Pipe Springs National Monument

An oasis in the desert Pipe Spring was set aside in 1923 by the U.S. Government as a National Monument. The area surrounding Pipe Spring was once inhabited by ancestral Puebloan Indians and more recently populated by a band of the Paiute Indian Tribe. These people were the first to be drawn here by the four springs in the immediate area.

Later, Mormon settlers, attracted by and grasslands and available water called Pipe Spring home and established a ranching operation. At one time the grass in the area was said to have grown "belly high to a horse." Today, visitors can tour the remains of this Mormon cattle ranch established in the late nineteenth century. A fully furnished historic fort, Winsor Castle, allows visitors to step back in time and relive Mormon pioneer life.