Originally Stone's Ferry was a Colorado River crossing at the mouth of the Virgin River between the Virgin River and
Muddy River settlements of the Mormons in
Pah-Ute County, Arizona and the rest of
Arizona Territory by a road southward to the mines at
Chloride,
Mineral Park and
Cerbat and to the
Hardyville -
Prescott Road. It was informal, using boats that were left there for that necessity up until after the time
Brigham Young visited the Muddy and Virgin River settlements in 1870. The salt was used to process their silver ore. When the Mormon colonists voted to abandon their settlements in the Muddy and Virgin valleys in 1870, Daniel Bonelli of
St. Thomas, was the only one who voted no, and remained. He moved his family, acquired the ferry boat and established a commercial ferry boat service at Stone's Ferry, at first located 6 miles down river from the mouth of the Virgin. ==Site today==