How Pioneers Got 80 Wagons Down a Cliff Without Losing a Soul

Winter, 1880. About 250 people and more than 80 wagons came to a crack in a cliff above the Colorado River, and the only way on was straight down. Now, I'll show you how they cut that road, hung part of it on the rock wall with oak stakes, and got every last soul to the bottom. Then we'll follow them all the way to Bluff, and see what Lake Powell did to their road. 0:00 Winter, 1880 0:58 The call to the San Juan 2:52 A town on wheels 4:37 The Hole in the Rock 6:02 Picks, powder and barrels 7:19 A road hung on a cliff 8:56 Over the edge 12:30 The roughest country 14:11 San Juan Hill 15:33 Adding it up in Bluff 17:34 Under Lake Powell 19:29 What I see in that crack Would you have taken your wagon down that crack, or turned around? #HoleInTheRock #UtahHistory #AmericanWest