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Title
UPTLA #81
Description
Hole-In-The-Rock Crossing
Creator
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Date
1939
Identifier
UPTLA-081
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Subtitle
Hole-In-The-Rock Crossing
Story
"Hole-in-the-Rock" Crossing
Mormon pioneers of San Juan Valley crossed the Colorado River at the "Hole-in-the-Rock" January 26, 1880. Twenty-Six wagons were lowered over the cliff that day. A total of 250 persons were in the party. All made the perilous decent and ferried the river here.
Mormon pioneers of San Juan Valley crossed the Colorado River at the "Hole-in-the-Rock" January 26, 1880. Twenty-Six wagons were lowered over the cliff that day. A total of 250 persons were in the party. All made the perilous decent and ferried the river here.
Factoid
Exact location unknown, embedded on rock face near this location.
Previously located near the river before the dam. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w09rht
Moved around 1957
Placed by B.Y.U. student expedition in 1939.
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