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Kanab, Utah

Settled in 1870.

The very first settler in the area was Jacob Hamblin who build a dugout on Kanab Kreek in 1858. The name "Kanab" comes from an Indian word meaning "place of the willos." In 1865 Kanab Fort was built by Mormon settlers, which was abandoned in 1868 because of Indian hostilities. In 1870 a group of eleven families led by Levi Stewart came from Cottonwood and settled Kanab. They were joined by settlers from the Muddy settlment in southern Nevada. The town of Kanab was incorporated in 1885. Read more about the history of Kanab in the news section.

First Families of Kanab

• Levi Stewart
• Read about the tragedy that struck the Stewart family in Dec. 1870
• Moses Farnsworth
• Edward Noble
• Allen Frost
• James Burt
• Edward Cook
• James Mariger
• William James
• Josh Mariger
• Jacob Hamblin
• James Wilkinson

History

1870 U.S. Federal Census - transcription

Newspapers

Kanab in the News - a collection of historical news stories Southern Utah News

People

Bessy Mackelprang - oral histories about her childhood in Kanab Enid Supernaw and Vaydes Brueck oral history about movies made near Kanab Utah History of Nellie Baird (Pugh) Francis Lysander Porter - Autobiography Susan Elizabeth Little Robinson Thomas Edward Robinson - History of Tom's Canyon James Lovett Bunting - Diaries (PDF) Philip B. Lewis - Obituary

Links

History of Kanab - Online Utah

Brief History of Kanab

Kanab, Utah Official Website

Agency History of Kanab

Wikipedia - Kanab, Utah

The Untraveled Road - Kanab, Utah

Kane Co., Utah Genweb

Kane Co. Utah Towns

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Created on ... July 12, 2006

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