Local History

Barry Scholl discusses the history of the Henry Mountains Buffalo herd and how to view them.

Dave Rust: Pioneeing outdoorsman and guide A force behind making Utah’s desert famous by William W. Slaughter In 1914, standing next to the muddy Colorado River, David Dexter Rust pointed up at the walls rising hundreds of feet above Glen Canyon and declared to BYU educator Harrison R. Merrill: “This is a wonder river and [...]

What Is The Colorado Plateau by A.J. Martine The Colorado Plateau is a noun. It is the definition of space. It is a breathtaking collage of color, texture, and vast unobstructed distances, wrapped into an immense open space. The Plateau is a place, a physiographic “province,” unlike any other in the West or on the [...]

The Valley Fremont by E.P. Pectol Come with me and see a picture Of a valley I will show, Drawn by Nature. Grand Old Artist, Many hundred years ago. Here he paints the river Fremont Sluggish, sullen, flowing down Heedless of the cry for water Of the dry and parching ground Here he shows trials [...]

A history of early Capitol Reef enthusiast E.P. Pectrol.