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Show Scouts, mark Hack Ridge Trail Cedar City Boy Scout Troop 340 cooperated with the Bureau Bur-eau cf Land Management recently re-cently in marking the Black Ridge Historic Trail. BLM constructed con-structed directional signs and the scout troop placed them along the route as a service project. The historic trail is located about 22 miles south of Cedar City. It begins just north of Ash Creek Reservoir and crosses cros-ses BLM, Forest Reserve and private lands on its 15 mile course to Pintura and back north along the old road to the Ash Creek Dam where it terminates. term-inates. Dr. Morris Shirts, Cedar City, who mapped the trail, spent much time in contacting long-time residents to de. ermine er-mine its location. It was Dr. Shirts' great-great-grandfather Peter Shirts, who constructed that portion of the trail between betwe-en New Harmony and Pintura in 1856. It was used as a wagon road to and from Utah's Dixie from 1857 to 1862. That segment ' of the trail lying along the east bank of Ash Creek was completed later. This was known as the "County "Coun-ty Road" and was in constant use from 18694922. Dr. Shirts, and avid scouter, said, "The purpose of reestablishing re-establishing the trail is to encourage en-courage boy scouts and explorer ex-plorer groups to gain a greater great-er appreciation of our pioneer heritage by hiking the early pioneer roads." A striking arm patch has been designed for those scout groups who wish to complete the overnight over-night hike. According to Cedar City ESS:. .::)MjiLilSSUtUm M District Manager Harold E. Isaacson, Peter's Leap, a special attraction along the trail, has been included on the Utah State Register of Historic Sites. BLM plans to erect an interpretive sign at this location, he added. I 2f (ffiCT,(.I. & ' wffm u illy 1 ill ij ill PREPARE SIGNS. Members of Cedar City Boy. Scout Troop 340 assist in placing markers on Black Ridge Trail. Above Mark Prisbrey, Mark Green, Robert Cox and Donald Foster, prepare hole for sign and below Mike Stratton, Kyle Williams, senior patrol leader, and David Callison inspect work. Signs were constructed by Bureau of Land Management. |
