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Show IB SCANLOrTS FERRY. Some Interesting History About Early Life in Arizona and Utah. J. B. Graham, one of the directors of the Gold Butte Mines oompauy. who recently re-cently rerurned from the ureka or Colorado Rivor group of the company, unearthed some interesting history during dur-ing his recent visit to that section soon to enjoy a boom. Upon the Eureka group is a relic of former frontier life closely connected with tho earlv growth of both Utah and Arizona. This relic is an old dugway, now being brought into good use by the Gold Butte management man-agement and others. Mr. Graham says: "Tf you study a map of the locality in question you will find that Grigg's Ferry is sometimes designated as Scanlon 's Ferry. It is fifteen miles above Bonellis's Fern- on the Colorado, and was established" seventeen years ago by Mike Scanlon. an enterprising frontiersman who conceived the idea that there was a fortune for him in the fact that there was much travel across the river. Freighters hauling supplies from Utah and" southeastern Nevada into Arizona, and families seeking homes there, created a demand for better bet-ter river-crossing facilities. "During the tfrst three or four years Scanlon made money fast, and he spent his earnings something like $15,000 or $20.000 on improving tho roads to and from tho river, on the dugway and other improvements. Tn time", however. Arizona became self-supporting, and the business at the ferry dwindled lo nothing. noth-ing. Scanlon dropped out, leaving behind be-hind him the fine roads and especially tho dugway, the latter .being the onlv approach to the river for wagons. Witn the incoming of the prospector and investor in-vestor this season, a town will spring up on the Nevada side, and tho present settlers there will see to it that it is named Scanlon. "The first man to swing n pick into tho mineral ledges was Charles Cox, who, with W. TT7 Brookes, another old miner, surrounded in a cosv camp by eight; burros, twonty-four chickens, nine cats and one dog, is patiently awaiting a demand for their extensive locations of mineral gronnd. Charles Cox sold tho Eureka group to tho Gold Butto company, for he states that lie wants more company. I believe that he will get it, too." |
