The modest home before you stands as a reminder of the hardships of early settlers. The desire to exercise religious freedom and create new self-sufficient communities ultimately led many Mormon settlers to the remote part of Utah. This one-room . . . — — Map (db m147538) HM
Take in the incredible scenery and sweeping vistas. What you don't see is one of the park's most valuable resources - clean air. Take a deep breath. Within six minutes of being deprived of air we start to die. Air is essential to life.
We share . . . — — Map (db m285151) HM
An original marker was replaced prior to 2018.
This modest building played a significant role in the Fruita community. Built in 1896, this one-room schoolhouse was Fruita's only public structure. Besides being their only school, it . . . — — Map (db m39216) HM
Capitol Reef's Scenic Drive follows the dramatic western escarpment of the Waterpocket Fold, a nearly 100-mile-long (161 km) wrinkle in the earth's crust. This road began as a wagon trail in the late 1800s, providing early travelers access to remote . . . — — Map (db m271782) HM
The Fremont River valley is a rich, well-watered farmland, sheltered from arid winter winds that sweep across the uplands. The first settlers, the Fremont Indians, maintained a hunter/gatherer lifestyle, supplemented by growing corn, squash, and . . . — — Map (db m271733) HM
What did you eat today? Where did your food come from?
For most of us, the origin of our food is a mystery, For the pioneers of early Fruita, nearly all of their food was grown or raised locally. From the 1880s to the mid-1900s, these orchards . . . — — Map (db m271768) HM
Leo and Anna Laurina Holt were among the first farmers of this valley. "Rena" often served as a midwife; Leo was a stonemason, adobe craftsman, and carpenter.
The Holts' first home was a boarded-up tent. Their first child, Ivy May, was born in . . . — — Map (db m271765) HM
Why is this Chinese wisteria, Wisteria sinensis, in rehab? A long time resident of Fruita, this vine was planted by settlers as an ornamental in the early 1900s. It was used for decades as a living swing for both local residents and visitors. . . . — — Map (db m271777) HM
Could you survive in this isolated location? Do you know how to manage a farm or a ranch?
Mormon pioneers survived with self-reliance. Starting in the 1880s, they built gravity-fed irrigation systems to deliver water to orchards. They used . . . — — Map (db m271779) HM
Orval Mott owned this orchard for only three years. He sold it in 1943 to a "desert lover" retiree and rock art student - Dean Brimhall - who built the house now standing to the west.
Homesteaded originally by Mormon stalwart Elijah Cutler . . . — — Map (db m271766) HM
This massive geologic barrier, known as the Waterpocket Fold, shaped the lives of people through time. Capitol Gorge, carved out by sediment-filled water, is one of the main gaps in the rugged Fold. It was a primary travel route for American Indian . . . — — Map (db m271793) HM
Calvin D. Pendleton, who arrived in Junction (Fruita) in the twilight of the 19th century, built a barn here before World War I. He left other structures on the land, especially the meandering, black stone drift fences on the side of the mesa behind . . . — — Map (db m271780) HM
The thin band of yellow-gray rock before you tempted the nation with promises. This is the Shinarump Member of the Chinle Formation, a layer of ancient, river-deposited sandstone containing trace amounts of uranium.
Lured by the promise of . . . — — Map (db m282921) HM
From about 300 to 1300 C.E., ancestors of the Hopi Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and Paiute Tribe made this red-rock oasis their home. Euro-American archeologists call these people the Fremont Culture; however, the tribes reject the use of "Fremont" . . . — — Map (db m271735) HM
As saplings, they were witness to the arrival of Mormon pioneers in the 1880s. As juveniles, with smooth bark, they stood by as orchards were planted in the early 1900s. As adults, they were present in 1937 for the transformation from homesteads to . . . — — Map (db m271778) HM
There are many meanings the markings applied to rock walls at various places in Capitol Reef and across the Southwest. Most occurrences of petroglyphs (carvings) and pictographs (paintings) in Capitol Reef are attributed to the Hisatsinom . . . — — Map (db m271737) HM
