Boots Off at Fielding Garr Ranch
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Boots Off at Fielding Garr Ranch
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
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Photograph - Photography
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Fielding Garr Ranch is located on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, in Utah, USA and is part of the Utah State Parks system. The ranch is one of the oldest working ranching operations in the Western United States. It was initially established in 1848, the year after the first Mormon pioneers came into the Salt Lake Valley. Fielding Garr, a widower with nine children, was sent by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to live on Antelope Island and establish a ranch to manage the church's Tithing Herds of cattle and sheep. The first building was an adobe house, built in 1848, and it is still in existence as the oldest building in Utah, built by pioneers of European descent, that still remains on its original foundation. The adobe ranch house was continuously inhabited until 1981 when the State of Utah prepared to set up Antelope Island as a Utah State Park. At various times other people tried to live on the island, but the harsh conditions, isolation and a lack of fresh water made it very difficult
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October 11th, 2014
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