In May 1872, a party of nine men under direction of Almon H. Thompson left Kanab for the purpose of exploring the country between Kanab and the mouth of the Dirty Devil River.  Thomas
was a brother-in-law of Major John Wesley Powell, and was commissioned to do topography
and map-making, including affixing place names. The men followed Pine Creek to the
mountain, and then traveled eastward over and around its many rough ridges to the more
level top. They put the names Boulder Mountain and Boulder Creek on their map. Boulder is a cattle ranching community. Originally the ranches, ranging in size from the usual 160-acre homestead, to the 640 Desert Entries, spread southward from the foot of the mountain for about twenty miles. About seven miles to the west are five ranches that comprise the Salt Gulch section of the community. In recent years some places have been combined, as changes in the economy dictated. |
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