Virtual Field Trip of Sleeping Rainbow Ranch in Capitol Reef National …
Aug 29, 2022 · They also took walking VR footage of the Sleeping Rainbow Ranch site, creating an immersive experience that would allow visitors to virtually walk the paths around the site, enter the …
CRFS History - Utah Valley University
Two decades after Sleeping Rainbow Ranch ceased operation and its properties became part of Capitol Reef National Park, Professor Paul Tayler of Utah Valley University (UVU) found Sleeping Rainbow …
The most recent of these is the Sleeping Rainbow Ranch development, the majority of which is located on a knoll overlooking Pleasant Creek. Here, the home of Lurt Knee and the motel units and …
Earmark - Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capital Reef NP
Description: Funding was provided for the restoration of Sleeping Rainbow Ranch to establish a year-round educational and research facility operated by Utah Valley State College in agreement with the …
Floral Ranch/Sleeping Rainbow Ranch - Remnants From A Bygone Time
Apr 11, 2021 · With the creation of Capitol Reef N.P., the Sleeping Rainbow ranch was acquired in 1974 and 1978 with the final piece being acquired in 1995. The ranch is now operated as an …
Rainbow Ranch regrows at Capitol Reef - Deseret News
Apr 23, 2003 · The site of the research center is a former dude ranch, built in the 1940s on a dusty plateau. All that remains of the 330-acre ranch are a few crumbling buildings with cracked porches …
Floral Ranch 1974-1994: Sleeping Rainbow Ranch Purchase
Because of the insufficient $423,000 initial cap placed on private land acquisitions in the 1971 legislation, acquisition of the entire Sleeping Rainbow Ranch had to be delayed. Meanwhile, 140 …
Capitol Reef Field Station - Intermountain Histories
A Mormon pioneer established Floral Ranch in 1882 after diverting creek water to irrigate his fields and orchards. For several decades, his descendants maintained the farm until Lurt and Margaret Knee …
Collection: Capitol Reef Field Station collection | Utah Valley University
This collection contains documents that show research and development plans for the construction of the Capitol Reef Field Station.
Capitol Reef NP: Administrative History (Chapter 17)
Dec 10, 2002 · The Knees' old guest ranch facility is now under consideration for use as a university-operated environmental education and research center. The area is also a potential location for …