Pioneer Wagon - Pipe Springs National Historic Monument - Arizona
by Gary Whitton
Title
Pioneer Wagon - Pipe Springs National Historic Monument - Arizona
Artist
Gary Whitton
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A replica pioneer wagon at Pipe Springs National Historic Monument. Located on the modern day Kaibab Paiute Indian Reservation, Pipe Springs was first encountered by the European explorer Antonio Armijo during his 1829–1830 expedition between Abiquiu, New Mexico, and Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, in San Gabriel, California. His pioneering route would become known as the Armijo Route of the Old Spanish Trail.
Pipe Springs would eventually be named by Jacob Hamblin, during a Mormon missionary expedition to the area in 1858. A group of Mormon pioneers soon followed in the 1860's establishing a cattle operation in the area. Following the Black Hawk Wars,and Indian raids on Pipe Springs during the conflict, the fort visitors see today was established to protect the springs. The Fort was eventually acquired by Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormon Church, and it remained under Church ownership until 1895. It was eventually purchased by the National Park Service and established as a monument in 1923.
The fort itself was named Winsor Castle, not after the famous Windsor Castle in Britain, but after Anson Winsor, the first ranch manager of Pipe Springs, who had been hired by the LDS bishop of Grafton, Utah, which is located nearby, south of Zion National Park. Grafton today, is a well preserved ghost town, located across the Virgin River from Rockville.
Uploaded
March 6th, 2016
Statistics
Viewed 1,056 Times - Last Visitor from Beverly Hills, CA on 03/29/2024 at 5:54 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet