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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QUG_collapsing-scenery_New-Harmony-UT.html
The cliffs appear solid and motionless. But the visible scars tell a different story. In July 1983 a huge slab broke off the opposite cliff, leaving a buff-colored scar and tons of rubble at the base. The entire even was over n moments. These c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLM_harrisburg_Hurricane-UT.html
In 1859, after helping settle San Bernardino California, Moses Harris moved his family to Utah and settled on the Virgin River near Quail Creek. In 1862 a flood forced the settlers further up Quail Creek to the Cottonwood Creek Fork. Due to the ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIN_military-training-camp-site_New-Harmony-UT.html
Fort Harmony was designated as the training site of the Iron County division of the Utah Militia. In 1857 the Militia was divided into 13 districts. The southern group consisted of all counties south of Beaver and was known as the Iron County divi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1V_zion-mt-carmel-tunnel-and-highway-utah_Hurricane-UT.html
This 5,613- foot-long tunnel, the longest vehicular tunnel in the National Park System, was blasted through the towering sandstone cliffs above Pine Creek Canyon. Construction required extraordinary access through cliff-face galleries for blasting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1T_discovery-of-zion-canyon_Springdale-UT.html
In 1858, Nephi Johnson, one of Brigham Young's scouts, with a party of Indian guides arrived at the mouth of the canyon. Due to superstition, the Indians refused to enter the canyon. Nephi Johnson, alone, followed up river to the Narrows, a place …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1R_rockville-bridge_Springdale-UT.html
Constructed in 1924, the Rockville Bridge incorporates distinctive characteristics in its method of construction and is the only surviving example of a rigid Parker through truss type bridge in the state of Utah. The Rockville Bridge is historical…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1I_bradshaw-house-hotel_Hurricane-UT.html
This house was built in 1906-08 by Ira E. and Marion Hinton Bradshaw, lifelong residents of southern Utah. It was the first permanent house built in the town of Hurricane, which was established soon after completion of the Hurricane Canal in 1904.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1H_the-historic-dixie-long-valley-utah-pioneer-trail_Hurricane-UT.html
Segments of the old Indian trails between St. George and Long Valley were used by Mormon pioneers to settle Long Valley in 1864 and for its resettlement in 1871 following Indian conflicts. This trail scaled the Hurricane Fault on the Johnson Twist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1G_the-historic-hurricane-canal_Hurricane-UT.html
When first conceived, the Hurricane Canal seemed like an impossible dream. Beginning at a point seven miles up the Virgin River, water had to travel through flumes, tunnels, and over deep ravines. The canal had to hang on steep, unstable cliffs an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKZ_kolob-canyons_New-Harmony-UT.html
This overlook reveals the cooler, more thickly forested world above the finger canyons. From this elevated viewpoint you can see the pattern of canyon-carving streams along cracks in the Colorado Plateau. Each finger canyon is like a miniature Zio…
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