February 2020
FEBRUARY 27 – GOLD BUTTE NATIONAL MONUMENT / FALLING MAN PETROGLYPH SITE
Gold Butte National Monument covers nearly 300,000 acres of remote and rugged desert landscape in southeastern Nevada and the “Falling Man Petroglyph” is just a teaser to the many, stunning rock art sites in area. We will take in the “Rabbit Ears” and “Calvin’s Rock” sites as we hike into the area and as time allows visit “Newspaper Rock” and the “21 Goat Panel” as well. High clearance vehicles are strongly recommended and we will depart at 8:00 am for…
Find out more »FEBRUARY 28 – SARA ATKIN, LIFE IN UTAH’S DIXIE BEFORE 1-15 AND AIR CONDITIONING!
Life in southwest Utah was very different before the advent of air conditioning and the completion of I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge. Sara Atkin and her husband Wes raised a family during that era. She and Milt Hokanson will reminisce about the challenges of life faced by residents of early 20th century Washington County.
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MARCH 26 – MOUNTAIN MEADOWS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE / BAKER DAM RESERVOIR
The Mountain Meadows Massacre National Historic Landmark is located approximately 40 minutes north of St George on State Route 18. It includes several different monuments and memorials all clustered within about a 2-mile radius. Baker Dam Reservoir is located at the foot of the towering Pine Valley Mountains, the area offers slightly cooler temperatures and a quick getaway from St George and other lower elevation communities. The reservoir is stocked with trout on a regular basis which makes this a popular…
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APRIL 23 – MODENA / HEBRON / STATELINE GHOST TOWNS
Modena is the second most important railroad town located in the far western outskirts of Iron County. Hebron was established in 1868 and by 1905 is was a deserted town. Gold and silver were discovered at Stateline Canyon in 1894 and soon a town sprung up. But as with most mining towns the ore started to play out around 1910 and by 1918 there were only 18 people remaining. We will depart at 9:00 am for this field trip.
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MAY 21 – DELMAR GHOST TOWN / OAK SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS, NEVADA
In the early 1890’s Joseph Rafael De La Mar began development of a rich mining camp in the Delmar hills. The town boomed from 1895 into the twentieth century, finally becoming a ghost town at the beginning of Works War II. The Oak Springs Trilobite Area is laden with fossil remains of six types of trilobites in the shale deposits near Oak Springs Summit. HIGH CLEARANCE VEHICLES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THIS TRIP WHICH WILL DEPART AT 8:00 AM FROM THE…
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