the CCCs. He worked with Company 529, and here are a few of the boys from that camp looking at an owl perched on their company sign.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; Swinging Bridge; San Rafael Bridge Dedication; San Rafael River; CCC
The dedication of the San Rafael Bridge, or Swinging Bridge, as it became known, was attended by a huge crowd including the governor of Utah. The headlines of the day read, "Mystery Lands Opened Up." The building of this bridge by the CCCs opened...