In 1910, Jack Chew settled his family at Pool Creek in Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument; 56 years later, his son sold the 1,900-acre ranch to the government

In 1910, Jack Chew was searching for a good home for both his family and his cattle. He found it at Pool Creek, within Dinosaur National Monument. The service describes the place as home to three generations of Chews and notes its critical water sources, good winter grazing and timber. According to the National Park Service, the family planted orchards and gardens and dug irrigation ditches, and the home sustained them for more than half a century. In 1966, Jack’s son, Rial Chew, sold the 1,900 acres of the ranch within the monument to the National Park Service.How did Pool Creek help a Utah family build its 1,900-acre ranchJack Chew was searching in 1910 for a good home for both his family and his cattle. The page says he found it in the area known as Pool Creek. It lists the site's location as Echo Park Road within Dinosaur National Monument and gives its significance as a historic site. The NPS describes the area as home to three generations of Chews. It states that Pool Creek was settled at a time and in a place where "self-reliance was as necessary as water". According to the page, the creek provided the raw materials the Chew family needed to build their future.Pool Creek offered the family critical water. These, alongside the other resources of the surrounding land, were the raw materials the Chews needed for the future they were building. The surrounding hills offered good winter grazing, which suited a family that had come in search of a home for its cattle. The hills also offered timber. The service says this timber was used for building homes, storage houses and fences, and for fires in the cold winter.How did the family sustain their Utah ranch for over half a centuryThe Chew family planted orchards and gardens during their time at Pool Creek. The page states that they also dug irrigation ditches, which it lists alongside the planting of orchards and gardens. The result of hard work and nature's support. According to the page, the family made a home that sustained them for more than half a century. This is the length of time the service gives for the family's life at Pool Creek.Jack's son, Rial Chew, sold the 1,900 acres of the ranch within Dinosaur National Monument to the National Park Service in 1966. The page states this as the final event in its account of the Chew family at Pool Creek. The NPS page presents the story as running from Jack Chew's search for a home in 1910 to Rial Chew's sale in 1966.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.