Toquerville Jail Rock

Early Toquerville never built a jail — it had a rock. Transgressors in the young settlement were chained to this boulder in the open; it was the community's only means of confinement. The arrangement probably worked less by iron than by embarrassment, since everyone in a village this small walked past. The stone outlasted the practice by a century and eventually collected a plaque where it once held prisoners — pioneer justice reduced to its plainest possible furniture.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hurricane Canal Trail — 5.2 mi
  The hand-dug canal that built Hurricane, now a walking trail blasted into the Virgin River gorge
• Grafton Ghost Town — 13 mi
  A photogenic ghost town used in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Zion National Park — 15 mi
  Towering sandstone cliffs that glow like fire at sunset
• Kolob Canyons — 15 mi
  The quiet, uncrowded back door to Zion National Park

More markers nearby

• Toquerville — steps away
• Toquerville Veterans Memorial — steps away
• The Southern Exploring Company — 3.7 mi
• Morris Wilson Memorial Park — 3.9 mi