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Show Souvenir Edition The Kanab Area Vacation Guide 24 Mstosy-essploir- e some Expeiiemce In October 1858, a small band of ber of 1870. Anson Perry Winsor Mormon missionaries headed by was sent to oversee construction Jacob Hamblin, crossed the of the fort which would later bear Arizona Strip. Led by a Paiute his name, Winsor Castle. Built out of Navajo sandstone guide, the group camped by a extracted from the vermillion cliffs, spring at the base of the vermillion cliffs. According to lore, the structure contained two rectan- Jacobs brother, William Gun-loc- k two-stor- Hamblin, was challenged to shoot the bowl out of a smoking pipe at fifty or so paces. As a result of the feat, became known as Pipe Spring. In 1863, former Texan Dr. James Whitmore brought a herd of apMu-tum-wa-- va i4 proximately 500 Texas Longhorns to the area, in search of grazing land and water. Dr. Whitmore built a small dugout, planted gardens, orchards and grapevines, utilizing the spring water. But in January of 1866, y houses connected gular, by high walls with wooden gates forming a court yard. Winsor Castle was completed in 1872 and, with a lack of area unrest, never housed troops, nor was there ever a need to defend the structure. Several months prior to the structures completion, Winsor Castle became the Arizona Territorys first telegraph station. Throughout the 1870s, famed Colorado River Explorer, Major John Wesley Powell, utilized the Winsor Castle telegraph to maintain contact with Washington, D.C. Powell based his survey party at times at Pipe Spring, gathering area geographic and topographic information. His party was in the area in 1872 and 1878, while determining boundaries between the territories of Utah and Arizona. The Winsor Castle telegraph was used until the late 1880s, when it was replaced by a telephone. In 1873, the Mormon Churchs Pipe Spring operation became the Winsor Castle Stock Growing Company, also under the direction of Anson Perry Winsor, who left Pipe Spring in 1875. The Church utilized Winsor Castle as headquarters for their tithed cattle herd. 80 to 100 head of cattle were Whitmore and another gentleman, Robert McIntyre, were reportedly killed by Navajo Indians raiding cattle. The two mens bodies were recovered beneath the January snow. As a result, eight Paiute who had traded for some of the mens belongings, were shot and killed. The Mormon Church purchased the 160 acres at Pipe Spring from Whitmores widow in 1870. That fall, Brigham Young met with local leaders at Pipe Spring, including Jacob Hamblin and Joh D. Lee. Young stepped off floor plans of a fort to be built over one of the springs. Mormon Cnurch work missions began fort construction in Decem milked daily. The milk was taken into the spring room of Winsor Castle, where it was processed into cheese and butter. The products were taken to St. George for work mission distribution. In the 1880s, the operations were placed under the management of Edwin D. Woolley, who with the help Pipe Spirrn ofhis wife Flora, maintained Winsor Castle and the Churchs cattle. Under the Woolley administration, Pipe Spring and Winsor Castle became a hideout for individuals escaping prosecution for polygamy. The Mormon Church sold Winsor Castle in 1896, to David Bullock and Lehi Jones. Stephen T. Mather, the first National Park Service director, spent the night near Winsor Castle in August of 1922, after his car broke down on the road near Pipe Spring. Jonathan Heaton and son Charles, interested Mather in the site and its histoiy. On May 31, 1923, U.S. Presi- dent Warren G. Harding, proclaimed Pipe Spring a National Monument, making Winsor Castle the first historic structure placed on the National Register of Historic Places under National Park Service administration. Today, Park Rangers, dressed in historic costume, provide tours and interpretive programs of Winsor Castle.Three of the buildings have been restored and furnished in period fashion. Historic structures are open 8 am. to 4 p.m. daily, and visitors to the Monument should allow at least an hour and a half for their visit. There is a $2 per person entrance fee for adults 17 and older. Gateway to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon! JteSsfc &sfla to Round Resort in the Kaibab National Forest A Year Home of the Famous Kaibab White Tail Squirrel Nestled the Cool, Towering Pines at an Elevation of 7,950' 44 Miles from the Grand Canyon 38 Miles South of Kanab via US 89A Motel & Restaurant Gifts & Souvenirs Southwest Indian Arts & Crafts Groceries Ice Service Station Bakery "A in Beautiful Photographic Paradise" Stay in one of America's most beautiful forests. Por information, call the Jacob Lake Inn at Ya Color Country's Home Town Newspaper Do you like what you see in the vi Kanab area? 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