Beaver Ridge a
ridge
A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...
in
Beaver County, Utah. It lies south of
Nevershine Hollow Nevershine Hollow is a valley east of the South Hills, in Beaver County, Utah. The mouth of the valley is at an elevation of . Its head is at an elevation of 6,500 feet at , north of Beaver Ridge.
History
Nevershine Hollow was on the new 1855 cut ...
and north of the
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
of
Fremont Wash Fremont Wash sometimes called Fremont Canyon in its upper reach, is a stream and a valley in the north end of Parowan Valley, in Iron County, Utah. Its mouth lies at its confluence with Little Salt Lake at an elevation of 5,686 feet / 1,733 meters. ...
. It reaches an elevation of .
History
Beaver Ridge is the top of the pass between the valley of the
Beaver River and the
Parowan Valley
Parowan Valley, originally known as the Little Salt Lake Valley, is a basin in Iron County, Utah, United States.
Description
Its lowest point is at in the Little Salt Lake.
Fremont Wash, Red Creek, Parowan Creek and other tributaries all dra ...
. This was the apex of the 1855 cutoff from the original, more difficult route of the
Mormon Road in the
Black Mountains to the west. The 1855 cutoff made a crossing at
Beaver, Utah, (3 miles east up the
Beaver River from the old crossing at modern
Greenville, Utah), passed through more wagon friendly terrain in
Nevershine Hollow Nevershine Hollow is a valley east of the South Hills, in Beaver County, Utah. The mouth of the valley is at an elevation of . Its head is at an elevation of 6,500 feet at , north of Beaver Ridge.
History
Nevershine Hollow was on the new 1855 cut ...
and over Beaver Ridge into the canyon of
Fremont Wash Fremont Wash sometimes called Fremont Canyon in its upper reach, is a stream and a valley in the north end of Parowan Valley, in Iron County, Utah. Its mouth lies at its confluence with Little Salt Lake at an elevation of 5,686 feet / 1,733 meters. ...
to
Muley Point.
[Edward Leo Lyman, Overland Journey from Utah to California: Wagon Travel from the City of Saints to the City of Angels, University of Nevada Press, 2008.]
References
Landforms of Beaver County, Utah
Ridges of Utah
Mormon Road
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