What happened Sego Utah?

Sego was gone. There was a flash flood in the 1950s that wiped out the rest of the miners that still worked there. Not many homes were left standing, and one was partially collapsed from a boulder falling on top of it. The stone company store, and many foundations and dugouts still remain.

How old are the Sego Canyon petroglyphs?

They occupied this area from approximately 8,000 years ago until the introduction of corn agriculture about 2,000 years ago. This rock art, the Barrier Canyon Style, usually consists of larger than life size anthropomorphic (manlike) forms.

Who founded Sego Utah?

Harry Ballard
Sego got its start in the early 1890s when an affluent farmer/rancher named Harry Ballard discovered coal on land adjacent to his ranch. Keeping his discovery a secret, he began to buy the adjacent property and started coal operations on a small scale.

Where is home of truth Utah?

San Juan County
Home of Truth is a ghost town located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, United States. The settlement was a short-lived utopian religious intentional community in the 1930s, led by a spiritualist named Marie Ogden.

Where are the Sego canyons in Utah located?

Sego Canyon Utah, 2008. Located north of Thompson Springs, Utah is Sego Canyon, also known as Book Cliffs and Thompson Wash. This side trip off of I-70 west of the Utah/Colorado line provides not only a peek at prehistoric rock-art, but also the remains of the old coal town of Sego, a once thriving coal mining camp.

What kind of art is in Sego Canyon?

The panel to the right contains several Barrier Style pictographs. The panel to the left contains several petroglyphs and gringo-glyphs. Sego has a history unlike most ghost towns in Utah. Its history is surrounded by coal and not gold or silver. A rancher named Harry Ballard made the discovery in the early 1890s.

When did people first live in Sego Canyon?

Evidence of human habitation in Sego Canyon dates back to the Archaic Period (6,000 – 100 BC). But subsequent Anasazi, Fremont, and Ute tribes also left their mark upon the area, painting and chipping their religious visions, clan symbols, and records of events into the cliff walls.

Where was the ghost town of Sego located?

The ghost town of Sego is about another mile or so on up the canyon. Sego got its start in the early 1890s when an affluent farmer/rancher named Harry Ballard discovered coal on land adjacent to his ranch. Keeping his discovery a secret, he began to buy the adjacent property and started coal operations on a small scale.