BROWNS PARK OR BROWN HOLE
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BROWNS PARK OR BROWN HOLE |
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NAME: Browns park or brown hole COUNTY: Daggett ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: Warm summer very mild winters BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall |
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Maybe a cuple of current residents. Take hwy 191 about a mile or two north of vernal turn of road where it says browns park and diamond mtn. When you get there you whlie have to cross a swinging bridge acrossed the green river. The will be a wildlife refuge on the south side of the river.The blm has preserved a place on the utah side of browns park called the john jarvie historical ranch.The schoolhouse is on the colorado side of browns park. REMAINS: Cabins, school house,store historical center |
| It was first used by mountain men and fort davy crocket was there. After the mountain men left. It was a good hideout for outlaws such as butch cassidy who stayed there often.Ann bassett lived there too. A man named john jarvie ran a ferrie acrossed the river.He also owned a store and some other things Submitted by: T hatch |
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