A lonely outpost in the 1800's, Lees Ferry

John Doyle Lee, excommunicated polygamist of the Mormon church, was sent by Mormon president Brigham Young to build a ferry across the Colorado River at what is now known as Lees Ferry, the only spot for 500 miles where wagons and oxen could get down the canyon to the water. This was key to opening Arizona to settlement. You had to get across that river and there just wasn't any other way down to it.

A Walk Through History

October 23rd 2009
Geo: 36.806, -111.639"In the early 1870's the leaders of the Mormon church in Utah wanted to colonize Arizona, but the Grand Canyon was in the way. Here at the mouth of the Paria River was the only place they could build a road to the river, cross on a ferry and continue south," explains W. L. Rusho and P.T.Reilly, historians of Lees Crossing and the Colorado river.This area echos ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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