Browse freeway exit sign

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BROWSE, UTAH

Browse is an unincorporated area of Washington County. The area is mainly used by ranchers to graze cattle.


LOCATION

37° 15' 22" North Latitude,   113° 21' 38" West Longitude
37.256° North Latitude,   113.361° West Longitude

Around Exit 30 of Interstate 15.


HISTORY

The name for the area, Browse, may have come about because of a research program by the Forest Service around 1933. They began a "Browse" plant study to determine the use of Browse plants by browsing animals.


PHOTOS

TBD


REFERENCES

Wikipedia article about Browse