Emery County (Utah) Archives; Window Blind Peak; San Rafael Swell; Geary, Elmo; Castle Valley
Window Blind Peak or (Castle) is one of the most identifiable formations in the San Rafael Swell. Elmo Geary and friends were there for Easter weekend in 1929. Spending Easter weekend on the desert as locals call it, has been a tradition for over...
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; Little Grand Canyon; Geology; Grimes, Ben
The Little Grand Canyon seen in panorama is located in the San Rafael Swell and is seen best from The Wedge Lookout. The San Rafael Swell is a geologic uplift that has eroded in spectacular ways through time leaving an exposed geologic record of...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Cold War; Morrison Knudsen
The interior of the tunnels was painted white and state of the art (1950) instruments were placed within the shafts to document the effects of the explosions. Remnants of the wiring to the instruments can still be seen in some of the tunnels, as...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Swasey Family; Eastering; Swinging Bridge
Swasey Kids on the Swinging Bridge on Easter Sunday. The tradition of spending Easter weekend on the San Rafael Swell began in the early 1900s for residents of Emery and Carbon County. The Swasey family spent a lot of time on the Swell. Their...
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...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Geology; Swasey Family; Family Butte
Castle Valley got its name from formations such as this one. From the distance they looked like castles to the explorers and surveyors. But the Swasey's saw this as a monument to their family--Charley, Sid, Rod, Joe , etc. and named it Family...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Geologic Formations; Sid and Charley
Royal Swasey is standing near the sandstone formations named for his uncles--Sid and Charley. The Swasey boys named many of the rock formations on the Swell. Royal Swasey is Joe Swasey's oldest son.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Geology; Joe and His Dog
The Swasey boys named many of the geologic formations on the San Rafael Swell after themselves or their adventures. This formation is known as Joe and His Dog.
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...