Capitol Reef Cultural Landscape Report

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

Current Name: Gifford Farm

Other Name(s): N/A

Park Code: N/A

Location: Located 1.2 miles east of the visitor center, on the south side of the Scenic Drive.

Tract: 4

Acres Cultivated:

Number of Trees: 38

Date Recorded: November 1991, March 1993

Gifford Farm

Historical Documentation:

This land was originally part of the Nels Johnson homestead. Cal Pendleton pieced several parcels of land together that he and/or his wife Susannah acquired between 1898 and 1915. His improvements included constructing an extensive length of rock walls, house, barn, and smoke house prior to selling the land to Jorgen Jorgensen in 1919. [34] Jorgensen sold 45 acres to son-in-law Dewey Gifford in 1929. In the 1930s, Gifford planted corn and alfalfa in the area adjacent to the barn. Fruit trees were scattered throughout the property. Documentation indicates that in 1940, 3.8 acres were farmed with 3 acres in orchard.

Historic Crops:

Alfalfa
Corn
Apricot (92)
Peach (15)
Pear (15)
Apple (15)
Cherry (1)
English walnut (1)
Quince (1)
Plum (1)

Current Crops:

Pasture grass
Apple (9)
Red Delicious
Yellow Delicious
unknown varieties (3)
Apricot (23)
Pear (5)
Quince (1)