Richard Dallin Westwood: Sheriff and Ferryman of Early Grand County BY JEAN M. WESTWOOD
twenty-six years old, left Mount Pleasant, Utah, bound for Moab, a settlement in the far eastern edge of what was then Emery County. He was looking for a piece of farm land on which he could build a home for himself, his young wife, Martha, and their baby daughter, Mary Ellen. It was just ten years since the first permanent settlers had moved into "Spanish Valley" by the Grand (Colorado) River in the southeast part of the territory. The valley had long been part of western history. O N
FEBRUARY I7, I889, R I C H A R D DALLIN W E S T W O O D ,
Mrs. Westwood lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Above: Richard Dallin Westwood, ca. 1888. All photographs accompanying this article are courtesy of the author.
