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| Utah (Washington County), Toquerville — In Honor of Chief Toquer | | | In early June 1854, eight members of the Southern Utah Indian Mission left Harmony to visit Toquer, chief of the Paiute Indian band living on lower Ash Creek. Chief Toquer's tribe referred to themselves as Paiute, Toquit, or Toquart Indians. They lived and cultivated a small piece of ground along Ash Creek in a small valley called Toquer, which means black in Paiute. Their homes were tents of leaves formed over a framework of cane and willows. In response to Chief Toquer's friendly reception, . . . — Map (db m59467) HM | | Utah (Washington County), Toquerville — Toquer — Old Jail Rock — 1860 | | |
Toquer
Old Jail Rock
1860
— Map (db m59466) HM | | Utah (Washington County), Toquerville — 81 — Toquerville | | | In 1854 President Brigham Young sent scouts to locate sites for settlement. Indians living here called it Toquer (Meaning Black). In 1858 eight families were sent from New Harmony to colonize here. They named it Toquerville, which became the county seat of Kane County. Its principal industries were cotton, cane, grapes and fruit. They built the first cotton-gin mill in Utah and the first furniture shop in Dixie. The building that held the mill still stands. — Map (db m59465) HM |
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