A History of Southern Utah and Its National Parks (Revised)

Part 13

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A Adams, Nate, 179, 180, 189, 190 Orza, 190 River, 127, 128 Adventure, Utah settlement, 148, 150, 151, 153 Affleck, D. A., 193 _Agave_, (yant), food, 119 Agriculture, 138, 148 Indian, 117, 118 Ahlstrom, brothers, 182 Albright, Horace M., 196-197, 199, 201, 208 Allen, Rufus C., 144, 145 Allred, John J., 153 Alpine, Utah, 153 Alter, J. Cecil, 195 _Amelanchier_, (sarvis berries), 120 Ames, Clark, 144 Anderson, J., 139 Miles, 139 Mrs. Nancy, 145 Anderson’s Ranch, 204 Andrus, James, aids against Indians, 168, 169, 171, 174-176 rescue expedition, 189 Animals, predatory, hunted, 192 Argonauts, 132 Armstrong, G. G., 205 Arrows, 118, 119, 121 Arizona, Northern, colonized, 166 explored, 164-166 Strip, 189 Army, Johnston’s, marches to Utah, 131, 164 Arrowhead Route, 198 Trail Association, 198 Asa Creek, 142 Ash Creek, 117, 124, 127, 133, 139 Ashley, General (Wm. H.), 126 Ashton, Willam, 151, 153 Atkin, Grace, 111 Atwood, S. F., 144 Auerbach, H. S., 123, 128 Automobile roads to Southern Utah Parks, 204, 205 Averet, C. G., 153 Averett. Elijah, 172 Ayers, George, 158 Heber, 158

B Baker, John, 191 Bamberger, Governor Simon, 200, 203, 205 Bancroft, H. H., 127 Barton, L., 139 William, 139 Battalion, Mormon, 153 Beale, E. H., 121, 136 Bear Valley, 128 route, 142 Bears, grizzly, 193 Beaver, 140 County protected by militia, 167 Creek, 134 Dam Wash, 127, 128 River, 127 Behunin, E. C., 112, 152, 155, 159 Isaac, 151, 155-157, 161 _Berberis, fremonti_, (weump berries), 120 Berry, Isabel, 170 Joe, 170 Robert, 170 Berryville, Utah, 166, 181 Bigelow, Charles H., 198 Big Springs, 190 Birch Creek, 133 Black, George, 153 “Black Hawk War,” 159, 167 Black, Joseph, 151, 152, 153 explores Zion, 155 Peter, 152 Rock Canyon, 175 Rock Springs, 123 William, 153 William, Jr., 153 Bleak, James G., 149 Bliss, Orley D., 182 Blood, Henry H., 208 Bolton, H. L., 123 Bows and arrows, 118, 119, 121 Bowman, John F., 208 Bread meal, 119 Brenchley, Julius, 138 Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon, 197, 208 Brinton, Caleb D., 180 Brooks, Juanita, 146, 165 Brown, Newman, 153 Robert, 153 T. D.. 144 Bryce Canyon, 201, 202 bus service to, 207 dedicated, 208 lodge and cabins built, 207, 208 made National Monument, 204 modern development of, 194-209 named, 182 publicized, 194 Bryce, Ebenezer, 182 Buckskin Mountains, 189 Bullock, David, 154 Burgess, Hyrum, 144, 145 Burial customs, Indian, 120 Burke, Charles F., 208

C Cabin, log in Zion Canyon, 155, 156 Cable car across Colorado River, 192 Cable, in Zion Canyon, 161-164 mail, 162 Mountain, 163 Cactus, food, 117, 119 “Call,” the, 135 Camp, Charles L., 128 Canebeds, 142 Cannon, David H., 168 George Q., 182 Grant and Company, 191 Lewis T., 192 Cannonville, Utah, 182 Canyons (see names of) Carpenter, William H., 153 Castle Springs, 190 Cattle ranches, 166 Cattle, stolen, 167-179 Cedar Breaks, 201, 203, 207 Cedar Canyon, 136 Cedar City, Utah, 127, 136, 160 described, 137 prepares for tourists, 202 railroad built to, 203 Toquerville road, 195 Cedar Valley, 135 Celebration, 134 pioneer, 135 Census of Southern Utah communities, 154 Center Creek, 134 Chaffant. W. A., 132 Chamberlain, Solomon, 142 Thomas, 191 Chinle shales, 155 Chittenden, H. M., 127 Circleville Canyon, 132 Clark, E. S., 191 Oren, 169 Clayton, William, 131 Clear Creek, 127 Cleland, Robert Glass, 127, 132 Clifton, Utah, 182 Cloth, cotton made, 145-147 Clove, James, 192 Coal industry, 136 Cody, “Buffalo Bill,” 190, 191 Cooke, Edward, 180 Coleman, Prime T., 144 Colorado River, 127 crossed by cable car, 192 crossings established, 166 Colton, Don B., 208 Communication in Zion Canyon, 161 Com-o-it Indian tribe, 116, 117 Conservation program instituted, 187 Convicts build road, 195 Copelan, Willis, 174-176 Corn, 143 Corn Creek, 127 Cottam, Margery Brown, 180 Cotton, grown, 145-150 mill, 154 wave, 149-150 Cougars killed, 192 “Court of the Patriarchs,” Zion Canyon, 155 Cove Fort, 127 Cox, Warren, 198 Coyotes killed, 192 Cram, Alex, 191 Campton, Louis C., 206 Crawford, family, 161 William, 153 Crickets eat crops, 153 Crosby, Bill, 190 Crops, 148 Indian, 120 “Crossing of the Fathers,” 125

D Daines, Franklin D., 130 Dale, H. H., 127 Dalton family, 161 Dame, William H., 167 Dams, 145 Dart, John, 142 Death Valley, disaster in, 132 Dellenbaugh, Frederick S., 180, 186 DeMille, Oliver, 151 DeMotte, Harvey C., 190 Park, 190 Dennet, Daniel Q., 153 Dennett, family, 161 John, 110, 112, 122, 204 Mrs. John, 170, 171 Deseret, Iron Company, 136 State of proposed, 131 Disease brought to Indians, 122 Ditches, 145, 151 Dixie, 137-150, 152 Fruit Festival, 194 Dixon, Robert, 144 Dodge, Enoch, 172 Dominguez, Father, 123 Douglas, Stephen A., 131 Draper, Utah, 153 Draper, William L., 153 Duck Creek, 142 Duncan, Chapman, 139 Retreat, Utah, census 1864, 154 Utah, abandoned, 159 Dunton, J. H., 139 Dutton, Capt. Clarence E., 185

E Eight-Mile Spring, 190 Eldridge, Elnathan, 144 Horace S., 150 Election, pioneer, 135 El Escalante Hotel, 202, 207 Emerald Pool Canyon, (Zion), 157, 206 Emett, Jim, 191, 192 Emigrants, gold, 132 English aristocracy urged to use Kaibab for sport, 190, 191 Epilogue, 210 _Erigonum inflatum_, 143 Erosion at Kanab, 182 Escalante, Desert, 124 expedition, 123-126 Fray Silvestre Velez de, excerpt from journal of, 114, 117, 118, 120, 123-126, 128 Valley, 172 Evans, Richard, 207 Everett, Edward, 133 Expedition, against Indians, 174-176 to Zion Canyon, early, 123 Explorations of Southern Utah, early, 123-130 Mormon, 130-149 Eyring, Henry, 174

F Fair, World’s at St. Louis, Zion pictures at, 186, 187 Famine in “Dixie,” 154 Farish, T. E., 127 Farm implements, pioneer, 157 Farming, community, 160 Farms, Indian, 117-120, 140, 141, 143 of Zion Canyon, 155 Farnsworth, Lovina, 147 Moses M., 180 Ferries established on Virgin River, 166 Fifer of Mormon Battalion, 153 Fillmore, railroad to, 203 Utah, 134 Financial, panic, effect on Utah, 159 Finch, B. J., 205, 206 Fire at Kanab fort, 180 Fish, Joseph, 172 Fisher, Frederick Vining, 198 Flag raised, Mormon, 134 Flanigan, David, 163 family, 161 Tom, 116, 153 Floods, 151, 153, 182 Forest, Kaibab National, 189-194 Fort, 145 at Kanab, 180, 181 Pearce, 124 Sanford, 169 Forts, built in Kane County, 179 Fox Creek, 142 Frauschum, Mr., 153 Fredonia, Arizona, 182, 183 Freeman, Capt., 175 Fremont, Capt. John C., explorations of, 128-130 report of, 131 Frost, Allen, 180 Fruit orchards, 148

G Gallatin, Albert, 127 Galliego, Jose, 121 Galloway, Nathan, 193 Game, conservation of, 192 Indian, 119 Garcia, Arze, Expedition, 126 Gardner, Henry, 166 Georgetown, Utah, 182 Gifford, family, 161 Oliver D., 112, 156, 161, 186, 204 Samuel K., 153 Gillespie, R. H., 139 Glen Canyon Ford, 166 Glendale, Utah, 166, 181 Golding, Robert J., 150 Gould, Samuel, 133 Goulding, Daniel, 182 Gould’s Ranch, 172 Grafton, Utah, 151, 154, 159 Graham, Utah, 181 Grapes, wild, 120 Grapevine Springs, 140 Grand Canyon, Cattle Company, 191 Highway Association, 196 Transportation Company, 191 Grand Canyon of the Colorado, 124, 125 artist assigned by U. S. Government, to paint, 190 auto pathfinding trip to, 193, 195, 197 bridge in, 209 bus service to, 207 Jacob’s Lake Highway, 195 Lodge dedicated, 208 modern development of, 194-209 National Game Preserve, 192 Monument established, 193 North Rim, early history of, 189-194 publicized, 194 surveyed, 185 trail built across, 191, 192 visited by J. C. Alter, 195 West Rim Trail, 207 Grand Wash Cliffs, 166 Grant, Heber J., 202, 208 Gray, Carl R., 198, 203, 208 Grazing, in the Kaibab, 190 in Zion Canyon stopped, 200 Great Organ, Zion Canyon, 199 Great Red Arch, Zion Canyon, 161 Great White Throne, Zion Canyon, 161, 163, 199, 209 Green, Sam, 116 James, 153 Greenland Peninsula, 192 Gregory. Dr. Herbert E., 123, 185, 190 Grey, Zane, 192 Grimes, Oliver J., 201 Grist mill, 152 Grotto campground, Zion Canyon, 204, 207 Guards against Indians, 173 Guide, tourist, 192 Gunnison River, 123 Gustavus, Crown Prince, 208 Gypsum, 133

H Haight, Isaac C., 133, 147 Hall, John C., 151, 153 Thomas, 153 Halloran, W. J., 205 Halterman, S. A., 201 Hamblin, Jacob, 144, 145, 164-165 aids against Indians, 175 holds peace conference with Navajos, 177-179 in Kaibab region, 189 missionary among, Indians, 179 Hamblin, Walter, 191 Hanchett, Lafayette, 205 Hancock, Cyrus, 173, 174 Hanna, P. T., 127 Harding, President Warren G., visits Southern Utah Parks, 204 Hardy, Augustus P., 144, 145 Harmony, Utah, 143 Harriman, Edward H., 198 Harris, Mountain Pass, 142 W. R., 123 Harrison, Peter (Indian), 122 Harrows, 157 Harry, Philip, 123 Haskell, Maria Woodbury, 146 Thales H., 144, 146, 165 Hastele, (Indian), 177 Hatch, Ira, 144, 145 Meltair, 182 Utah, 182 Heap, G. H., 121, 136 William, 157 Heap’s farm, 156 _Hediondilla_, (creosote bush), 124 Heller, Edmund, 203 Henefer, William, 144 Henrie, James, 182 Henrieville, Creek, 182 Utah, 182 Hepworth, Thornton, Jr., 163 Hewlett, Sylvester, 133 Higbee, J. M., 171 Highway 89 prospected, 194 Highway 91, 196, 198 Logan to St. George, 194 Highways built to Southern Utah Parks, 194-209 Hillers, Jack, 186 Hillsdale, Utah, 181 Hirschi, Claud, 198 David, 186-187, 196 Hogs slaughtered, 156 Hole-in-the-Rock, 183 Horne, Joseph, 147 Horses stolen, 121, 167-179 Hotel El Escalante, 202, 207 Hough, Emerson, 203 Houserock Valley, 191 Houses, adobe, 136, 189, 190 Howell, Joseph, 192 Hoyt, Silas, 166 T. C., 191, 192 Huber, Albert, 153 Edward, 153 Hunt, Capt. Jefferson, expedition, 131, 132, 135, 136 Hunting, 192, 193, 195 Indian, 118, 119 in the Kaibab, 190-193 Huntington, Al, 191 Hurricane, Fault, 124 Utah, road convention at, 196 Hyde, Orson, 131

I Implements, Indian farming, 120 Indian, baskets, 118 burial customs, 120 camps, 118 chief, 121 contribution to present culture, 113 cooking, 119 depredations, 129, 159, 165-179 force concentration of pioneers, 159 food, 117-120 grinder, 119 law, 116 moccasins, 118 myths, 112, 113 ornaments, 118 pictographs, 133 raids, 166-179 robes, 118 school, 144 squaws—work of, 120 sugar, 119, 120 superstitions re: Zion Canyon, 112-113, 148 trading expedition, 177 treatment of the infirm, 120, 121 tribes, extinct, 122 water jugs, 118 weapons, 118, 119, 121 Indians, baptized, 145 disarmed, 171 Ingram, Lord, 191 Iron Company, Deseret, 136 Iron, County, colonized, 134 protected by militia, 167 industry, 135, 139 Military District, 167 Springs, 135 ore, 133, 134 Irrigation, 182 Indian, 120 I-u-goon, derivation of word, 115 Ivins, Anthony W., 191, 198, 205, 208

J Jacob’s Lake, 189 Well, 190 Jeffers, LeRoy, 201 Jepson, James, 159 Jennings, Henry, 175 James H., 153, 156, 161 Johnson, Benjamin, 181 George, 181 Joel H., 181 Joseph, 181 Nephi, 144, 147, 150, 151, 182 Seth, 181, 182 Sixtus E., 173 “Twist,” 148 Utah, 181 William, 181 Johnston’s Army, 131, 164 Jolley, Bryant, 184 Donald J., 207 Henry B. M., 166 William J., 166 Jones, Col. C. J., (Buffalo Jones) (Buffalo Bill) 139, 192, 193 Kumen, 183 Randall L., 202, 203, 205 Stephen V., 185 Jordan River, 153 Judd, Zadock, 139

K Kaibab, Indian derivation of name, 114 Land and Cattle Company, 191 National Forest, 164, 189-194 buggy driven to, 191 established, 191 stocked with cattle and horses, 190 used by English aristocracy, 190, 191 Plateau, 189 tribe, (Indian), 117 Kaibabit Indians, survivors of, 122 Kai-ne-sava, Indian spirit, 112, 113 Kanab, Creek, 166 fort, 180, 181 Indian derivation of name, 114 Trail, dedicated, 208 Utah, 166, 180, 181 erosion at, 182 raided by Indians, 168, 169 region explored, 177 resettled, 179, 180 Wash, 182 Kanarra, Indian chief, 141 source of name, 114 Utah, 133 Kane County, expanded, 179-182 explored and settled, 164-166 protected by militia, 167 Kane Springs, 189 Kenner, Dr. S. A., 151, 153 King, Wesley, 188 Klapper, Charlie, 151, 153 Klingensmith, Philip, 148 Knell, Benjamin, 144 Knight, Jesse, 192 Samuel, 144, 145 Knives, skinning, 118 Kolob Promontory, 133

L Lady Mountain, Zion Canyon, 206 Lakes, (see names) Lamb, Ed., Jr., 191 Lances, Indian, 121 Lane, Franklin K., 196 Langston, Clarinda, 163 John, 153 LaVerkin Creek, 124, 128 promontory, 133 Leany, Hyrum, 119 Lee, John D., 135, 148, 179 in Kaibab region, 189 leads exploration of Virgin River, 139-141 leads southern settlement, 137-144 ranch, 181 raided, 172 settles at Ash Creek, 143 Lee’s Ferry, Arizona, 166 Lemon, James, 151 Levearskin (LaVerkin) River, 139 Lewis, David, 145 Liberty pole, 134 Limestone, 133 Lion, mountain, captured, 192, 195 Little, James, 177 Littlefield, David O., 182 Little Salt Lake, 135 Livestock, in Kaibab Forest, 190, 191 stolen by Indians, 166-179 Logan-St. George highway, 194 Long Valley, 142, 166 abandoned, 171, 172 Canyon, 142 Utah, 179, 181 Louise, Princess, 208 Lost River, 127 Lott, John, 144 Lumber transported, 161-164 Lumbering, 142 Lunt, Henry W., 197-199

M Mail cable, 162 Maize, 117, 118 Mammoth Creek, 142 Manderfield, J. H., 198 Mangum, John (Mangram), 179 Manly, William Lewis, 132 Manti, Utah, 132 Marble Gorge Bridge of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 209 Marysvale Canyon, 127 Marshall, E. J., Co., 191 Massacre, 170 Mather, Stephen T., 197, 202, 206, 208 Maxwell, W. B., 166, 171 Maxwell’s ranch raided, 172 Mabey, Charles R., 205 Mayo, Tommy (Indian), 114 McArthur, D. D., 174 McConnell, Jehiel, 179 McDonald, Graham, 192, 193 Thomas, 208 McFate, Jim, 153 Joe, 153 McKinnon, Major, 191 McIntyre, Robert, 168-169, 189 Means, Howard C., 205, 206 Measles among the Indians, 122 Meeks, Priddy, 142, 166 Merriam, C. H., 127 Mestes Expedition, 126 Mexican War, 130 Mill, cotton, 154 flour, 152 molasses, 153 saw, 181 steam, 190 shingle, 163 Military posts established in Southern Utah, 173 Militia, in Southern Utah, organized against Indians, 137, 167-176 Millard County, 115 Millett, Alma, 151 Joseph, 153 Milmey, Lord, 191 Minerals, iron, 133 Mission sites located by Escalante, 125, 126 Missionaries, Mormon, 144-149 Missionary expedition, between the Virgin and Colorado Rivers, 164-166 Mitchell, Dr. Charles, 182 Moccasin, Arizona, 166 Springs, 180 Moencopi, 178 Molasses mill, 153 Monument, National, Act, 187 Zion Canyon made, 164 Monuments, National, 187, 191, 193 Moqui Indians, mission to, 164-166 Mojave Desert, 127 Moran, Thomas, 190 Morgan, Dale L., 131 John, 180 Mormon, Battalion, 131, 153 missionaries among Indians, 144-149, 179 policy re: Indians, 137 settlement, early, 130-151 Trail, 131 Mormons, colonize Southern Utah, 135 effect of upon Paiute government, 122 explore Southern Utah, 130-149 Morris, Hyrum, 153, 158 Mountain Meadows, 128 visited by Fremont, 129 Mountains, (see names of) Mt. Carmel, Highway, 209 Utah, 166, 181 Mount Zion, 206 Muddy River, 128 Mukuntuweap, (see Zion Canyon) Munk, Mrs. Eunice, 157 Peter, 152 Murdock, and Fotheringham, Beaver, Utah, 191 John R., 144 Museum at Zion Canyon, 207 Musser, Milton A., 180 Mustache, Frank, (Indian), 114, 115

N Names, place, in Zion, 199 National Monument Law, 187 National Monuments, 191, 193 Zion Canyon made, 187 National Park Transportation and Camping Company, 203 Naturalist Service, 207 Navajo Indian, depredations, 167-179 hold peace conference, 177 raids, 166-179 Navajo Indians unfriendly to missionaries, 165 Neff, Andrew L., 131 Neihardt, J. G., 127 Neslen, C. Clarence, 202 New Harmony, Utah, 145 Newman, Elijah, 151, 153, 161 Noble, Edward A., 180 North Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, early history of, 189-194 Highway in, 195 Northrop, Utah, 151, 154, 159

O Oak Creek, 148 Oak Spring, 190 Observation Point, Zion Canyon, 187 Occupations, pioneer, 138 Old Grafton, Utah, abandoned, 151 Old Spanish Trail, established, 126, 128 Ookie berries, 120 Orderville, Utah, 183 Otter Creek, 140 Otters, 140 Owen, Jim “Uncle,” 192, 198

P Pah-Utah Indians (Paiute), 121 Pahvant Valley, 115 Paiute Indians, cultivation, 140, 141 depredations, 167-179 legends, 113 Mormon effect upon, 122 territory occupied by, 113, 114 mode of life, 115, 116 Palmer, William R., 114, 116, 117 Panguitch Lake, 141 Utah, 128 fortified, 170 re-settled, 181 Valley, 142 Paragonah, Utah, 128, 132, 136 Parashont Mountains, 189 Parks, Southern Utah, history of, 184-209 Park-to-Park Highway conference, 203 Paria, (Pahrea) Indian derivation of name, 114 River, Lee’s Ferry at, 189 Utah, 114, 179 Parowan, Canyon, 135, 141 Utah, 134, 137, 171 Par-roos River, Indians of, 117 Parrusis Indians, 117, 118 Parrusit Indians, habits and customs, 115-122 survivor of, 122 Parunuweap Canyon, 147 Indian derivation of name, 114 settlement, 155 Parry, Chauncey, 199, 203 Gronway, 203 Pathfinder tour to Grand Canyon, 195, 197 Peace council, Navajo, 177 Pearce, J. D. L., 173-175 Pearce’s Ferry, 166 Pendleton, Mark A., 184 Peopling of Little Salt Lake Valley, celebration, 134 Petty, Albert, 152, 153, 159 Frank, 164 Frank, Jr., 164 George, 151 Photographer, pioneer, 179 of Zion, (Major J. W. Powell’s Exploration Party), 186 _Phragmites_ (Indian sugar), 119, 120 Pilar River, 117 Pinchot, Gifford, 187 Pine Creek route road, 206 Pine nuts, 120 Pine Spring, 190 Pioneer, farm instruments, 157 occupations, 138 wagon raided by Indians, 172, 173 Pipe Springs, Arizona, 166, 180 council of war at, 171 Place names, Indian, 114, 115 in Zion Canyon, 199 Spanish, 128 Pleasant Valley, 142 Plows, hand, 157 Pollock, Samuel, 147 Polygamy, 183 Potato Valley, (Escalante), 172 Powell, Maj. J. W., 114, 177, 180, 185, 186, 190 Pratt, Orson, 131, 150, 151 Parley P., 132, 136, 144, 148 exploration of Southern Utah, 133-134 Prunus, (choke cherries), 120

Q Quinnarrah, Indian chief, 141

R Railroads, built in Southern Utah, 203 developed in Northern Utah, 138 Railroad officials visit National Parks, 197 Red Creek, 132, 135 Red Desert, 124 Reeves, Josiah, 147 Remy, Jules, 138, 146 Richards, Franklin D., 136 Richie, Robert, 144 Riddle, Isaac, 144 Rider, John, 180 Rigg Springs, 190 Riggs, B. A., 162 William, 147 “Rio de Los Angeles,” 128 Rio del Pilar (Ash Creek), 124 Rio Virgin Manufacturing Company, 154 Rishel, W. D., 195, 197 Rivers, (see names) Road, Commission, Utah State established, 194 Commissioner, Utah State, 199 concrete, 205 convention, 196 through Zion Canyon, 158, 162 wagon, 134, 194 Roads, to Southern Utah Parks, 204, 205 constructed, 194-209 Federal aid for, 204, 205 Robinson, Richard, 144-145 Rock Creek, 134 Rockville, Utah, 116, 151, 153, 154, 171 Rolf, John, 157, 159, 161 Roosevelt, President Theodore enacts National Monument Act, 187 in Grand Canyon, 195 Ross, George, 179 Roundy, Lorenzo W., 144, 169, 189 _Rubus_, (raspberries), 120 Ruesch, Walter, 200, 202, 205, 207 Russell, family, 161 Harold, 207 Major, 173 Rust, David D., 188, 191, 192, 193