John Jarvie lived here for about 29 years, suppling himself with water and food, and his neighbors with supplies at his store. It is a marvelous location on the remote Green River. Though I guess it wasn't as remote at the time. It was on one of the routes to get from Vernal to Green River Wy as it went through the relatively tame Brown's park area to cross the river.
The dugout they lived in to begin with hasn't changed much in a hundred years.
The water wheel he built to provide irrigation water for himself and ranchers up to two miles further down river has been rebuilt.
The old store has been restored and stocked with items he might have had on hand. They say the Wild Bunch of Butch Cassidy and associates hung out in the area and frequented the store and were on good terms with Mr Jarvie.
He was killed by some vagrants passing through for the money in his safe (which apparently wasn't much).
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