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From the Mormon Pioneers~My Family~
who crossed the US and settled in Moab Utah.
I have pictures and information for you to explore.
I also have the Ghost town of Cisco Near Moab in my Ghost Town section.
At the end of each page, you will have the option to
explore another "Old West Page" or my other pages.
Here is a map of Utah ajoining to Mesa County Colorado,
showing town points and Border to Utah.
I will leave this map on all pages~needing reference.
 Points of Interest For Stories Below. *Note that the "River Road" is a Great Scenic Drive, River Rafting, Camping, ETC. |
 Click Picture for More about Him My Father~Newell A. Taylor ~On The Dewey Bridge...1931 |
He was born in Grafton Ohio in 1828.
Norman came to Utah as a member of the original Colony with Brigham Young.
He drove the second wagon into the Salt Lake Valley.
Norman who was an experienced wagonmaster,
moved his family to Moab where he was one of the first permanent settlers.
He brought his family of 2 wives, and their children.
They too, brought their families to Moab to Settle.
There were 14 wagons and livestock
to start ranching operations in Moab.
From this start the Taylors became one
of the largest Cattle Operators in Grand County.
Norman was also the first to start
his own Ferry across the Colorado River.
He also erected the first Grist mill
in Moab and became one of the outstanding figures in the development
of Grand County among both Civic and Material Lines.
Norman died November 23, 1899.
Also from Ohio came Norman's brother Crispen Taylor.
He made his Journey to Utah before Norman with his parents.
Crispen worked in the government in Indian Campaigns
as a packer and worked as a freighter.
He built roads in Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
(Traveled by many of "history making outlaws" he knew!)
He too, brought cattle into the Moab
Valley and was the first Permanent Settler of Moab.
Norman's Son, Arthur A. Taylor shared his pioneer experience.
He was one of the Representative stockmen of Grand County for many years,
besides having been influential in the development and
progress of the County and Civic affairs himself.
He became the organizer and first member of the
Board of Commissioners.
His Sons and daughters became prominate names in Grand County also.
Helen Knight, his daughter became the Superentendant of Schools.
Other daughter's were Eva Robertson and Lydia Skewes.
(Who was the oldest living Taylor in Moab's History, passing at age 99.)
Son's were Claude, Loren, Ruel,
and My Great Grandfather, Arthur A. Jr.
He married Estella Newell,
who's family was also in the orginal wagontrain with Brigham Young,
and settled in Moab.
Son Loren and wife Pearl's son is
Sam Taylor who today, still runs the Newspaper in Moab.
Here is the Real story behind it's name.
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"From 1881 until early in the twentieth century, my father, Arthur A Taylor,
and his brothers ran their cattle on the big mesa west of the Colorado River.
They called one of the meadows Arth's Pasture after my father.
They named another meadow Grey's Pasture after a big gray wild horse
that they often saw there.
One Year there was a severe drouth in this area.
The Taylors drove their cattle to the
mountain to graze during the summer.
When the rains finally came,
the pot holes in the slick rocks were filled with water.
When water in the shallow holes were gone,
the horses in their thirst went into the pot holes to drink
and then couldn't get out again.
When the Taylors brought their cattle back to the mesa country in the fall,
they found the pot holes full of dead horses that had starved to death.
From that time on, they called the area-Dead Horse Point-.
Over the past years,
I have heard a number of fables as to how Dead Horse Point got its name.
But that is what they are
-Pure Fables.
Some seemed to be pure fabrication.
Others might have been the result of Tall Tales
that some of the old timers liked to regale newcomers and tenderfeet with.
But this is how Dead Horse Point
really got its name."
For more history of Moab, The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers wrote a book entitled, "Grand Memories" in 1972. This is a hard book to come by, but can be obtained through any "Daughter of the Utah Pioneers".
Special Thanks to My Cousin Dave for getting a copy of this for me
Footnote....I found through this page and the book that Dave and I were related!! Ironic!!
which are all made in the same area of which many gunmen,
lawmen, and pioneer's blazed trials before us.
My Uncle, (Newell's Brother) R. Vaughn Taylor
rode horse in alot of "Extra" Scenes with John Wayne in Moab Movies,
Including Rio Grande
Until the late 1950's, when he was crushed by a horse and lived the rest of his life as a paraplegic.
He passed away in the late 1990's.
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