The Manchester Ship Canal tragedy that saw six men killed in horror explosion remembered
The Bob s Ferry disaster occurred on Manchester Ship Canal 51 years ago today
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Manchester Ship Canal, at Latchford Lock, Manchester, in 1970 (Image: Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives)
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Lost and hungry scouts: A Mormon Christmas story
Durango, Colorado Currently Sat Lost and hungry scouts: A Mormon Christmas story
During the Christmas season of 1879, four Mormon scouts navigated the treacherous canyons of Utah to establish Bluff
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 11:03 AM Looking southeast from the top of Cedar Mesa, Comb Ridge stretches off to the south as a formidable barrier to the Hole-in-the-Rock Expedition, which had to cross the sandstone ridge to start a village settlement at Bluff, Utah. Courtesy of Andrew Gulliford On a cold winter day, Mule Canyon looks like a formidable adversary to any kind of travel by horse or wagon. Settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints had to find a way through these Cedar Mesa canyons to arrive at the San Juan River.