Beaver County's interesting facts

The Tushar Mountains are the tallest mountains in Beaver County Utah. These mountains were made by the longest volcanic action in Utah and now have the most igneous rocks in Utah.

Clear Creek Canyon was the best transportation system and the home of many historic people. 
 

Wildhorse Canyon, 10 miles east of Milford, was a major place  for obsidian in prehistoric times. They carried the obsidian and traded it.
 

The first Mormon settlers came to Beaver County in 1856.
 

Ira Hinckley established Cove Fort in 1860.Its rock walls provided protection, and it was also a stopping place between Beaver and Fillmore. I went to Cove Fort last summer and saw the trees that were planted in 1860. They are so weak that they're held up by metal arms. 

These are pictures of my brother and me on top of the wall at Cover Fort.

Butch Cassidy was born in Beaver County. His real name was Robert Leroy Parker. He was a train and a bank robber. 

Beaver was the first place in Utah to get electricity.

It won the best tasting water in the U.S.A. in 2006.