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

Education

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, February 23, 2025

1. Education Marker

Inscription. The pioneers who settled in this valley circled their wagons and set up their original encampment on this site. In addition to laying out the city and beginning work on an irrigation system, educating the children began as soon as they arrived. These determined pioneers valued education so much that they built schools before they built homes and did their best to provide basic education for the children despite the primitive conditions.

This bronze statue depicts a teacher sitting beside a wagon wheel, listening to a young girl reading while a boy studies using a slate board.

Pioneer Classroom - 1998
Artist L'Deane Trueblood

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 37° 6.244′ N, 113° 33.924′ W. Marker is in St. George, Utah, in Washington County. It can be reached from East 300 North. Located in the Heritage Cove just east of the Utah Tech University Gardner Student Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 975 E 300 N, Saint George UT 84770, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in Color Country. It is also in the American Southwest,

in the Mountain West,

and on the 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: The Name “Dixie” (here, next to this marker); Manifest Destiny (a few steps from this marker); First Peoples (a few steps from this marker); Dixie Pioneers (a few steps from this marker); Struggle to Thrive (a few steps from this marker); Poetry and Music (a few steps from this marker); University Growth (a few steps from this marker); Black Ridge and Sugarloaf (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. George.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, February 23, 2025

2. Education Marker

Heritage Cove Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, February 23, 2025

3. Heritage Cove Entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 23, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.