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  • Adams, James J. [1879 southern route] son of William Adams & Mary Ann Leech
  • Adams, William [March 1882]
    Maria (Mary) Barbara Bolanz [March 1882]
    Mary Louise Raetz[March 1882]
    George Albert [March 1882]
    John Ernest [March 1882]
    Franklin Jacob [March 1882]
    Joseph Frederick [March 1882]
  • Allan, John [Fall 1881]
    John, Jr. [Fall 1881]
    Peter [Fall 1881]
    Robert (Bob) [Fall 1881]
    Agnes McAuslan [Fall 1881]
    Jane Fleming Ferguson Shaw [Fall 1881]
    Agnes [Fall 1881]
    Elizabeth [Fall 1881]
    Annie [Fall 1881]
    Florence [born 1881]
    John Alexander [born 1882]
  • Allen, Isaac [1879 southern route]
  • Barnes, Noah
  • Bladen, Thomas [1879 southern route]
  • Bailey, Nephi [May 1880]
    Annie Eva Augusta Mackelprang [May 1880]
    Nephi Peter [May 1880]
    William Henry [May 1880]
    Joseph Moroni [May 1880]
    Julius Mackleprang (Jude) [born 1881]
    Angus Mackleprang [born 1885]
    Margaret Sophia [born 1887]
  • Barney, Danielson Buren
    Laura Matthews
    Olna Buren
    Alfred Alonzo
    Laura May
    Rachel Sophey
    Edson Elroy
    Eliza Melina
    Bird Ella
    Betsey Maud
  • Barton, Amasa M.
    Harriet Parthenia (Feenie) Hyde [September 1880]
  • Barton, Joseph Franklin
    Harriet Ann Richards
    Harriet Eliza
    Mary Viola
    Joseph Franklin, Jr. [born 1881]
    Morgan Amasa [born 1883]
    Josephine [born 1886]
    Isabelle [born 1888]
    Karl Stephen [born 1891]
    Ray Wesley [born 1896]
  • Bayles, (Ole) Hanson [1879 southern route, Dec 1880]
    Mary Ann Durham [Dec 1880]
    Mary Ann [born 1881]
    Hanson Durham [born 1883]
    Emma Juliette [born 1885]
    Caroline Elizabeth [born 1888]
  • Bayles, Herman Daggett, Sr. [1886]
    Anna Maria [1886?]
    Emma Theodora [1886?]
  • Bryson, Samuel
  • Bullock (Bulloch), Robert [1879 southern route]
  • Butler, John [1879 southern route]
  • Butt, Parley R.
    Ency Camilla Bayles [1882]
    Ency Lenora [born 1883]
    John Parley [born 1884]
    Bridgett Estella [born 1886]
    Eva Dorothy [born 1888]
    Herman Uriah [born 1891]
  • Butt, Willard
    Julia Anne Mariah Nielson [bef 1883]
    Elsie May [born 1886]
  • Campbell, David William (possible 1880)
    David Charley (possible 1880)
  • Christensen, Peter
  • Christensen, Lars
  • Cox, Samuel
    Sarah Gane
    Sarah Marchant
  • Dailey, Milton
    Mary Malinda Wilson
    Madalene(Madeline)
    Marion
  • Dailey, Wilson
    Lorana Tilton
    Bade
    Belt
  • Dalley, Nielson B. [1879 southern route]
  • Dalton, John C. [1879 southern route]
  • Davis, James L. [1879 southern route]
    Elizabeth Fretwell [1879 southern route]
    Edward Fretwell [1879 southern route]
    James Henry Fretwell [1879 southern route]
    Emily Ellen [1879 southern route]
    John Orson [1879 southern route]
    Ethel Olive [1879 southern route]
    John Orson [1879 southern route]
    Cordelia [born 1881]
    Stella [born 1883]
  • Decker, Cornelius Issac
    Elizabeth Morris
    Cornelius William
    Eugene Morris
  • Decker, James Bean
    Anna Maria Mickelsen
    Anna Lillian
    Nancy Genevieve
    Lena [born January 1880]
    James Bean [born 1883]
    Horace Rasmus [born 1885]
    Mary Gertrude [born 1887]
    Jesse Elmer [born 1889]
    Clair Mickelsen [born 1892]
    Claude Alvin [born 1894]
    Zachariah [born 1896]
    Ottis Afton [born 1899]
  • Decker, Nathanial Alvin
    Emma Morris
    Sarah Jane
    Alvin Moris [born May 1880]
    Zachariah [born 1882]
    Emma Adella [born 1883]
    William [born 1885]
    Nathaniel Cornelius [born 1888]
  • Decker, Zachariah B, Jr.
    Emma Seraphine Smith
    Zachariah Nathaniel
    Louis Addison
    Emma Constance
    Inez Gertrude
    Jesse Moroni
  • Decker, Zachariah B, Sr.
    Nancy Bean
    George William
  • Duncan, John C.
  • Dunton, James Harvey
    Mary Ann Doidge
    Sarah Jane (Barker)
    Mary Ann (Barker)
    Emma Amelia (Barker)
    Catherine Marie (Barker)
    Ellen Melissa (Barker)
    Georginia Madora (Barker)
    John Harvey
  • Dunton, Martha Jane McKee
    Daniel David
    Letty A.
  • Dunton, James Cyrus
    Eliza Ann Prothero
    James Albert
    Mary Allice
  • Dunton, Marius Ensign
    Emily Hadden
    Marius Alfred
    James Harvey
  • Echles, Andrew
  • Edwards, David [1882]
    Eliza Ann Barton [1882]
    David Barton [born 1882]
  • Eyre, William Naylor
  • Fielding, Hyrum
    Ellen Agnes Hobbs
    Hyrum William
    Thomas Amos
    Joseph Oliver
    Ellen Delcena
    John Melvin
  • Goddard, Sidney
  • Goddard, William Pace
    Ann Kirrilla Taylor
    William Herbert
    Maud Anna
  • Gower, John Thomas
    Harriet Jane Corry
    Martha [born 1880]
    John Corry[born 1882]
  • Gurr, William Heber
    Anna Hansen
    William John
    Peter Hanson [born 1881]
  • Guymon, Lafayette
    Phebe M. Perkins
    James Neils
    Anna Emeline
    Enoch Couch
    Heber Columbus
  • Haight, Caleb
  • Haight, Isaac Chauncy
  • Halls, George [Oct 1885]
    Mary Moiselle Hammond [Oct 1885]
  • Hammond, Fletcher Bartlett [Oct 1885]
    Oliva Chalista Bronson [Oct 1885]
    Fletcher Bartlett, Jr. [Oct 1885]
    Francis Perry [Oct 1885]
    Mary Olivia [Oct 1885]
    Clyde Asbury [Oct 1885]
  • Hammond, Francis Asbury [Mar 1885]
    Martha Marcussen [Oct 1885]
    John [Mar 1885]
    Mary [Mar 1885]
    Joseph [Oct 1885]
    Luella [Oct 1885]
    Maybell [Oct 1885]
    Hannah [Oct 1885]
    Amelia May [Oct 1885]
  • Harriman, Henry Harrison [1879 southern route]
    Sarah Elizabeth Hobbs [1879 southern route]
    Henry George [1879 southern route]
    Mary Clarissa [1879 southern route]
    John Alma [1879 southern route]
    Lizzie Constance [1879 southern route]
    William H [born 1881]
  • Harris, Daniel
    Hanna Thorton
    Edward Royal
    Jacob Alonzo
    John Alma
  • Harris, George
    Martha Ann Thorton
    George William
    Charles Eylor
  • Harris, John
    Lovina Eiler
  • Hansen, Lars J.
  • Haskell, Thales Hastings [1882]
    Margaret Johanna Edwards [1882]
    Irene Ursulia [1882]
    Margaret Ann [1882]
    Sarah Francelle [1882]
    Thales Hastings, Jr. [1882]
    Mary Elijahetta [1882]
    Ashbel Greene [1882]
  • Hobbs, George B.
  • Holyoak, Henry
    Sarah Ann Robinson
    Alice Jane
    Henry John
    Mary Luella
    Eliza Hellen
    Albert Daniel
    Richard James [born 1882]
  • Hunter, David Murie
    Sarah Jane Urie
  • Hutchings, William Willard, Jr.
    Sarah Agnes LeBaron
    Sarah Elizabeth
    Matilda Ellace
    Lydia Marie
  • Hyde, William [September 1880]
    Angeline Harris [September 1880]
    Harriet Parthenia [September 1880]
    Ernest Bertrand [September 1880]
    Francis Herbert (Frank) [September 1880]
    Edna Estelle [September 1880]
    Mary Ann Green [September 1880]
    Helen Athalia [September 1880]
    Mary Luella [September 1880]
    Charles Albert [September 1880]
  • Ipson, George
  • Jensen, J. P. (Jens [John] Peter)
    Jane C. (Steele)
    Margaret
    Leonard
  • Jensen, Lars Peter [1881]
    Mette Cathrine [1881]
    Anna Maria Kathrine [1881]
    Peter Oliver [1881]
    Caroline Mary Ann [1881]
    Orson Parley [1881]
    John William [born 1881]
    Alfred Oscar [born 1883]
  • Johnson or Johnsen, James
    Lotte
    James Marrion Jr.
    John
  • Jones, Frederic Isaac [October 1882]
    Mary Mackelprang [October 1882]
    Frederick Peter [October 1882]
    John Henry [October 1882]
    Margaret [born 1883]
    Isaac M [born 1886]
    Mary M [born 1887]
  • Jones, Kumen
    Mary Nielson
    Leonard Kumen [born 1889]
    Lydia May Lyman
    Franklin Treharne [born 1883]
    Kumen Stanley [born 1885]
    Thomas De Alton [born 1887]
    Marvin Willard [born 1889]
    Edward Clyde [born 1891]
    Leland Henry [born 1892]
    Mary Lydia [born 1898]
    Marion [born 1900]
    Alma Uriah [born 1902]
    Francis William [born 1905]
  • Kelsey, Orin or Orren [late 1880]
    Angell, Emeretta Amanda
    Charlotta Abigail
    Louisa
    Orren [born 1882]
    William Easton [born 1884]
  • Larson, Mons
    Olivia Ekelund
    Moroni Mons
    Lars Andrew
    John Rio
  • Lewis, George Frederick
  • Lewis, James Harding
  • Lilywhite, Joseph
    Mary Ellen Wilden
    Mary Elenor
    Joseph
    Charles Wilden
    Jeremiah Lawrence
    John LeRoy
  • Lyman, Amasa Mason, Jr.
  • Lyman, Edward Leo
  • Lyman, Eliza Maria Partridge [1881 Jan 1]
    Callister, Joseph Platte [1881 Jan 1, grandson]
  • Lyman, Frederick Rich [1882]
  • Lyman, Ida Evelyn
  • Lyman, Joseph Alvin
    Nellie Grayson Roper
    Nellie May Lyman [born 1883]
  • Lyman, Platte DeAlton [and 1890]
    Adelia Robison [Dec 1880, returned 1893]
    Evelyn [Dec 1880, returned 1893]
    Albert Robison [Dec 1880, returned 1893]
    Mary [born 1882; returned 1893]
    Lucretia [born 1884; returned 1893]
    Edward Partridge [1893]
    Caroline [1893]
    Annie Maud Clark [1882]
  • Lyman, Walter C.
  • Mackelprang, Samuel William
    Adelia Terry
    Samuel William
    Adelia Estella
    Margaret Ann
    Lydia Cornelia
    Minerva
    Thomas Peter
  • McGreggor, Adelbert F. [1879 southern route]
  • Meskin, Eberhardt [1882]
  • Mickelsen, Peter
    Harriet Emily Decker
    Don Alvin
    Peter Adelbert (born 1881)
    Joseph Rasmus (born 1882)
    Ethel Gertrude (born 1884)
  • Moody, Harriet Derlinda [1882]
  • Moody, Henry Freeland [1882]
    Sarah Alcia Barney [1882]
    Henry Freeland [1882]
  • Morrell, George
  • Mortensen, Peter
    Hanna Maria Smith
    Sarah Christina
  • Muny, Joseph
  • Nelson, Peter Albert
  • Nielson, Jens
    Kirsten Jensen
    Hans Joseph
    Jens Peter
    Margaret
    Francis
    Lucinda
    Caroline
    Elsie Rasmussen [bef 1883]
    (Ane Katrine Jorgensen [died 1884] children below)
    Anetta [1884]
    Uriah Albert [1884]
    Freeman August [1884]
  • Openshaw, Job (Jobe), Jr. [1881]
    Martha Jane Watts [1881]
    Mary Elizabeth [born 1881]
    Benjamin William [born 1882]
  • Pace, James Wilkerson
    Hannah Caroline Sevy
    Margaret Melinda
  • Pace, John Hardison
    Pauline Ann Bryner
    Elizabeth Mary
  • Pace, Wilford Woodruff
  • Perkins, Benjamin
    Mary Ann Williams
    Mary Jane
    Carolina Cordelia (Thurston)
    Katherine
    Martha Naomi
    Daniel B [born 1881]
    John [born 1882]
  • Perkins, Hyrum
    Rachel Maria Corry
    George William
    Margaret Jane [born 1880]
    Rachel C [born 1883]
    Hyrum Corry [born 1885]
    Daniel [born 1887]
    Ruth [born 1891]
  • Perry, George E. [1879 southern route]
    Alice Jane
  • Redd, Lemuel Hardison, Sr. [also 1889]
    James Monroe [also 1889]
    Mariah Luella [1889]
    Ellen Farozine [1889]
    Sarah Louisa Chamberlain [1889]
    Wayne Hardison [1889]
    Benjamin Franklin [1889]
    Terressa Artemesia [1889]
    Lemuel Burton [1889]
    George Edwin [1889]
    Susan Elizabeth [1889]
    Parley [1889]
    John Wiley [1889]
    Jenny May [1889]
    Effie [born 1890]
  • Redd, Lemuel Hardison, Jr.
    Eliza Ann Westover
    Lula
    Lucy Zina Lyman [1881 and 1892/3]
    Carlie Eliza [born 1889]
    L. Frank [born 1891 at Mancos]
    Annie [born 1893]
    Amasa Jay [born 1895]
  • Riley, Henry James
    Sarah Ipson
    James Morton (Martin)
  • Robb, Adam Franklin
    Sarah Permelia Holyoak
    Albertus
    William Heber
  • Robb, George Drummand
    Caroline Jones
    Mary Ann
  • Robb, John
    Sarah Ann Edwards
    Ellen Jane
    Sarah Ann
  • Robb, William
  • Robinson, John Rowaldson [Rowlandson]
  • Roner, Jacob
  • Rowley, Samuel
    Ann Taylor
    Mary Ann
    Samuel James
    Hannah Eliza
    Sarah Jane
    Alice Louise
    George Walter
    John Taylor
    Maggie Elizabeth [1882]
  • Rowley, Thomas [1882]
    Margaret Tattersall [1882]
    Thomas William [1882]
    James Alma [born 1882]
  • Savage, David William
  • Sevy/Sevey, George Washington
    Margaret Nebraska Imlay
    Ruben Warren (son of GW Sevey & Phoebe Butler)
    George Francis
  • Smith, John Aikens
    Emily Jane Bennett
    Emily Jane
  • Smith, Joseph Stanford
    Arabella Jane Coombs
    Ada Olivia
    Joseph Elroy
    George Abraham
  • Smith, Silas Sanford
    Martha Eliza Bennett
    Jesse Joel (son of C. Ricks Smith)
    Stephen Augustus (son of C. Ricks Smith)
    Albert (son of S. Ricks Smith)
    Ella Clarinda (daughter of C. Ricks Smith)
  • Smith, Samuel
  • Smith, Silas, Jr.
    Betsey Williamson
    Clarinda Ann
    Silas Sanford
  • Smith, Thomas Alma [1882]
    Ellen Elnora McGregor [1882]
  • Stevens, David Alma
  • Stevens, Roswell
  • Stevens, Walter Joshua
    Elizabeth Kenney
  • Tanner, Seth
  • Taylor, Edmond Zebulon
  • Taylor, William Warren, Jr.
  • Thorton (Thornton-Wallace), Hammilton (Hamilton) [1879 southern route]
  • Urie, George [1879 southern route]
  • Walden, George
  • Wallace (Thornton-Wallace), Hammilton (Hamilton) [1879 southern route]
  • Walker, Joseph
  • Walton, Charles Eugene
    Jane McKechnie
    Charles Eugene, Jr.
    Frances Magnolia
    Leona Jane
  • Warren, William Reed S.
    Rebecca Harris
    John Stockbridge
    Ella
    Emma Jane
  • Webster, Francis
  • Westover, George Henry
  • Westwood, George
  • Wilkinson, Joseph [1882]
  • Wilkinson, Robert [1882]
  • Willden, Charles [October 1882]
    Emma Smith [October 1882]
    Joseph William [October 1882]
    George Henry [October 1882]
    Eleanor Maria [October 1882]
    John Smith [October 1882]
    Myron Smith [October 1882]
    Tryphena [October 1882]
  • Williams (Perkins), Sarah [also 1881/2]
    Mary Ellen (Lell) Perkins [born 1882]
    Beatrice Ann Perkins [born 1884]
    Sarah Elizabeth (Sade) Perkins [born 1886]
    Gladys Perkins [born 1888]
    Richard Leonard Perkins [born 1890]
    Ione Perkins [born 1894]
    Irene Perkins [born 1894]
    Alberta Perkins [born 1895]
    Ella Vilate Perkins [born 1895]
    Barbara Minerva (Bob) Perkins [born 1901]
  • Williams, Thomas
  • Wilson, Henry
  • Wood. Samuel [October 1882]
    Josephine (Jody) Catherine Chatterley [October 1882]
    Joseph Henry [October 1882]
    Arthur Stephen [October 1882]
    John Morton [October 1882]
    Sarah Jane [October 1882]
    George William [December 1885]
  • Woolsey, Joseph Smith
    Maren Nielson [1883]
    Joseph Henry [1883]
    Mary Elva [1883]
    Lovina Jane [1883]
    James Ira [1883]
    Lars Walter[1883]
    William Arthur[1883]
    Laura Mae [1883]

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Visitor Center

In a corner of the fort, the Bluff pioneers established a cooperative trading post. A replica of that co-op, housing the Fort gift shop and visitor center, is open daily. The grounds include actual wagons and other artifacts from the Hole-in-the-Rock journey. the rebuilt old log meetinghouse, replicas of cabins, Ute and Navajo dwellings, the ruins of the Kumen Jones home, and the original Bluff Relief Society building.

Meet under Bluff Swing TreeCottonwood "Swing Tree," a favorite Bluff meeting place.