Escalante, Utah-Buildings p.3

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Title Escalante, Utah-Buildings p.3
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001434211
Photo Number 15324
Classification 979.2
Creator Cooley, E. L.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph May 1963
Date 1963-05
Subject Cities and towns; Jails; Prisons
Spatial Coverage Escalante; Garfield County; Utah
Description One-cell jail in Escalante. 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.
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
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6h422fz
Setname dha_cp
ID 452730
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h422fz
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