Show County Hopping in ir GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES True wonderlands of natural beauty these two large counties include an amazingly varied assortment of geographical features the splendor of Bryce pink sand dunes forested plateaus and rugged mountains alpine lakes rock sculptures canyons in all aU the rainbows rainbow's colors incomparable Glen Canyon and Lake Powell painted wilderness and pastoral valleys GARFIELD COUNTY I AnA square miles mil POPULATION 1960 10 MAIN CITIES AND TOWNS 1960 populations 1435 Escalante e Tropic Hatch A Antimony limon ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Livestock f farming lumbering tourism s nun ara AlL AlLair air TOPOGRAPHY varied with l high forested plateaus I reel fret lakes fuming farming valleys Bryce BIte C Canyon n on grist great 1 cliffs hlf weird eird erosion erosion rock red rock canyons canons HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Created Created 1882 from pans parts of at Iron Kane Washington counties Named Name for names James A Garl dJ Oth president pr Panguitch h settled in is 1864 POINTS OF INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES Bryco Iye Coy Canyon National Park Pork countless 0 countless formations in ju vivid colors Olon Platoon wilderness 0 of den hose e forests an and lakes lake lake Loh ideal pp COY Canyons beautiful beall pain painted Ie sandstone gorges gorge H He nry Mountains good rood deer hunting p panoramic view ie s f L. L Eok wU northern boat boal tours loun from North W Wish ish ferry Cud Cli C Cliffs and nd WoO Wol fp pOC t Fold Fold spectacular la JI cd- cd I. I Yo SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INFORMATION- Chamber of or Commerce National orest Cedar City KANE COUNTS COUNT AREA AREA square miles POPULATION 1960 2667 1960 2667 MAIN CITIES AND TOWNS 1960 populations Kanab 1645 Orderville Glendale Alton Allon ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES livestock ACTIVITIES Livestock trade tourism a N ow U Very TOPOGRAPHY YeT Very rugged and broken with ith layers pf r faced cliff terraces deep and narrow canyons canons wooded highlands rainbow rocks rods an and unusual formations HISTORICAL Created BACKGROUND BACKGROUND Created 1864 from part pari of 01 Washington County Named for Thomas l L Kane friend of or pioneer Mormons Kanab Kanah settled seated 1864 resettled 1870 1670 POINTS OF INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES lol L. an and lra strawberry Point Pink Send Sand 0 Dun Slat ol Pork park Movie Movi sill 11 tt II John Johnson n. n Pana Paria etc Cle v Pana Podo ghost shail town in van colored valley wany of or Paris River Rf Pana oia Slat Siai Park ok Flat fla and Gr i unique rock rOll formations Cottonwood Canyon Cony dr dramatic le geology It Plateau Yo Wilderness s H Hol Rock l in ih Rok in 8 historic Mormon nO crossing in lek Lo and Olin GUn Con Canyon yon Don Dam lows lower Canyons COllY natural l Ir arches hes bridges in is lovely 10 red roil red ru k can canyons ons SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INFORMATION- Chamber of or Commerce e. e Kanab Glen Canyon National Re Area ArCa Page Ant Ariz s County Hopping series erie published through the cooperation of the Utah State Press Association and this n. n newt news paper Materials furnished by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council Council Hall Stale Stole Capitol V 9 |