This area was explored in 1862 by a group of men led by John and Charles Pulsipher, who were herding livestock owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[2] They drove the cattle from the St. George area as far north as Mountain Meadows, then explored much of the land lying south of the Escalante Desert.

Encouraged by the local Paiutes, the pioneers brought their families and organized a ranching community called Shoal Creek.

[4] A small fort was built here in 1866,[5] when the outbreak of the Black Hawk War caused widespread fear of Indian attacks.

[3] One of the former Clover Valley farmers named Orson Huntsman proposed to build a large reservoir on Shoal Creek, but the plan was controversial and received little support from his neighbors.

[8] On November 17, 1902, Hebron was severely damaged by an earthquake centered at Pine Valley, with an estimated magnitude of 6 and an intensity of VIII.