Site 4, Cottonwood Canyon
This three-mile-long canyon provided grazing and firewood, both of which had been scarce throughout the Escalante Desert. Access into the canyon required the construction of rock fill/embankments which the pioneers commonly referred to as dugways.
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Cottonwod Canyon
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View of Cottonwood Canyon from Hole-in-the-Rock
First dugway/rock fill
Register Rocks inscription
Cottonwood Canyon vegetation/springs
Original trail near the end of Cottonwood Canyon
Remnant of old corrals possibly used by the ferry operator Charles Hall
Dugway/rock fill leading up/out of Cottonwood Canyon
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