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Old truck at Lonely Dell Ranch - full

This old truck is being "preserved" at the Lonely Dell Ranch and Lee's Ferry Historic district. The early Mormon pioneer - John Doyle Lee and his wives lived in this area. One wife is said to have remarked - when first seeing this site - that this was such a "Lonely Dell" and the name stuck. The site is comprised of several buildings, an orchard a cemetery and restored irrigation projects.

 

The Lonely Dell Ranch and Lees Ferry Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is managed by the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

 

Lee's Ferry provided the crossing of the Colorado River until 1929 when the original Navajo Bridge was built

 

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Uploaded on May 12, 2008
Taken on May 3, 2008