Washington in Washington County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Washington Cotton Factory

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 21, 2007

1. Washington Cotton Factory Marker

Inscription. Built 1865-1870 on orders from Brigham Young. Appleton Harmon supervised construction. Center of Dixie “Cotton Mission”. Operated as a co-operative business and briefly under private lease until c. 1900

Erected by Utah State Historical Society. (Marker Number M-21.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 37° 7.753′ N, 113° 30.943′ W. Marker is in Washington, Utah, in Washington County. It can be reached from West Telegraph Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 385 W Telegraph Street, Washington UT 84780, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Color Country. It is also in the American Southwest,

in the Mountain West,

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: ZCMI Co-op Building 1875–1921 (a few steps from this marker); Washington City 1857 (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Telegraph Street / Millcreek Mills (about 700 feet away); ZCMI Co-op Building (approx. ¼ mile away); Relief Society Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Thomas W. Smith's Corn Cracker & Grist Millstone (approx. ¼ mile away); Prominent Pioneer Men and Women Who Helped Settle Washington City (approx. 0.3 miles

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away); a different marker also named Washington Cotton Factory (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 21, 2007

2. Washington Cotton Factory Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,346 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.