Virgin Ccc Corral
by Edward Fielding
Title
Virgin Ccc Corral
Artist
Edward Fielding
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
note: The watermark in the lower right does not appear in the final print.
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VIRGIN CCC CORRAL - relic of the old west. Fine art photography by Edward M. Fielding.
Between LaVerkin and Virgin, Utah
This "cedar-post-corral" was built with closely spaced posts cut from juniper trees and tied together with heavy wire to make a solid fence.
There was a chute for loading the live stock onto trucks. After loading, the trucks then transported the market livestock to railcars in Modena or Cedar City in Utah or to Lund, Nevada.
This corral's design was unique in that it was built to accomodate both sheep and cattle. There are two side-by-side crowding alleys leading to the loading chute. One alley was built with taller posts for handling cattle, while the second adjoining alley was built with shorter posts to accomodate sheep. The shorter fence allowed the sheep herders to easily reach the animals and keep them moving through the alley to the loading chute.
HISTORY
This corral was built by the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) to assist in the management of livestock (sheep and cattle) which grazed on the public lands. This type of cedar-post-corral was called a Unit Corral.
Kolob and Cedar Mountain were primarily sheep country when this corral was built. The corral was used to hold herds overnight as they were trailed to or from Kolob and Cedar Mountain to their winter pastures on the Arizona Strip. I was the main location for the sheep to be sheared of their winter wool before going onto the mountain for the summer. It was not uncommon to see several herds of sheep out in these flats waiting for their turn to be sheared. After shearing, the wool was put into large burlap bags that held about 200 pounds of wool each. These bags were then hauled to the railhead and shipped to market.
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