| Title |
Escalante, Utah p.1 |
| Collection |
Classified Photograph Collection |
| File Name |
39222001434153 |
| Photo Number |
15313 |
| Classification |
979.2 |
| Creator |
Lange, Dorothea |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
February 1940 |
| Date |
1940-02 |
| Subject |
Cities and towns; Business districts |
| Spatial Coverage |
Escalante; Garfield Counnty; Utah |
| Description |
Main Street and town center with men standing outside the pool hall. Escalante was named after the famous Spanish explorer although Escalante never went to the valley. The valley was discovered by whites in 1866 during the Black Hawk War as cavalry traveled into the valley in pursuit of Indians. The first log cabin was built in 1876 by Philo Allen. |
| Comment |
Utah Writers' Project |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2010 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities |
| Source Format |
Print Photograph |
| Source Size |
8 in x 10 in |
| Source Donors |
Farm Security Administration |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6x92n7r |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
452719 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x92n7r |
