Show brief hofe Hitt orica r 4 I 1 ol 01 sketch of K kimt a fit anty oon ty ily onra NM xane kane county la is situated in the southern moot moat martof the pta pt te e it le la bounded ou the west vest by washington cin county on the ithe north by garnold garfield anda and a portion stiron county east by san juan county count andon and on the south by the state of 0 arizonia Arli onla the channel of t the ae mighty colorado river forms omia the darid ing line between able and san juan county it use haa an area of square miles with an acreage area ot of 26 29 acres the population la in 1930 was 2235 2236 chanab kanab is bothe the county seat eat with a population ot 1196 1 Erl earliest lest inhabitants about 2000 DC BC the indian juan river murii of which ties in occupying ther valley od the san san juan county bah began to 40 abandon their nomadic hunting life hunting tbell remains are found today la in many caves catell odeol one C the finest being in cave care lakes can yon ton near kanab utah their expert nA in making ba basket keis merited them the ith name basi basket et bakers although the chief ahle lie of alei in ID their to make cottery spott cry whit hW very try characteristic of 0 litter latter people 11 thesa remains salM found ner near knab give mute evi evidences denies ot of the iha ear c alet of at what ti Is kant kan county some 2000 years liter later at or a ettle batore the time ot at new indian roup group parne came into the ill aluth west we wa tali call them ithem yuello spanish Span lih tor for vildage stlla because they soon oon arned learned to build villages vil lates 01 hooes the tb basket backet 0 kers kera were lonc ed penpit who tood stood bout about lye milre see jeet ilour ches tho 06 pueblos Pueblo a V wre ere a little lit shorter than the ibm basket mackerl and nd harround hAd round heda heads which were tc Bed by Drai jure of OIL oa tac ak rate history Ji story of or county continued from fr ni page paga one the cradle board during dm ing Int infancy aticy their mixing vila the 1010 basket makers seeli is to havo been peaceable for early cemeteries contain pueblo and basket makers lit in equal litun bers eventually however vhey diss appeared very likely having been absorbed absei absorb led od into the number ot of pueblo people tho the origin atthe 0 the pueblo people la is not yet known they w ie comparatively ively and v simply adopted basket maker tos co adding little that was novel pueblo development continued from where the basket malera makers iett off they bu built allt their bouses lio uses on inis as aa and otten often in caves ing ng in caves haye baye been called auf C it 1113 dy AD thor their thorit ands of pueblo villages throughout the southern part atthe 0 the state liavine having a i population many tanjes greater than that or of the present caucasians in the same region lesion the ruins found near kanab give evidene ot of tibe prehistoric race lace of people wilio have long since disappeared Vp speared ppe ared eared early 1770 Eearl lest record of oe white imana entrance into nto this part of the present bato of utah Is that of fr F francisco ran cisco dominguez and fr silvestro Esca escalante anto two spanish priests who left santo fe nelv ey mexico july 29 1776 1770 the pal ty ten tell in ill number traveled north into colorado til thence lenco wo westward stward into what nitina wany years later became utah ther their Irli velos eventually brought them to utah lao bep ite niber 23 Ascend de a low hill bill beheld the take lake and extended valley ot of nuestra Nue atia Senor Sen orade la merced do de los loa as we called it having camped tit in this vicinity two days they departed september 26 25 and on oil october 11 in n the alif iron springs in cedar valley bilitch they nama val le ie hlo de san jose the valley and river of saint joseph it was in this vicinity that winter having set bet lit in they decided to abandon the idea of reaching monterey in alta alia california and return to santa fe their travels took them across ulo rio virgin and into what Is now kano kane county after a month of w wandering an dering over difficult trails trail s seeking to cross the colorado river finally november 7 the river was crossed at a point about 30 miles below the knorth of the san juan river just north of the utah ariz ona line OS of the crossing which lifts has subsequently been called the crossing cir the fathers the record says the f ord ford I 1 of aits this river liver very good it is little more than a ratio mile wide at this point Jed jedediah edlah s H sinith lal 1826 in august 1826 jedediah Jed edlah smith who with tits his vart partners ners jackson and sublette had hought bought out the fur business of at william H ashley set out from the vicinity of salt lake with fifteen men for ithe purpose olf extending the fur traffic and to use ills his own words exploring the country S W which was unknown it to me and of which v alch I 1 could buld co lect elect no 0 ory r information I 1 r or aaion form the bhe indians indiana who inhabit tills his country on oil its N E borders Willi william alli 1830 A party of trappers under und T will lam was wag outfitted at taos new anew mexico in 1830 leaving shortly thereafter with calif ballf orela their objective they traveled Ss northwesterly into the present or oc utah crossing colorado estate green and sevier rivers thence south to rio virgin thier route passes through portion of kane county that was annexed to washington county lit in 1882 to T be concluded |