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Show I FORT OF THE PAST - Wagon and team in front of Fort at Pipe Springs National Monument located on old Honeymoon Trail on Arizona Strip off U59. I Pipe Springs Natl. Monument Warrants Your Attention Travelers on their way to Grand Canyon who are interested in-terested in the human history of the region should include a visit to Pipe Spring National Monument, only 15 miles west of Fredonia, Arizona, on the Kaibab-Paiute Indian Reservation. Reser-vation. The Monument preserves a fort built Mormon pioneers in 1871, after several settlers had been killed by Navajo raiders. The Fort was built around the spring so that the source of water would be protected in case of attack. I The Spring around which 1 Paiute bands had l ; I. camped for centuries, became an important watering hole for livestock operations of the Mormon church. It was also a stop on the Honeymoon Trail, which led from communities on the Little Colorado River to St. George, the nearest Mormon Temple. In September, 1975, the National Park Service re-enacted re-enacted the journey of the 1870's, driving a team of horses over the old trail to the Temple and delivering churned butter and cheese from the Fort. This trip will be re-enacted September Sep-tember 7-11, 1976, as part of the Dixie Round-up. The trees around the Fort are an oasis for migrating birds. Over 200 different kinds were recorded here in two years. A Some fine examples of Paiute basketweaving are preserved in the museum. There is an account ac-count of the Dominguez-Escalante Dominguez-Escalante exxpedition, which passed near here in 1776 on its way back to Santa Fe. The history of the Fort itself is explained on guided tours by Monument employees. Among other things-, they will tell the story of how Pipe Spring got its name. l |