Editing Snowville, Utah (section)

== History ==
[[Image:Curlew Valley.jpg|thumb|Curlew Valley Settler's Bell at the Snowville City Park.]]
[[Curlew Valley]], named after the [[curlew]] [[snipe]] that nests there, extends from Snowville, Utah, to the Idaho towns of Stone and Holbrook. The first recorded settlers were [[Peter Skene Ogden]]'s large party of trappers that camped on [[Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake)|Deep Creek]] December 27, 1828.

Some of the discharged members of the [[Mormon Battalion]], on their way home from [[California]] to [[Salt Lake City]] on September 18, 1848, camped on Deep Creek and also in a cave {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} east called Hollow Rock.

The beginning of Deep Creek is a large spring at Holbrook which runs through the center of the valley and has never varied even in dry years. About {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest is Rocky Ford, where the pioneers were able to pass on solid rock.

In 1869, [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJ6-YVH Joseph William Robbins], Thomas Showell, and William M. Harris settled at the Curlew Sinks, {{convert|10|mi|km|spell=in}} west of here, where Deep Creek sinks into the ground. The old pioneer trail and the stage line went through their ranch.

The first townsite in the Curlew Valley was Snowville. Settled at the direction of [[Brigham Young]], the community was named in honor of [[Lorenzo Snow]], an [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|apostle]] who became [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] from 1898 to 1901.

[[Image:Memorial Day 2006 035.jpg|thumb|Snowville Cemetery]]