Home Sweet Desert

Home Sweet Desert. . Esther Stanley and her family moved into this cabin in 1906. They joined Esther's grandfather, civil war veteran John Wesley Wolfe, who had arrived ten years earlier. The family raised more than 1,000 head of cattle on the native grasses that once grew here., The Stanleys moved to Moab in 1908. In 1910, Wolfe sold the ranch and they all moved to Ohio. The US National Park Service U.S. Depart Department of the Interior Government later bought it to add to Arches National Monument, established in 1929. The monument became a national park in 1971., Continue down this trail to see evidence of Indigenous people, who lived and traveled here for centuries before being forced onto reservations., Captions , (Photo #1) John Wesley Wolfe and his family cared for this place for over a decade. Wolfe Ranch is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. , (Photo #2) Esther posed for this photo with her brother, Ferol. The two of them shared this tiny cabin with their mother, father, grandfather, and uncle. It measures only 255 square feet (24 m²). , (Photo #3) In 1914 J. Marvin Turnbow bought the ranch and lived here for a time. He later became the first custodian of Arches National Monument. , (Photo #4) Preserve the Past You can help to protect the site by not entering either structure and by not touching or marking the walls.