Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

by | Jul 30, 2022 | New Mexico Videos | 0 comments

The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area is a 44,724-acre National Conservation Area located in southwest Utah, north of St. George at the northeastern-most edge of the Mojave Desert.

Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Santa Clara is a small resort town in southwest Utah, 124 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada near Arizona and Nevada borders.

In 1854, Jacob Hamblin was called by Brigham Young to serve a mission to the southern Paiute and settled at Santa Clara in the vicinity of the modern city of St. George, Utah. The town is among the oldest in the area.

The first settlers built Fort Clara or Fort Santa Clara, in the winter of 1855–1856. In the fall of 1861, Swiss Mormon colonists arrived at the new settlement, but shortly afterward were victims of the large flood in the Santa Clara River that wiped out the fort and most other buildings, its irrigation dams and ditches, in early in 1862. This flood was part of the Great Flood of 1862.

April, October and May are the most pleasant months in Santa Clara, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

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