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); Geary, Elmo; Grand Canyon Lodge; North Rim; Vacation
Outside of the Grand Canyon Lodge--North Rim. Geary Family vacation in 1930 to the Grand Canyon. They took the two grandfathers of the family along with them.
Emery County (Utah); Grand Canyon; North Rim Lodge; Geary, Elmo
Elmo Geary went with his family and grandfathers on a vacation to the Grand Canyon in 1930. His father, mother and two grandfathers along with his sister and brother. This is the North Rim of the Grand Canyon Lodge.
Emery County (Utah); Grand Canyon; Vacation; Geary, Elmo; Geary, Edward George; Wakefield, John; Geary, Alice Grace Wakefield; Geary, Edward Long
Edward George Geary and his wife Alice Grace Geary took their children Faun, Merlin and Elmo along with both of their fathers, Edward Long Geary and John Wakefield to the National Parks in 1930. L-R John Wakefield, Edward Long Geary, Edward George...
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...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Geology; Mining; Uneva Mine
Uneva Mine Entrance located in Uneva Mine Canyon on the San Rafael Swell in the San Rafael Reef area. The Reef is a dramatic geologic uplift running for 40 miles along the eastern border of the Swell. The Wingate sandstone formation has been tilted...
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; Gold Mines; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity along the Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Temple Mountain; Consolidated Uranium Mines; Uranium
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 1: A.E. C. unit 1 showing cable to rig drilling air holes resulting in 3 ft. diameter cores. Shaft...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Uneva Mine; Grange, Mar
A rock faced opening to a mine is found in Uneva Mine Canyon on the San Rafael Reef. The Reef is a geologic formation that has been uplifted dramatically. The Reef runs for 40 miles along the eastern border of the Swell. Into this formidable jagged...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; San Rafael Reef; Spotted Wolf Canyon; Interstate 70; Freeways
When the Spotted Wolf route for the Interste 70 was chosen, there was a great deal of blasting and cutting to make a way for a road through the imposing rock border on the east side of the San Rafael Swell. It was completed and opened to the public...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Cabin, Broken Cross
Joe Swasey and sons along with the Nordell brothers (Nordells tie into Swaseys by marriage) built this cabin in 1921 on the San Rafael Swell at the Head of Sinbad, near the "Cliffdweller" cave. The rock formation standing behind the cabin is known...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Joe; Swasey, Mary Etta McDonald
Joe Swasey was the youngest brother of the Swasey boys. He married Mary Etta McDonald in 1887. 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...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Rod
Rod Swasey was next to the oldest brother in a group who became known as the Swasey Boys.The Swasey brothers went to the San Rafael Swell with the family's herds of cattle and horses in the 1870s. Liking the Swell so much, they basically made it...
The Swasey Brothers on the San Rafael Swell made their living wrangling the wild horses along with their own, then breaking them and selling them. The tradition continued into the next generation. These are some wild horses broken by the Swaseys....
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...