Kanab Day 2 with videos

Kanab "Utah's Little Hollywood"

 When films get shot there is a need for movie stars and extras. 

Becky's family has mentioned a few films that included some Judds!

The Desporadoes filmed in 1943

Billy the Kid 1941

Welcome to Kanab. Becky's dad grew up here!

 November 1st

DAY 1

Travel from Palms Springs Airport to Phonex then 2nd flight to St George Utah.

Landing in St George was interesting at the airport is on a butte. The plane shakes as a result of therms created surrounding the airport and shakes the plane a bit. 

Once there we rented a car and drove about 81 miles to arrive in Kanab.

 Looking forward to sharing some of the sites and cool things we get to see and do over 

the next 2 days. 

On Becky's lwhat to see ist: (not in this order)

Mogul cave shop 4581 us 89 Kanab

Zion thru Springdale

Grandparents place 174 n 100 s main st Kanab

E 300 cemetary

Kanab heritage house 115 s main St

Little Hollywood museum and BBQ

297 w center st Kanab

Movies grandparents, cousins and Dad K Dean may have been extras in… The desperadoes. 1943

Billy the kid 1941

Breakfast coffee shop jokey Leigh's Cafe center st (sunday)

First stop was checking into our hotel The Parry Lodge.

https://parrylodge.com/

https://images.app.goo.gl/LyKeqdm4PUKrFoG17

https://www.kanabmuseum.org/history.html

 

About Kanab

About Kanab City

Kanab is the commercial center of a large farming, ranching and recreational community. 

The city of Kanab, county seat of Kane County, is often called "Little Hollywood" because of its 

film-making history over the years.

This town of 4,300 sits at the hub of the southwest's national parks and offers exciting vacation opportunities 

year round. Kanab is located 7 miles north of the Arizona border on U.S. Alternate 89, and is centrally located between

 Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Denver, CO and Salt Lake City, UT.

Kanab is surrounded by a variety of western geologic scenery ranging from coral pink cliffs and sand dunes, 

volcanic craters and lava flows to deep canyons, majestic mountains and plains. 

The natural beauty and consistently good weather of the Kanab area has made it a popular place to visit.

 Kanab is considered a popular hub location for visits to Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon National Parks, 

Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument and Lake Powell NRA (National Recreational Area). 

Other close-by national monuments and colorful state parks make Kanab a natural center with quality 

services for a week-end-get-away or an extended vacation to experience these exciting destinations and 

typical "Southwestern" recreational activities.

History
Named for a Paiute word meaning "place of the willows," Kanab was settled in 1864 when 

Fort Kanab was built on the east bank of Kanab Creek for defense against the Indians and as a 

base for the exploration of the area. Indian attacks forced the abandonment of the fort in 1866. In 1870, ten 

Mormon families moved into the fort and began to establish the present town. That same year Brigham Young, 

Prophet and President of the Mormon church, visited the area twice, making suggestions and supervising the town 

planning.

For many years Kanab was one of the most isolated cities in the nation. It was cut off from the east by the Colorado 

River and could only be reached with difficulty by rough dirt roads stretching over the rough terrain of the Arizona 

Strip west toward Las Vegas, NV. A twenty three mile journey north to Orderville, UT took nearly four days. 

Perhaps this isolation is why Zane Gray lived in the town while writing his Riders of the Purple Sage in 1912. 

Today, Kanab is a scenic tourist town with a friendly western spirit where tens of thousands of tourists stop to enjoy 

the "Old West" quality of life each year. The history in Kanab comes alive in the architecture of the old homes and 

buildings of the community.

For more Kanab, Utah facts, points of interest and visitor information, visit our Tourism website.