Escalante, Utah-Buildings P.6

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Title	Escalante, Utah-Buildings P.6
Collection	Classified Photograph Collection
Identifier	39222001434294
Photo Number	15327
Classification	979.2
Photographer	Cooley, E. L.
Publisher	Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph	May 1963
Date.original	1963-05
Subject	Cities and towns; Religious facilities; Abandoned buildings
Geopolitical place	Escalante; Garfield County; Utah
Description	Abandoned Relief Society bulidings near the the newer chapel. 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.use	image/jpg
Scanned by	Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS

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