Today we took a ride back in time! We left St. George on old Hwy 91 up over Utah Hill going south. This is the old route we too back in the 1940-50's to get from Hurricane to Las Vegas or California. The old highway had a long hill that was only single lane! All traffic took this Gil! It is the heart if the Mojave Desert and in the summer was Britain. Car engines! Len is standing next to a man made cisterene that collected rain and spring water for travelers to replenish the water in the old canvas water bags that hung on the front of cars back then! This stop was at the top of the hill! There used to be a cafe and motel for travelers who got stranded there in the winter due to snow or whose cats overheate in the hot sun of summer!
I remember this stop as a very young child. We took this drive to remember and see the things locked in my memory! Many if the things are not there anymore but upon asking mo and dad about them I found my memories to be real. There used to be these square concrete things every so often all the way up the hill! Each concrete square about 4 feet square had a pipe that came out the front that road crews kept filled with water for overheating cars on the hill! We looked and looked for them but didn't find them, but they did exist! Not sure what this little cave was for! The entry was framed with concrete but now it is used for people to go to the bathroom it smells like! Yuck!
This is a top view of the old cistern.
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