| 词条 | Simpson Springs |
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DescriptionThe springs are located about {{convert|13|mi|km}} south of Dugway and about {{convert|19|mi|km}} west of the town Vernon, on the southeastern corner of the Dugway Proving Ground.[1] The site lies on the Simpson Springs Road portion of the historic Pony Express Trail[2] and is situated Simpson Springs lies at an elevation of about {{convert|5100|ft|m}}[1] on a bajada of the northwest flank of the Simpson Mountains, on the eastern edge of Dugway Valley,[3] and has long been a water source on the trail west from Salt Lake City across the desert regions. (The Simpson Buttes lie a few miles to the west within the Dugway Proving Ground.) The Bureau of Land Management maintains a campground in the area.[4] HistoryThe site was undoubtedly used by Native Americans and possibly the Fremont Indian cultures due to its good water supply. The old river bed several miles west has provided evidence of indigenous activity.[5][6] The springs were first called Egan Spring for explorer Howard Egan, but renamed Simpson Springs for Captain James H. Simpson following his work to establish a military mail route to California in 1858.[7][5][8] Simpson Springs was established as an Overland Mail station by George Chorpenning for mule train connection between Salt Lake City and Sacramento.[5] It later became an important Pony Express, Overland Stage, and later, Wells Fargo stations on the trail through Utah desert. The station was discontinued after completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. It continued to be used for local freight between Fairfield and Ibapah into the 1890s.[5] The location was used as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In January 1942, the U.S. military established Dugway Proving Ground in the area, which was occupied by military personnel through World War II.[5] The existing building on the site was built by the Future Farmers of America as a replica in 1975.[5] Simpson Springs gained national attention 2009 in connection with suspicious circumstances involving the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell in December of that year. She was last seen alive on the 6th and her husband, Joshua Powell, reported that later the same night (shortly after midnight) he had taken his two young sons camping at Simpson Springs and left her sleeping at their house in West Valley City, Utah. Law enforcement searched the Simpson Springs area later that week, but did not find anything. Susan has not been seen since, nor have her remains been found.[9] (Fourteen months later, on February 5, 2012, Josh Powell and his two sons were killed in an apparent murder–suicide in Graham, Washington.)[10] See also{{portal|Utah}}
References1. ^1 2 {{cite gnis|1432479|Simpson Springs}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/research/StatePages/PDFs/Utah/utah_6.pdf|last=Berge|first=Dale R.|title=Simpson Springs Station: Historical Archaeology in Western Utah|work=Cultural Resource Series No. 6|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|format=PDF|year=1980|accessdate=1 Oct 2010|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018083109/https://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/research/StatePages/PDFs/Utah/utah_6.pdf|archivedate=18 October 2011|via=web.archive.org}} 3. ^{{cite map|url=http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=40.0357&lon=-112.7827&z=14|title=MyTopo Maps - Simpson Springs, Utah, USA|website=mytopo.com|publisher=Trimble Navigation, Ltd.|accessdate=16 Feb 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.blm.gov/visit/search-details/202202/1|title=Simpson Springs Campground|website=blm.gov|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=17 Feb 2018}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/camping/simspson_springs/history_of_simpson.html|title=History of Simpson Springs|website=blm.gov|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|deadurl=yes|accessdate=17 Feb 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107092624/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/camping/simspson_springs/history_of_simpson.html|archivedate=2016-11-07|via=web.archive.org|df=}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://americantalesandtrails.com/history/pony-express-trail-exploration-part-vii-simpson-springs|title=Pony Express Trail Exploration Part VII: Simpson Springs|last=Jessop|first=Jaromy|website=americantalesandtrails.com|date=30 Jul 2010|accessdate=1 Oct 2011}} 7. ^{{cite book|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation|last=Van Cott|first=John W.|publisher=University of Utah Press|location=Salt Lake City|page=342|year=1990|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/poex/planyourvisit/site8.htm|title=Simpson Springs|website=nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=1 Oct 2011}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700222406/Timeline-of-events-surrounding-Josh-Powell-Susan-Cox-Powell.html|title=Detailed timeline of events surrounding Josh Powell, Susan Cox Powell|author=|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=5 Feb 2012|accessdate=17 Feb 2018}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700222406/Timeline-of-events-surrounding-Josh-Powell-Susan-Cox-Powell.html|title=Tragic end for family — Josh Powell's final act of control kills him, 2 sons: Powell is husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell|last1=Reavy|first1=Pat|last2=Fidel|first2=Steve|last3=Leonard|first3=Wendy|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=5 Feb 2012|accessdate=17 Feb 2018}} External links{{commons category|Simpson Springs (Utah)}}
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