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Bluff Fort News
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Change the Forts service missionary status – Farmington mission zone conference held at the Fort – Lynn Stevens (how has been struggling with cancer) shares feeling that his work with the HIR foundation has been his most significant service – Relief Society building upgrade with interpretive video – New interpretive signs detail pioneers history – Are you related to a HIR pioneer online feature connects present with the past – Pioneer hat treasure hunt – Covered wagon display now has life size fiberglass horses – Youth from Beaver City and Tooele Utah experience youth conferences that help them know they too can overcome hard things.
New Fort directors, Will and Peggy Redd to replace the Powells who had to step down early so Doung Powell can focus on cancer treatments – Service missionary apartment upgrades – Operation offices and workshop upgrades – Fifteen docent couples from Blanding assist service missionaries in making the Fort a success – Graig Taylor former director and early Fort site founders passed away – Camp Stickie-ta-Tudy upgrades include a large enclosed pavilion – Camp Stickie-ta-Tudy hosts three youth conferences and two family groups – Service missionaries visit the Hole-in-the Rock crevice.
New Fort directors, Will and Peggy Redd to replace the Powells who had to step down early so Doung Powell can focus on cancer treatments – Service missionary apartment upgrades – Operation offices and workshop upgrades – Fifteen docent couples from Blanding assist service missionaries in making the Fort a success – Graig Taylor former director and early Fort site founders passed away – Camp Stickie-ta-Tudy upgrades include a large enclosed pavilion – Camp Stickie-ta-Tudy hosts three youth conferences and two family groups – Service missionaries visit the Hole-in-the Rock crevice.
New Fort directors, Will and Peggy Redd to replace the Powells who had to step down early so Doung Powell can focus on cancer treatments – Service missionary apartment upgrades – Operation offices and workshop upgrades – Fifteen docent couples from Blanding assist service missionaries in making the Fort a success – Graig Taylor former director and early Fort site founders passed away – Camp Stickie-ta-Tudy upgrades include a large enclosed pavilion – Camp Stickie-ta-Tudy hosts three youth conferences and two family groups – Service missionaries visit the Hole-in-the Rock crevice.
Pheonix Arizona North Stake Youth Conference – Kuman Jones stone ruin renovations include a stage and covered pavilion – Elder and Siater Uchtdorf visits the Bluff Fort.
Henery and Sarah Holyoak join others at dedication of the water wheel exhibit – Bluff founders’ day 2018 – Mystery 1890s photo of Bluff Pioneers – Youth and their leaders are inspired.
Utah Symphony to perform at camp Stickie-ta-tudy – Feelings and experiences of Fort Directors Burnis and Lana Skinner – Missionaries / docents / board members overcome barriers to move Forts progress along.
Bluff Fort becoming a destination – New Bluff Fort Directors, Lana and Burnis Skinner – Richfield Utah 10th Ward Youth Conference – Utah State Junior Achievement program for Elementary School students held at Bluff Foort – Amasa Mason Lyman descendants stay at camp Stickie-ta-tudy – Construction of Water Wheel feature – Plans for partial reconstruction of the Kuman Jones stone home.
Fall brings changes, Lamar Helquist express thanks as he leaves board – BUY Broadcasting to air new HIR documentary on December 7, 2016 – Bodie Mortensen and littler Jens Nielson statue – Lynn Stevens new HIR board president – Jed Lyman joins HIR board – Plans for a water wheel exhibit.
Elder Snow to Dedicate Bluff Fort Monument – New HIRF Board, Lamar Helquist President.
Now Fort Directors, Dale and Beverly Black – Stones facing applied to new Co-op – Family Reunions at Bluff Fort – Craft Center – Camp Stickie-ta-tudy Youth Conference.
Bluff Fort visitors center now open – New stone Co-op dedication -Thank you and tribute to Graig Taylor.
Bluff Forts’s new Co-op nearing completion – Frank and Elaine Rowley, new Fort directors – LaRue Barton, Job Well Done – The profound effect of the San Juan Mission – Mormon Historic Sites Foundation assists in the construction of the Visitors Center – Pioneer’s Christmas on the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail – Blue Mountain Shadows publication looking for pioneer stories.
Construction of the new Co-op store – Bernice Perkins Bluff Fort Docent – Vintage Charles Goodman photos – Charles Redd Symposium – Bluff Co-op coin discovery – Utah State Legislature gives recognition to San Juan Mission Trail.
Stone Co-op history – San Antonio Boy Scouts visit Bluff Fort – Halloween / Trick or Treat at The Bluff Fort – Beloved pioneer Mother, Ency Butt’s last hours – Daniel Parkins Family Reunion – Salvation Knoll Trail project – Stone Co-op groundbreaking – Volunteers and appreciations.
Stone Co-op history – San Antonio Boy Scouts visit Bluff Fort – Halloween / Trick or Treat at The Bluff Fort – Beloved pioneer Mother, Ency Butt’s last hours – Daniel Parkins Family Reunion – Salvation Knoll Trail project – Stone Co-op groundbreaking – Volunteers and appreciations.
Descendants build the Decker cabin – New restroom Facility at the fort – San Juan Stake Youth Trek – Relies Society building addition – Escalante Heritage center.
Jens Nielson and Charles Eugene Walton cabins – San Juan Hill a Sacred Place – Be a Deocent at Bluff Fort.
Benjamin Perkins Story – Descendants Build Cabins – Montell Seeley pulls a handcard over the HIR Trail – 1300 Miles from winter quarters to SLC Walk in the park compared to the HIR Trail – Bluff Balloon Festival.
Parley and Ency Butt story – Samuel and Jody Wood story – Fedrick and Mary Jones story – Parley Butt, Frederick Jones, Samuel Wood and Lyman cabins – Dedication of the John Taylor monument which was sculptured by Stan Johnson.
Lessons in Strength and Courage – Joseph Stanford Smith Story – The Spirit of Place by Joseph F. McConkie
Federal Scenic By-Ways Grant for the Rebuilding of the Stone Co-op – Beginning of the Escalante Heritage Center – Gunter Liebich, a German Latter-day Saint donates 18 wagons.
Wanted, Enthusiastic couples or singles who desire a life-changing opportunity – Descendants building additional cabin- Lemuel H. Redd Jr., George Hobbs & Lyman and Perkins cabins planned for 2009.
Barton Cabin – Log Meeting House – Parowan Stone Meeting House.
Montezuma Fort – Escalante a Lifeline for the Hole-in-the-Rock pioneers – Barton Family History.
