1925 Polygamist Cabin

By 1925 the Navajo Bridge was nearly finished and travelers had begun bypassing Lees Ferry, leaving the ranch quiet enough for a discreet life. Jerry Johnson, son of the ferryman Warren Johnson, built this cabin as part of a small polygamist haven. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had renounced plural marriage decades earlier and the practice was illegal, so a remote canyon suited those who kept it. The commune had scattered by 1934, and the cabin passed into a dude ranch.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Antelope Canyon — 12 mi
  Tsé bighánílíní — where the water runs through the rock

More markers nearby

• 1872 Founding Family — steps away
• Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness — steps away
• Lonely Dell Ranch — steps away
• Lees Ferry Fort — 0.6 mi