Group portrait of former Hole-in-the-Rock pioneers

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Title Group portrait of former Hole-in-the-Rock pioneers
Photo Number p0194n01_01_14
Description Original caption: Survivors of Hole-in-the-Rock; Kumen Jones, seated, drove the first wagon down through the great crack. Standing, from left to right: George Adams (?), Anie Neilson (?), Mrs. Adams, Mary Jane Perkins Wilson of Monticello, Utah, Delia Perkins, Jennie Decker Wood, Mrs. Nielson (?), Mrs. Sarah Perkins, and C.E. Walton. This collection contains photographs taken by a group in the 1940s of the Hole-in-the-Rock area of southern Utah where Mormon settlers lowered their wagons over a precipice of rock in a narrow crack in the canyon rim during 1879-1880. The Mormon settlers were part of the San Juan mission to homestead in Bluff, Utah. The route was used for several years.
Date 1939
Subject Latter Day Saint pioneers; Trails
Spatial Coverage Hole-in-the-Rock, Kane County, Utah, United States, 37.25431, -110.89622
Collection Number and Name P0194 Hole-in-the-Rock Photograph Collection
Collection Name Hole-in-the-Rock
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Type Image
Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv88284
ARK ark:/87278/s6x400xc
Setname uum_map
ID 1534109
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x400xc
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