Giants of San Juan
Karl R. Lyman – Stalwart son of San Juan
Karl Lyman was born on New Year’s Day, 1913, eight years after his father and mother had left Bluff and pitched their tent on White Mesa on the south end of the Blue Mountains.
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A 1925 photograph of the rock at Kane Springs that is now home to the famous Hole in the Rock. This photograph was taken before the Christensens began developing the site. U.S. Geologic Survey photo
San Juan County’s famous man-made wonder and the pioneers who built it
The two million motorists who traverse US Hwy 191 between Monticello and Moab each year pass one of the most unique and interesting places in the Western United States.
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George A. Hurst, Jr.
Both of George Hurst’s grandfathers moved from Utah to Mexico to avoid persecution and prosecution for having multiple wives during the period that polygamy was practiced in the LDS Church.
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Oren Frost Black, pioneer builder of San Juan
Frost Black’s life covered almost all of the 20th Century. He helped his father build roads with horses as a boy. He traveled by horseback or buggy for decades before there were motorized vehicle...
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Grant Lyman Bayles and Josephine Harris Bayles – From cows to poetry on the San Juan frontier
Grant and Josephine Bayles were some of the most successful cattle ranchers in San Juan. But it is their service to family, church and community for which they will be long remembered.
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Parley Redd. Courtesy photos
Parley Redd and his Ruth: A San Juan romance
Speaking at the funeral of Parley Redd in Blanding on April 19, 1955, Charles Redd said, “I know of very few people who have had a more loving and genuine romance than Parley and Ruth Redd. I don’...
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Willard Richard Guymon. Courtesy photo
Pacheco refugees leave large legacy in San Juan
On July 2, 2011, hundreds of the more than 1,600 descendents of Willard Richard and Hattie Black Guymon will gather in Blanding to celebrate the passage of 147 years since their common Grandfather ...
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Kuman Jones – Recorder of San Juan history
Kuman Jones was one of the most highly respected and accomplished of the Founding Fathers of San Juan County.
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Minnie Bugg Johnson, a San Juan County legend. Courtesy photo
Minnie Johnson – Woman of many talents
Minnie was born in Roanoke, VA in 1901. She married at age 17 to James Bugg. They were married for 21 years and she bore him six children. She never worked outside the home.
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Noel, Fendoll and George Sitton. Courtesy photo
The Sitton brothers: From rags to riches
Noel, Fendoll and George Sitton arrived on the Colorado Plateau in the early part of the 20th Century. They came hoping to escape the poverty of their Missouri boyhoods and had high hopes of makin...
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