Historic Sites - Iron County, Utah

Dominquez - Escalante Trail
Dominquez and Escalante started from Santa Fe, New Mexico traveling to the Pacific in Monterey, California.

Old Iron Town Ruins
Iron City or Old Iron Town is evidence of his passion driven by need for this precious metal.

Jefferson Hunt Monument
As an experienced frontiersman, Jefferson Hunt agreed to lead a group of gold miners and pioneers to California in 1849.

Parawan Gap
The Parawan Gap is a pass near Parawan, Utah. It is a classic example of a wind gap or an unusual geological landform marking where an ancient river has cut a deep 600-foot notch through the Red Hills in southern Utah.

Johnson' Fort
To the Spanish Padres and pioneer wagons, Johnson Springs and Johnson Fort were solace for both humans and their animals.

Ghost towns - Gold Springs - Stateline
See the nearby ghost towns of Stateline and Gold Springs. Both are early boomtowns where gold and silver were sought and ...

Lund, Utah
It was important in providing a connecting Iron County to the outside world. For many years it was a popular tourist spot. Travelers from around the world came to Lund, Utah.

Modena, Utah
Modena, Utah was a railroad town in its heyday nearly sixty miles west of Cedar City, Utah on State Route 56.

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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