HISTORY
The earliest visitors to this area were the Anasazi and existed from the time of Christ to about 1300 A.D. They moved to this area from the San Juan River country to the southeast, probably for the permanent supply of water, abundant game animals and resources such as firewood and building materials. Remnants of the Anasazi can be seen throughout the canyons in the form of rock art such as pictographs and petroglyphs.

Much Mormon history was made in this area as well. A place referred to as Mountain Meadows became the site of a massacre in 1857 when a group of Mormons led by John Doyle Lee murdered 120 emigrants whom they suspected of posing a threat to their Church. He was exiled to northern Arizona, excommunicated from the church and later executed for this crime. Read more about this controversial figure known as John D. Lee.

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