Location: About twelve miles NW of Escalante, beyond the Blue Spruce Campground. Near this spot on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1939, a young mother froze to death, sacrificing her life to save her four-month old infant daughter.
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Location: Garfield
County: Garfield
Monument #: 141 Sponsor/Year: Hole-in-the-Rock Chapter - 2006
County: Garfield
Monument #: 109 Sponsor/Year: Hole-in-the-Rock Chapter - 2001  Location: Twelve miles west of Escalante at Water Canyon in Main Canyon This camp was also known as Widstoe Camp, due to its mailing address. It was in operation for only one year. It was staffed mostly by young men from the slums of New York City. The projects were mainly soil erosion prevention and...
County: Garfield
Monument #: 99.1 Sponsor/Year: Hole-in-the-Rock Chapter - 2001  Location: Approximately 12-13 miles north of Escalante in Pine Canyon near Posey Lake, on the road to Hells Backbone. During the Great Depression, Congress passed a bill for the U.S. government to hire unemployed men for public works on state and federal lands. Better known by the initials CCC, Camp FS-18 operated during1933–34 and built...
County: Garfield
Monument #: 108 Sponsor/Year: Hole-in-the-Rock Chapter - 2001  Location: One mile east from Escalante, at “The Spring.” Camp FS-42 operated from 1935–41 and built the road via Calf Creek between Escalante and Boulder. Taking five years to complete and cutting through sandrock ledges 40 feet deep and 80 feet long, this road became known as the “million-dollar road to Boulder.”
County: Garfield
Monument #: 99.2 Sponsor/Year: Hole-in-the-Rock Chapter - 2001  Location: From Escalante, fourteen miles north in Pine Canyon, one mile south of Posey Lake, at “Aspen Grove.” Camp FS-44 operated from 1935–41 and built the road over the Boulder Mountain between Boulder and Bicknell. They also built the Blue Spruce and Posey Lake campgrounds including an amphitheater, fire pits, piped in water, picnic tables... |