Nine Mile Canyon, located north of Price, Utah is actually nearly 50 miles in length and is accessed by a paved highway through the wandering canyon bottom ranch country. Nine Mile contains 63 sites including 40 Fremont constructions, 19 rock art sites, and 4 sets of historical-era dwellings. Nine Mile Road was constructed through the canyon in 1886 by the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. Use of the road surged in 1889 after the discovery of Gilsonite in the Uinta Basin. This was the main transportation route in eastern Utah until well into the 20th century. Most of the stagecoach, mail, freight, and telegraph traffic into the Uinta Basin passed through Nine Mile until after the arrival of the Uintah Railway around 1905. All of these sites are now abandoned and the byway is now access to present day ranch property and self-guided sites for petroglyph viewing and picnicing. In 2004, due to concerns about energy development and increasing
recreational and tourist traffic, Nine Mile Canyon was named on the National
Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's Most Endangered Places.
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