Gould's Sheep Shearing Mill

For a few decades this dusty spot east of Hurricane may have been the busiest sheep-shearing yard in the West — some said the world. Utah's sheep herds had exploded near the turn of the century, and starting in 1910 the corrals at Gould's drew flocks from across the southern half of the state: Cedar City, Panguitch, Kanab, Kanarra, the Long Valley towns. In shearing season it roared: thousands of animals, crews working the clippers, wool baled for the railroad. The wool market faded, and so did the yard. Now it is mostly quiet ground with a big story.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hurricane Canal Trail — 3.0 mi
  The hand-dug canal that built Hurricane, now a walking trail blasted into the Virgin River gorge
• Grafton Ghost Town — 11 mi
  A photogenic ghost town used in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Springdale — 15 mi
  Zion's south-entrance gateway town, wedged between the Watchman and the Virgin River
• Zion National Park — 17 mi
  Towering sandstone cliffs that glow like fire at sunset

More markers nearby

• Sheltlar Wagon — 2.8 mi
• Stanworth Home — 2.8 mi
• Hurricane Pioneers — 3.0 mi
• Birth of Hurricane — 3.0 mi