Llewellyn Canyon from: Utah Place Names LLEWELLYN CANYON (Kane County) originates in the Straight Cliffs of the Kaiparowits Plateau. It drains southeast into Mudholes Canyon. See Llewellyn Gulch and Harris Wash below for name source. >S7,T40S,R7E,SLM (at head). LLEWELLYN GULCH (Kane County) originates near the southern end of the Kaiparowits Plateau and drains east into the Colorado River. Llewellyn Harris, an Indian scout who lived in Escalante*, established a homestead at the head of Harris Wash. >S16,T42S,R9E,SLM. Bibliography: Alvey, Edson. "Place Names in the Escalante Area." Typescript. Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982. Woolsey, Nethella Griffin, comp. Escalante Story. Springville, UT: Art City Publishing, Co., 1964. HARRIS WASH (Garfield County) originates at Tenmile Spring at the mouth of Alvey Wash and drains southeast into the Escalante River. Thompson of the Powell survey called it Rocky Gulch or False Creek. Jimmy Llewellyn Harris had a homestead at the head of the wash where he ran his cattle. Today, with its wilderness canyon and numerous natural bridges and windows, it is a famous backpacking area. See Alvey Wash below. >S15,T36S,R4E,SLM (head of wash). Bibliography: Utah Historical Quarterly. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society. (v1). Woolsey, Nethella Griffin, comp. Escalante Story. Springville, UT: Art City Publishing, Co., 1964. ALVEY WASH (Garfield County) originates on the southeast slopes of Death Ridge at the north end of the Kaiparowits Plateau. It drains to the north northeast to Escalante* then southeast into Harris Wash. Today the middle section of Alvey Wash is called Tenmile Wash and the lower section is called Harris Wash. Alvey Wash was named after William Alvey, an initial settler who grazed horses along the upper reaches of the wash. Alvey Wash was one of the first places to be named by members of the Powell Survey. >S20,28,T37S,R2E,SLM to S15,T36S,R4E,SLM. Bibliography: Alvey, Edson. "Place Names in the Escalante Area." Typescript. Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982. Woolsey, Nethella Griffin, comp. Escalante Story. Springville, UT: Art City Publishing, Co., 1964. EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS... 1. An asterisk (*) following a place name indicates past or present inhabitation. 2. When a series of letters and numbers are present towards the end of an entry after the ">" symbol, the first group indicates section/township/range as closely as can be pinpointed (i.e., S12,T3S,R4W,SLM, or USM). A section equals approximately one square mile, reflecting U.S. Geological Survey topographic map sections. Because Utah is not completely mapped, some entries are incomplete. In this case, whatever information is available will be provided. The second group, when present, is altitude in feet followed by meters in parentheses [i.e., 6,000' (1,829m)]. Altitude is not included with canyons or deserts with varying altitudes. _____________________________________________________________________ SOURCE... Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah. University of Utah Press, 1990. AUTHOR... Van Cott, John W. USE RESTRICTIONS... The contents of this article may be repurposed for non-commercial, non-profit, educational use. _____________________________________________________________________ Distributed by the Utah Education Network eMedia service: http://www.uen.org/emedia Original digital conversion by UCME: Utah Collections Multimedia Encyclopedia project: http://www.uen.org/ucme File ID = t_003514 A softbound copy of the original book may be purchased online from the University of Utah Press at: http://www.uofupress.com Page 1.