Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Easter; Horse and wagons
Elmo Geary and high school friends went to the San Rafael Swell for Easter weekend in a wagon pulled by horses. Another group of teenagers went to the same area in an automobile and ran off the road and crashed. No one was hurt badly, but the event...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Little Grand Canyon; Geology; Castle Valley; San Rafael River, Grimes, Ben
The Little Grand Canyon on the San Rafael Swell is seen best from The Wedge Lookout. The San Rafael Swell is an anticline, or a geological uplift, that originally looked like an oval bowl turned upside down. Over time it has been carved into...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Little Grand Canyon; Geology; Window Blind Peak; San Rafael River; Grimes, Ben
The Little Grand Canyon on the San Rafael Swell is seen best from The Wedge Lookout. Window Blink Peak can be seen on the far right horizon. The San Rafael Swell is an anticline, or a geological uplift, that originally looked like an oval bowl...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 27: Headframe, hoist house, air compressor, ore bucket at A.E.C. No. 2.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 29: Underground A.E.C. No. 2 A working unit ore face where men are standing and slusher bucket...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Oil; Grange, Mar
Mar Grange is a rock hound. He said sometimes rocks just tell you to pick them up. This one had no apparent importance, but he picked it up from the Swell and took it home. When he began to cut it open, it began oozing oil. Many parts of the Swell...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Wheeler, Esther; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler's photograph album shows that his family was with him at Temple Mountain during the time he worked mining uranium. This photograph shows how the children were allowed to go anywhere around the mining areas. Esther Wheeler is getting...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; USGS; CCC
Pantry shelves filled with food was an unusual sight during the Depression. In cities all across America people stood in bread lines hoping to get a bite to eat. In Emery County people raised their own beef and produce and fared better than those...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Company 959 is gathered together at their spike camp. Each company had a base camp that was permanent and then a spike camp at the place of their projects. The boys were issued uniforms and had to wear them for morning ceremonies and other specific...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; San Rafael River; San Rafael Bridge; Livestock; Sheep
The San Rafael Swinging Bridge was built by the CCCs in1937. It was constructed under the direction of the Division of Grazing. It benefitted local ranchers by providing safe and convenient access to thousands of acres of winter grazing for their...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swinging Bridge; San Rafael Bridge; CCC
Condition of the deck years later. The San Rafael Bridge was built in 1937 by the CCCs. Company 529 had a base camp in Castle Dale and did most of their work on the San Rafael Swell. Their crowining achievement, according to local residents, was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swinging Bridge; San Rafael Bridge
By 1992 the Swinging Bridge, a suspension bridge built by the CCCs in 1937, was worn out and could no longer handle heavy vehicles, so construction was begun on a new bridge.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Green River; Swasey Family; Blacksmith Shop; Swasey, Charley; Halverson, Chris
Charley Swasey, far left in his blacksmith shop in Green river. Chris Halverson is in the center of the photograph. Chris Halverson was asked (later in life) about the outlaws known sometimes as the Robber Roost Gang. Halverson said, "The Roosters...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Sid and Charley; Geology; Swasey Family
The Swasey Boys settled on the San Rafael Swell in the 1870s. They named most of the geologic formations on the Swell. This one is dubbed Sid and Charley--two of the Swasey brothers. Sid is the slender one and Charley the more stout. As geologic...
The Swasey Brothers on the San Rafael Swell made their living wrangling the wild horses along with their own, then breaking the wild ones and selling them. The tradition continued into the next generation. The Swaseys were not the only ones to...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Wild Horses; Joe Swasey
Joe Swasey continued to breed wild horses with good stock. He went to Polluse Valley, Idaho and brought back many Appoloosa horses. Monte Swasey said of his grandfather, Joe and his father, Royal, "They had every color and shape imaginable. They...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Sid's Leap
Probably the most famous stories regarding the Swaseys and their horses was a time when Charlie wagered a herd of cattle with his brother Sid, that Sid's horse "Socks" could not jump a deep, narrow gorge called the Black Box. The walls of rock are...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Cliff Dweller; Joe's Office
This is a relatively recent photograph of the Cliff Dweller. The wood floor is no longer there. It shows the cave is not very deep, but did provide shelter for the Swaseys and others. It is about six to eight feet deep and twelve feet wide. The...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Joe and His Dog; Geology
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #9, Joe and His Dog. Geologic formations carry the names of the Swaseys. This formation is found in North Cold Wash. Some maps call...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Antiques; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum
It is no secret that the Swaseys made and bottled moonshine. Here are shown a couple of capping devices when bottling. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk...