Capitol Reef Cultural Landscape Report

VEGETATION RELATED TO LAND USE (continued)
(Orchard Summaries)

Current Name: Jackson Orchard and Guy Smith Place

Other Name(s): Guy Place

Park Code: 0-03

Location: Approximately .4 miles east of the visitor center, between Sulphur Creek and south side of State Highway 24.

Tract: 3

Acres Cultivated:

Number of Trees: 243

Date Recorded: January 1992, March 1993

Jackson Orchard and Guy Smith Place

Historical Documentation:

Originally part of Elijah Behunin's homestead, these two adjoining orchards are located on land that was part of a 105-acre tract owned by Merin and Cora Smith (1930-1945). Guy Smith (Merin's brother) planted the original orchard but only farmed there several years before moving to California. [30] In 1940 as much as 5 acres was being farmed, all in orchard. Approximately .6 acres was lost to construction of State Highway 24 in 1962. In 1996, the west part of the Guy Smith Orchard was renamed in memory of Worthen and Kent Jackson; it contains a grove of young apple trees planted in recent years by Kent Jackson.

Historic Crops:

Peach (382)
Apple (22)

Current Crops:

(Guy Smith Place)
Peach (198)
Nectarine (17)
Apple (3)

(Jackson Orchard)
Apples (225)