John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM)

A Bureau of Land Management historic ranch in Browns Park on the Green River, once a frontier store, ferry, and post office.

Browns Park Rd, Dutch John, UT 84023 · Dutch John, UT

About John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM)

This BLM-managed ranch in Browns Park preserves a frontier trading post that John Jarvie, a Scottish immigrant, founded along the Green River in 1880. Jarvie picked the spot because of a natural river crossing used by Native peoples, trappers, and travelers. At its peak the operation included a store, post office, river ferry, and cemetery. Visitors can tour a stone house museum, a dugout home the Jarvies first lived in, a blacksmith shop, a corral, and a replica general store with period artifacts. The area also has a history of outlaws who hid out in the region. Nearby campgrounds and river access points serve floaters and anglers.

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#frontier history
#Green River
#Browns Park
#outlaw history

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