Early Inhabitants of an Arid Land
Some of the earliest known peoples to inhabit Southern Utah are referred to as Ancestral Puebloans. There is evidence that
at they lived in the region until about the 12th or 13th century. At that time a cultural shift occurred and this portion of Southern Utah became home to the Southern Paiute. It is believed that the word 'Paiute' is translated either from the word 'Pah' (meaning water) or 'Pai' (meaning true) and 'Ute', whom are also indigenous people in the region. Kanab is the anglicized version of the Paiute word meaning "Place of the Willows".
New Arrivals
Seeking independence from the United States of American and guided by their belief in Divine backing, a group of member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would make their home in the region beginning in 1847. They would eventually spread throughout the area and their first settlement in Kanab was formed around 1865. However, various difficulties to living in the area would arise over the next few years, and so it was that the town did not begin to take shape until 1870. These industrious pioneers and those that would join them would work diligently to help make Kanab the place it is today.
Please visit the Kanab Museum to learn more!
Some of the earliest known peoples to inhabit Southern Utah are referred to as Ancestral Puebloans. There is evidence that
at they lived in the region until about the 12th or 13th century. At that time a cultural shift occurred and this portion of Southern Utah became home to the Southern Paiute. It is believed that the word 'Paiute' is translated either from the word 'Pah' (meaning water) or 'Pai' (meaning true) and 'Ute', whom are also indigenous people in the region. Kanab is the anglicized version of the Paiute word meaning "Place of the Willows".
New Arrivals
Seeking independence from the United States of American and guided by their belief in Divine backing, a group of member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would make their home in the region beginning in 1847. They would eventually spread throughout the area and their first settlement in Kanab was formed around 1865. However, various difficulties to living in the area would arise over the next few years, and so it was that the town did not begin to take shape until 1870. These industrious pioneers and those that would join them would work diligently to help make Kanab the place it is today.
Please visit the Kanab Museum to learn more!
The Kane County Courthouse built in ----, demolished in ----. Many of the original windows were saved and are housed in the Kanab Museum.
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Kanab was home to one of the first all-female elected governments in America. Elected for the 1912 term, these women served the town faithfully. Their focus was the safety and beauty of the town.
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A huge flood washed out the dam in Kanab Creek.
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Laying water pipe in Kanab.
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