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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community Stewards of the Pahreah Cemetery - local residents work with ASee, Pahree was an old abandoned town and there were several homes down there. So two of the best rooms were put together and thats where my family lived, lean remember when I sat at the breakfast table and the sun come up over that big red hill east of Pahree, it shone in my face. Oh, it was beautiful. Clear air and everything so nice. It had a creek that ran by. They called it the Pahree River Ruby Moore The old Pahreah townsite, down Highway 89A just east of Kanab, is back on the map. De-- scendants of pioneers from this southern Utah settlement, including Charlie Francisco, Don Mangum and Thayne Smith have been working in collaboration with Marietta Eaton of the NaGrand Staircase-Escalant- e tional Monument for three years to preserve the Pahreah cemetery and honor the families who settled here in the 19th century. The cemetery was left unkempt for about 60 years, says Charlie Francisco. The Paria movie set 10 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22, 2001 is visited by thousands of visitors a year and there has been a misconception that it is a mock cemetery for the movie business. He adds, This is a real cemetery and this is what we are concerned about - the longer it goes, the more of a mock cemetery it is going to be. The cemetery sits at the bottom of a long and windy red clay road, across the river from the Pahreah townsite. At the entrance of the cemetery there is a stone monument with a plaque, made by Charlie and Thaynes uncles, with 13 names of the people buried in the Pahreah cemetery. Charlie remembers when his family built the monument to their ancestors and that g is how he got involved in the cemetery. The stewards think there are about 39 graves in total, and they are short some names. They have very little on death records but they do have documentation on advancements in the church to help with solving the puzzle of who else is buried in the cemetery. There are thought to have been ' around 40 families settled along the Paria (Pahree) River when the town split up in the early 1900s. Charlie and Thayne are of the both first two settlers of Pahreah, Thomas W. Smith and Allen F. Smithson, who are both buried Us H, 2 - v. if to protect history in the Pahreah cemetery, and Don is also related to the Smithson side. When the river started to flood the town, the families dispersed. Thomas Smith and family migrated up the river above Tropic and started a sawmill and the Smithsons went to Arizona, is sacred ground to him because his ancestors are buried there, and that he and other relations should be the ones to look after it. So far, Charlie, Thayne and Don, along with Monument staff, have done some work to shape up the cemetery. Larry Conyers explains Thayne. Thayne goes from the University of Denver on to explain that the cemetery conducted a ground penetrating radar survey in order to detect the burial sites, and they have weeded and cleaned up the area. They plan to place sandstone tombstones on each of the iden'kar tified gravesites and then rei5 dedicate the refurbished cemii etery in honor of their ancestors ! f at the end of August. en great-grandchildr- BLM -- m "ST7 ' l. ft; k , t 4 stew-ardin- vT i ' 1 m 1 1 yV - u Xi ' Wi I wWwii v .mi-- vor : GV, 1 iv . . weekend. Grab those cowboy boots and shine up those belt buckles! Get into Jhe western spirit by dressing up for Western Legends weekend on September 6, V' i X ' Legends : 1 7 & 8. . This years contest will feature three judging categories; Best Dressed Female, Best Dressed Male and Best Business, Prizes will be awarded in 2 Uk : tJ i . each category. Ifyou would like to participate, call the South0 ern Utah News at and considerfor register yourself ation. 644-290- Cool oil the eyes and the feet (I) and Danielle Clarkson (r) enjoy cooling off their feet in the pool surrounding the beautiful new water feature at the entrance to Coral Cliffs. The 300,000 pounds of rock, with water cascading down over it, has caught the eye of many residents and tourists alike. It has been used as a backdrop . for family portraits and many tourists have stopped to take photographs and sit on the surrounding rocks, enjoying the sights and sounds made by the tumbling water. The developers of Coral Cliffs, who paid for the construction, are very pleased with the way the public has received their lastest enhancement to Coral Cliffs. Photo by Matt Brown. Emily Brown k. 7 JMMER 2001 Concerts at The I). Join us at the stunning 2000 seat outdoor Tanner Amphitheater in Springdale, Utah, located one mile before the south entrance to Zion National Park , . Tanner & Featuring the Randy Anderson Band concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased at these locations: & K's Bookstore; Hurricane - Zion Drug; Cedar City - Munson's Music; Kanab - Zion Pharmacy; ; Springdale Flanigan's Inn, Desert Pearl or at the gate. . ... For additional information or to be placed on the mailing list, please call or write: Cultural Activities, Dixie College, 225 South 700 East, SL George, UT 84770. . AH St George - R 435-652-79- 94 ! , |
