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DAYS 25-28 ......................................................................................................................................................... FROM LEES FERRY TO NEARLY TO CEDAR RIDGE

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Honeymoon Trail




My blog follows The "Honeymoon" Trail from the Kanab area going to Arizona. Presently I'm not posting on the blog, but included this video as it follows the other side of the trail from Hurricane to near Colorado City. I am working on a "Honeymoon Trail" Guide at the present time. You can follow close to the "trail" in a regular car going from Arizona to Utah, and not have to drive many miles on dirt roads. You can avoid dirt roads totally if you wish. If you had an ancestor travel to Arizona from 1873-1890, let me know and I'll check my database to see if they are there. i may even have a photograph of the inscription they left. Just send me a name. Don't let another trip go by to or from Arizona without discovering the "Honeymoon Trail." It is hidden in plain sight. Just click on the picture if you want to see the video. 
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 17, 2019 at 10:21 AM

    do you have a GPS track of your trip on the trail? I would like to get the actual trail.....I have gone on many sections but always wanted to know if some one know the gps coordinates and markers.

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  2. AngieJuly 31, 2019 at 10:48 PM

    Have you seen the inscription "George - Josephine Haws" along the honeymoon trail? They traveled it from Arizona to St. George in 1886. I've seen a photo of the inscription but I'd like to know where it is located before I start looking! Thanks! Love the blog! Very interesting!

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  3. Pete&LaurieApril 20, 2021 at 4:55 PM

    My great-great grandparents traveled through on their way to settle Brigham City near Winslow. I have the memoirs of my grandmother who said her husband, John Sylvester Perry, carved his name. He went by "Vest". She may have also done so, it's not clear from her writings. Her Name is Evalyn Maude Matson Perry. She went by Eva sometimes. Here's what she wrote:

    "After we got over the mountain and into Arizona we dropped down into sand and sunshine. We left the cold and snow behind us. The country changed as the mountains and soil were red instead of grass and trees as we were use to seeing. Then we met up with several other companies from different parts of Utah and Idaho, who also had been called on the same mission. Later we came across a small stream of water that gushed out of a smooth solid rock, where campers had constructed a small wooden trough to catch the water. We laid over here for several days to let the horses and cattle rest, and where they had plenty of water to quench their thirst, and for us to wash our clothes. It was near here that we saw a smooth rock projecting high up in the air, where many people had carved their names. So one day our men decided to climb up even higher and carve their names. They took a small flag which they put upon the highest peak. After they returned we girls then decided to do the same. As we got up quite high we climbed through a crevice in the rock and found ourselves on a huge rock that balanced it's self out into space. The ground was hundreds of feet below us and we had no way to get up or down. There we sat and every move we made the rock would tip, so you can imagine we didn't do much moving around. Finally the boys came to our rescue and pulled us up and took us down a different route. (Sixty five years later my nephew and others climbed the same cliff and saw my husband's name on this rock just as plain as if it had just been carved)."

    I would love to see a photo of the carvings! I'm putting together a little book for my Mom on Mother's Day, so including that photo would be AMAZING!

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    1. The Brigham City FortApril 25, 2021 at 4:15 PM

      I counted 36 pioneer inscriptions that have been identified and there are likely pictures of those inscriptions, but no picture available of S (Sylvester?) Perry inscription. Likely some pf the pioneers who carved their names the same day as John Sylvester Perry are there. That is not to say that Sylvester (S Perry) is not there. Apparently it was and possibly still is but just wasn't located by the people who went and recorded the inscriptions. Apparently about 1941 (65 years later 1876+65=1941) you found it. Maybe it is still there. This is a great description of where it was and maybe still is readable. Regards, Grant

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  4. The Brigham City FortApril 25, 2021 at 3:52 PM

    What a great story!1 It made my day to read this!1 Yes John carved his name at House Rock Spring. I went to my database and found two different sources and recorded that S Perry had recorded his name at House Rock, very likely your ancestor. That is the good news. The bad news is that I don't have a picture of that recording, nor do I show that there is one. That doesn't mean though that the inscription isn't still visible if one were to look carefully for it. I wish I could have helped you with this. That would have been a wonderful surprise for your mom. I will keep you in mind as I do my research.

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  5. The Brigham City FortMay 1, 2021 at 12:54 PM

    I've been meaning to get back to you. I have something to send you but would need your e-mail address. It is a map of Brigham City with you ancestor's name on it. Perhaps you already have the map.

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  6. Pete&LaurieMay 4, 2021 at 7:26 PM

    Oh, cool! It’s laurieristig@yahoo.com

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