Site 9 – The Stairs and “The Cuts” 

Footnotes

[1] Hinshaw, T. E. and Joy, C.L.  “The Cut Big Cottonwood Canon Utah.” Stereoscope Card.  Salt Lake City, Utah:  T. E. Hinshaw & C.L. Joy Scenic Photographers, n.d.  From The Utah Historical Society, The Robert D. Huish Stereograph Collection, 1890s-1930s.  (Mss_C_1436_Box 1, _No. 22).

[2]  James D. Moyle, Remembrances, (Weber State College Press, 1982), 108.

[3} MIA stands for Mutal Improvement Association.  It was an organization within the Mormon Church for young women.  The MIA Girls Home, their summer camp, was a large, log lodge.  The original lodge burned and a new one was built at the same location.

[4] Compiled by Alice Edvalson, Brighton, A Special That Stays in Your Heart Forever, (Alice Edvalson, 1990), 3-4.

[5]Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), “Packard Carries Visiting Society Belles to Scenic Haunts.”  July 1, 1922.  From Newspapers.com (accessed June 14, 2026).

[6] Charles L. Keller, The Lady in the Ore Bucket, (The University of Utah Press, 2001), 243.

[7] Ibid.

[8] Ibid., p. 218.

[9]Ibid., p. 249.

[10] Johnson, Max. “1895 Cut Looking Upcanyon.”  Photograph.  Brighton, Utah, May 7, 2025.  From Big Cottonwood Canyon Historical Society.  Accessed June 14, 2026.

[11] Johnson, Max. “1916 Cut Looking Upcanyon.”  Photograph.  Brighton, Utah, May 7, 2025.  From Big Cottonwood Canyon Historical Society.  Accessed June 14, 2026.

[12]Salt Lake Tribune. “Scene in Big Cottonwood Canyon Above the Stairs at “Devil’s Gate.”  Advertisement for Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company.  August 5, 1906. p. 30. From Newspapers.com (Accessed June 14, 2026).

[13] Shipler, Harry.  “In Big Cottonwood Canyon at Bridge.”  Photograph. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10, 1910.  From Utah State Historical Society: Mss C 275; Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection. Shipler # 10526. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=525482&hl=shipler%20in%20big%20cottonwood%20canyon%20at%20bridge/ (Accessed June 14, 2026).

[14] “Reservoir From Northeast End, Dam and Entrance to Drain Tunnel On The Left.”  Photograph. Supplement to Engineering News, October 1, 1896.

[15] Shipler, Harry.  “In Big Cottonwood Canyon, Going up to Cut.”  Photograph. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10, 1910.  From Utah State Historical Society: Mss C 275; Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection.  Shipler # 10527.  https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=525597&hl=in%20big%20cottonwood%20canyon%20going%20up%20the%20cut/ (Accesssed June 14, 2026).

[16] “Knox Tractors to Haul in Big Cottonwood,” Salt Lake Mining Review, October 15, 1916. Vol. 18, No. 13, p. 23. Used with permission from The Colorado College of Mines.  Accessed June 15, 2026.

[17] Shipler, Harry.  “Bingham Stage Line Company, Cadillac Buses in Cottonwood Canyon.” Photograph. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 29, 1926.  From Utah State Historical Society: Mss C 275; Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection.  Photo Number: 25153.  https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=541476&hl=25153/ (Accessed June 14, 2026).