Cracked
The pioneers used this exposive to widen the crack?
What is blasting powder?
This town was named after the spectacular sandstone bluffs around the San Juan settlement.
What is Bluff?
How many months did the entire trek take instead of the planned 6 weeks?
What is 6 months?
This Utah town was the last major stop for the pioneers.
What is Escalante?
The pioneers carved a wagon road through this type of rock.
What is sandstone?
To get wagons down safely, the wheels were wrapped with these.
What are chains?
Name of the present-day lake that now covers part of the original route.
What is Lake Powell?
The number of wagons lost on the expedition.
What is 0?
The name of the steep hill the pioneers faced near the end of the journey.
What is San Juan Hill?
The number of pioneers who joined the Hole in the Rock expedition.
What is 258?
This tool was essential for cutting through solid rock.
What is a pickaxe?
What church leader issued the call to colonize the San Juan region?
Who is John Taylor?
How many wagons were taken through Hole in the Rock?
What is 83 wagons?
Today, much of the trail lies within this national monument.
What is the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?
The words that are etched into the rock near the top of the San Juan Hill.
What is We Thank Thee O God?
The descent down Hole in the Rock dropped about this many feet.
What is about 1,300 feet?
This leader headed the early San Juan exploring party.
Who is Silas S. Smith?
The name of one of the original scouts.
What is Kumen Jones?
What spring served as the pioneer's base camp near Hole in the Rock?
What is Fifty-Mile Spring?
The expedition left in this year.
What is 1879?
The expedition spent about this many weeks building the road through Hole in the Rock.
What is 6 weeks?
The name of Jens Nielson's 3 wives.
What are Elsie, Kirsten, and Katrina.
The average age of the youth in the expedition.
What is 7 years old?
What later route eventually replaced the Hole in the Rock trail as the easier crossing?
What is Hall's Crossing?
What 3 Iron County towns supplied most of the expedition members?
What are Parowan, Paragonah, and Cedar City?