Gold Creek at Lake Powell

GOLD CREEK DEVELOPMENT

a sense of place and history

A SENSE OF HISTORY In 1919, Arth Chaffin, a Lake Powell area pioneer, discovered Gold Creek Spring. Beautiful, cold, clear water bubbled up from a source deep in the base of Mount Hillers. "Uncle" Arth kept this discovery in the back of his mind until Highway 276 to Bullfrog Marina was constructed, making access to Gold Creek possible. In the late 1960's, Uncle Arth built the first road into Gold Creek. Click on the thumbnail images to view a larger image.

WATERMELON PATCH 1937	ARTH CHAFFIN and FRANK BARRETT	RIVER RUNNER BUZZ HOLSTROM	NORTH WASH BREAK DOWN


FRANK & MIKE BARRETT, BUD VINGER	ETHEL AND MIKE BARRETT	CROSSING THE COLORADO RIVER	MIKE AND PRINCE

MIKE BARRETT AND DUANE HOLT	WHITE CANYON TRADING POST	COLORADO RIVER RAFTING 1949	JOE PLOSSER'S PROPERTY

IRRIGATING THE DESERT	AUTHOR PEARL BAKER	PANNING FOR GOLD EARLY '50's	NEAR HITE

BARRETT IN WHITE CANYON	DESERT GARDEN	WHITE CANYON TRADING POST	CAT FISHING ON SPRING BREAK

THE BEARS EARS	HONEYMOON	RED CANYON	HOMESTEAD ON THE RIVER

FRANK, ETHEL AND MIKE	BIRTHDAY PARTY	WHITE CANYON DANCE	PICNIC

HAYING TIME - FARLEY CANYON	URANIUM MINING	MINING CAMP	THE END OF THE RAINBOW

BR&W URANIUM MINE MARKER	HOME AWAY FROM HOME	107 DEGREE SHADE BREAK	AFTERNOON SIESTA

PLANE CRASH	LAP OF LUXURY	BARBIE BARRETT	MIKE BARRETT

ARTH AND DELLA CHAFFIN	ONE MILE FROM THE MILL	ORCHARD	ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS PHOTO

MOKI RUINS NEAR HITE	WHITE CANYON FARM	BARRETT FAMILY	CROWN POINT

SLIM WILLIAM'S PLACE	HITE FERRY CROSSING	RIVER RUNNER GEORGIA WHITE	FERRY CROSSING

BUILDING BRIDGE OVER COLORADO	FISHING THE COLORADO RIVER	RIVER RISING	ARRIVAL OF LAKE POWELL