The San Rafael Swell
By: Emery County Archives ; [Dottie Grimes, Archives administrator].
Contributors: Grimes, Dottie.; Emery County Archives.
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Pub.; Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780738548371
Subjects: Natural history -- Utah -- San Rafael Swell -- Pictorial works; San Rafael Swell Region (Utah) -- History -- Pictorial works; Emery County (Utah) -- History, Local -- Pictorial works; Emery County (Utah) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: The San Rafael Swell is an anticline, or a geological uplift, that originally looked like an oval bowl turned upside down. Over time it has been carved into castle-like formations and deep canyons by erosive conditions. This landscape seemed so formidable to early cartographers that it was the last area in the continental United States to be mapped. The San Rafael Swell itself has no permanent human inhabitants, but small towns are scattered along its northern and eastern borders where first American Indians and later cowboys, ranchers, and miners made their homes. The hardy settlers of these towns familiarized themselves with what they called the Desert and gradually discovered its treasures and its secrets.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127).