In the late 1800s, travelers bound for Kanab or Panguitch often accompanied the mail carrier, first on horseback and later in his two-wheeled mailcart. Ned Walker became closely associated with the route and its deep sand, taking new paths through the sagebrush every other day so his horses could cross more easily, though the rough travel gave passengers a punishing ride unless they walked to lighten the load. Although the Highway 89 corridor through Glendale is now a main route between Salt Lake City and Kanab, it was useless for all vehicles except light horse-drawn carriages until it was improved in 1922. South of Glendale, deep red sands in the area then called the Sand or Sand Hill severely limited travel, so nineteenth-century travelers turned east at Glendale, crossed the Glendale Bench and Skutumpah, went through Johnson Canyon, and then backtracked to Kanab, traveling 50 miles to go 20 because it was better than facing the sands.