The stories of Emery County, UT
8 narrated audio stories from across Emery County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Emery County
Water, Names, and the Making of Emery County
How water and settlement shaped a new Utah county in 1880.
Range Creek Canyon
The Canyon Saved by Being Kept Closed
How isolation helped preserve a rare Fremont landscape in eastern Utah.
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
Where the Predators Piled Up
A Jurassic bonebed that keeps asking one unsettling question.
Emery County
How Emery County Got Its Plainspoken Name
A territorial governor leaves his name on an east-central Utah county.
Emery County Courthouse
Where a County Seat Became Stone and Brick
How Castle Dale’s courthouse turned a political win into lasting architecture.
Emery County Courthouse
When a Rural County Built in Stone
A courthouse that declared Emery County’s sense of permanence.
Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel
Painted Giants of Buckhorn Wash
A roadside cliff face where ancient painted figures still command silence.
Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel
What the Buckhorn Figures Keep to Themselves
Towering rock art, and the limits of what archaeology can prove.
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