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A Historical Event – Mother Froze Saving Baby

County: Garfield
Monument #: 141
Sponsor/Year: Hole-in-the-Rock Chapter - 2006

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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