Painting #1-THE SURVEY

In 1900, a colony of pioneers under the leadership of LDS Apostle Abraham O. Woodruff arrived in North Big Horn Basin with the purpose of building a canal and establishing Latter-day Saint communities. The canal, later named The Sidon, was planned to irrigate 14,000 to 17,000 acres of farmland.  The survey found that two miles below the head of the canal a large rock lay across the right-of-way. Removal of the rock was necessary to maintain the established grade