IBAPAH

Ibapah is at the extreme west side of the county, near the head of Deep Creek. It was an early Pony Express station that was originally founded in 1859 by Mormon missionaries, who taught the local Indians modern methods of farming. The settlement was originally known as Deep Creek for the name of the creek where it was located. Later, Edward Ferguson suggested the present name of Ibapah, an anglicized form of the Goshute Indian word "Ai-bim-pa," which means "White Clay Water." The water is heavy with fine white clay particles.

John W. Van Cott