Show A centennial centennial Centenni af story of southern utah lets guard what Is left by JV earl rhinehart Rhin chart district conservationist CHAPTER XIII kanab I 1 in 1863 levi savage carne to the big biff valley east of pipe springs to graze his sheep ile he was the first resident of kanab ile he built hims himself alf a cabin in 1861 1864 and decided to stay in 1865 fifteen new families came to share the new mew site where the bottom lands the hills and the surrounding country were carpeted with I 1 grass and wild game abounded plentifully and where springs and permanent anent streams provided water for irrigation the site was abandoned for two years in fear of ma indians when a few of the settlers returned they constructed a stockade feet square in their new but promising location this fort was constructed in 1867 68 with this pr arc action now available the rest of the settlers returned and re occupied their original homes ten families were living within the fort proper in 1870 it was during this year that the present 1 townsite one mile square was laid out and named kanab kanab means willows in the piute diute language I 1 bishop A milton musser reports I 1 in the deseret news of sept 10 1870 today the president located a townsite a few hundred rods northeast of this fort on a rise of ground out of range of the canyon winds which come down every i night arza E hinckley located several points on the new site where here water can be found by digging wells corn looks well vell here melons and vegetables are plentiful and it is believed that much grain can be raised in these small valleys without irrigation there are 60 whites and indi ans here the former are the direction of bishop levi stuart the latter go and come at the bidding of elder J hamblin the indians render material help to the whites in the cultivation of the soil 0 ii kanaba population within ten years after it had been made safe for habitation increased to during the following 30 years its growth was relatively slow yet this was followed by a more rapid expansion in recent years to where it now boasts about 1500 population in more recent times motion picture companies from california have been headquartered at kanab and are using the surrounding territory as sites for numerous outdoor scenes to be continued |