Hole -in-the -rock Pioneers made their way from Escalante to a new town site in southeast Utah (the then remote Four Corners area).  They named it Bluff.   What we see here now is a wonderfully complete reconstruction of the 1880 settlement.   Descendants have contributed items from the actual period and tell the stories of hardship and determination in the words as passed down through their families.  One can visit other sites along the Hole-in-the rock Trail.  They are very remote in rugged country.  We’ll settle for this insight into the journey.

The scope of the expedition to settle this area gives another glimpse into the expansion efforts of The Church of Latter-Day Saints during that time and the degree to which devoted followers were willing to subordinate their very lives to that effort.  It is difficult to fathom.