Comments on: On the Trails of the Old Kaibab: Chapter 1 (of 12)

By: Yet Another John

Yet Another John — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:53:36 +0000

Your mention of VT Park reminded me that my mother has a VT branding iron given to my mother by her father. His father, who was secretary for a time for the United Order in Orderville gave it to him. The iron was used to brand cows belonging to the Order’s herd that was summered at VT.

By: Mina

Mina — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:01:50 +0000

I never get enough of these serials!

Thanks for the background, Researcher!

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:12:45 +0000

“Say, you wouldn’t be related to that one a them Huntsman fellahs runnin’ for president, would ja?” . . . Oh, never mind. (I don’t do Western very well, as if it wasn’t obvious).

By: Researcher

Researcher — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:23:12 +0000

I was going to point out that I don’t like to quibble about details, but actually I do, so for the record, it’s “Jacob Lake.”

Elsie C. Carroll seems to be Elsie Chamberlain Carroll, born in Orderville in 1882, seemed to live most of her young life in Kanab, moved north sometime around or after her marriage, and died in Salt Lake in 1967. She wrote a history of Kane County. Let’s see. She was a professor at BYU, and one of the buildings in Heritage Halls is named after her. She was the author of a couple of other stories that have been featured here on Keepa: Anne Brent, Helpmate, and The Morrell Tribe. I would link to a picture, but I can’t get the links to work here for some reason.

And back to the story, I do get a bit homesick for Arizona from time to time, both the central desert and points in the north and east of the state, so this should be a fun story, if a bit “touristy.”

By: john willis

john willis — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:50:16 +0000

My great great grandfather John Conrad Neagle had a ranch on the Kabiab/Buckskin mountains in the 1870′s-1880′s.

The North Rim area is one of my favorite places in the world. I look forward to following the story.