Hobbs Wash
As a winter storm approached, four nearly starved scouts,
George Hobbs, George Morrill, Lemuel Reed, Sr. and George
Sevey, sought shelter for the night in this area on December 27,
1879. The scouts were exploring for a feasible route for the 250
Mormon (Hole-in-the-Rock) pioneers to follow from their
encampments above the Colorado River gorge 100 miles west of here.
George Hobbs: "Night overtook us, we camped in this small canyon,
this being our third day without food. I cut my name in the rock with
the date I was there, not knowing that I would survive the journey."
Sponsor Hobbs Family
