Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; USGS; Geology; Rainbow Cliffs
USGS photographer W.B. Emery took this photograph in 1917. Companion picture with EmeryW.B.23 forming a panorama of the photo called Rainbow Cliffs. This photos shows the muddy tracks on the Swell before there were roads. The San Rafael Swell was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; USGS; Survey Camp
USGS photograph C. B. Hunt took this photograph in 1935 of a Survey Camp in the San Rafael Swell. The San Rafael Swell was the last area of the United States to be surveyed because it was so rough and remote. This collection of United States...
Emery County (Utah); USGS; Emery Town; Survey Camp
USGS photographer C. T. Lupton took this photo of a survey camp just outside of the town of Emery in 1911. Lucy Hansen Nielsen wrote in her history about when the surveyors camped near her town of Molen durin the summers of 1909 and 1910. They...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; USGS; Horses; San Rafael River
A United States Geological Survey group breaking camp on the San Rafael River in 1917. The San Rafael Swell was the last area of the United States to be surveyed because it was so rough and remote. This collection of United States Geological Survey...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Emery, W.B.; San Rafael Reef; Geology
USGS photographer W.B. Emery took this photograph in 1917. The San Rafael Reef is a dramatic geologic uplift running for 40 miles along the eastern border of the Swell. The Wingate sandstone formation has been tilted almost vertical, forming a...