Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Joe
Joe Swasey is the youngest of the Swasey Brothers who ran horses and cattle on the San Rafael in the 1870s and into the next generation as well. The Swasey Brothers adventures and stories are as embedded in the San Rafael Swell as the fossils. They...
told me that the man had called in the store to buy a whip. They didn't have any whips in stock, so he bought a broom to drive his horses with. It appeared that he man had been drinking, which was the cause of the trouble." During these yean of...