Giants of San Juan
Grant Lyman Bayles and Josephine Harris Bayles – From cows to poetry on the San Juan frontier
Grant and Josephine Bayles were some of the most successful cattle ranchers in San Juan. But it is their service to family, church and community for which they will be long remembered.
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Parley Redd. Courtesy photos
Parley Redd and his Ruth: A San Juan romance
Speaking at the funeral of Parley Redd in Blanding on April 19, 1955, Charles Redd said, “I know of very few people who have had a more loving and genuine romance than Parley and Ruth Redd. I don’...
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Willard Richard Guymon. Courtesy photo
Pacheco refugees leave large legacy in San Juan
On July 2, 2011, hundreds of the more than 1,600 descendents of Willard Richard and Hattie Black Guymon will gather in Blanding to celebrate the passage of 147 years since their common Grandfather ...
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Kuman Jones – Recorder of San Juan history
Kuman Jones was one of the most highly respected and accomplished of the Founding Fathers of San Juan County.
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Minnie Bugg Johnson, a San Juan County legend. Courtesy photo
Minnie Johnson – Woman of many talents
Minnie was born in Roanoke, VA in 1901. She married at age 17 to James Bugg. They were married for 21 years and she bore him six children. She never worked outside the home.
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Noel, Fendoll and George Sitton. Courtesy photo
The Sitton brothers: From rags to riches
Noel, Fendoll and George Sitton arrived on the Colorado Plateau in the early part of the 20th Century. They came hoping to escape the poverty of their Missouri boyhoods and had high hopes of makin...
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Jane McKechnie Walton: Early pioneer martyr
Jane Walton was the beloved wife of Charles E. Walton, who was one of the four founding fathers of Monticello. Her life and tragic death are legendary in San Juan today. She was the first person ...
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Les Young was a colorful cowboy in San Juan. Courtesy photo
Leslie (Les) Young: Cowboy pioneer of San Juan
Leslie Young was a colorful cowboy who lived in Monticello for 36 years and was well known and admired by his peers. He arrived as an eight-year-old boy who had just lost his father (Alma) in a te...
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Norman “Skinny” Nielson, a reservoir of work, service
The following story is a powerful metaphor on the life and character of one of Blanding’s outstanding cowboy pioneers.
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Nephi Bailey: Early Monticello stalwart
In May of 1880, Nephi Bailey, his young wife and three children arrived in Bluff just months after the Hole-in-the Rock pioneers had settled there. They had left a comfortable life in Cedar City a...
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