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Show , ""ci"'" "'" '"''VfTV ...... . v. ... 4 l ay ' . ';m,w - p. n., v, . ti. I . .. . . - , . - -T , v- - . ' 1 I . 1 1 .'uj-u . ' .. ,aii'wt, JlT'.-..; '.i'-; ; : 1 . ' 1 ' - -- i fj;nr I " ' -.'...it i; "''.'X'." " ' . , . ' . . .: . ... j Boulder's Town Hall, formerly the "old school house" is still the hub of much activity. Room for. public meetings. ceramics classes and children to play make the facility inviting to all. Boulder Last to Get Mail Escalante every school day of the year in a big yellow school bus that has never had an accident as it traverses the road in the snowiest and iciest of weather. Home of the Anasazi Indian In-dian Village State Historical Monument, Boulder can offer the visitor a concept of history ranging from the pre-historic twisted formations for-mations of much of its surrounding terrain through the basketmaker Indian period and on to the turn-of-the-century pioneer period when the area was settled by ancestors of its present inhabitants. For a real step back into time, visit Boulder. BOULDER - With the dubious honor of ha ving been the last town in the U.S. to receive its mail by mule team, Boulder's remoteness is now largely a thing of the past, with the paving of the Boulder-Grover Road over Boulder Mountain as a major ma-jor connecting link between two famous national parks Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef. The beautiful little town which in reality is in area one of the largest in the state has surprisingly modem, zoning. In an effort to keep its small-town, farming atmosphere, Boulder's minimum lot is five acres, and it looks as though it will keep its farming, ranching flavor for a long time to come. Actually located at about : the center, of the county, Boulder is often thought of as the eastern boundary, since for so long travel to the more eastern parts was extremely difficult. Modern roads and an appreciation for the magnificient and unusual scenery of the central and eastern parts of Garfield County have made a lot of changes in travel through the area. Fishing in the many lakes on Boulder Mountain and camping in its several campgrounds is so outstanding out-standing that word has spread rapidly now that the areas are more accessible. With limited farming, it is nevertheless an area respected by stockmen, and it was stockmen who originally settled the area. Two men from Richfield brought 500 head of cattle into in-to the area in 1879, although there is evidence that other white men had used the area, too. It has been estimated that some 12,000 head of cattle grazed the area in the ten years between 1890 and 1900. A school was started in 1896 after a few more families moved in; many of their descendants today bear the same names as the early settlers. A road from Escalante to Boulder was constructed during the depression. Known as the Upper Road it traversed 45 miles over some thrilling and dangerous terrain. It in-, in-, eluded the "Hell's Backbone" Back-bone" bridge, one of the highest in the world at the time. The route followed by today's Utah Highway 12 was opened in 1940, but it was 1971 before it was finally fully paved. An extra day or two of vacation time spent exploring the wonders of the area around Boulder Mountain and the magnificent Aquarius Plateau will provide some of the best scenery, good fishing,, and exciting and unusual terrain to be found in the U.S. If the roads seem a bit steep and twisty at times, it should be reassuring to remember that the children from Boulder travel to |