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

Pioneer Gratitude

Claron Bradshaw Family

— Sponsor —

Pioneer Gratitude Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 28, 2012

1. Pioneer Gratitude Marker

Inscription. When Claron Bradshaw was asked by the Heritage Park Foundation Committee if he would sponsor the expense of casting the “Pioneer Gratitude” statue in bronze and placing it on the monument in the park, he responded –
“I Appreciate My Dixie Pioneer
Heritage! I Will Do It!” Claron is the grandson of Ira Elsey Bradshaw and Marian Hinton Bradshaw who built the first permanent home in Hurricane. When Hurricane City was colonized in 1906, they moved down from Virgin City and lived in this home. The Bradshaws let the community use their front room for school, social, and religious services until other facilities were built. The home was also used as a hotel for many years.

Claron’s father, Sherwin was born December 29, 1905 in Virgin City and came with his folks to Hurricane in 1906. His mother, Maree Wood Bradshaw was born in Cedar City, Utah which her progenitors helped colonize.

The historic Bradshaw home still stands on the southwest corner of the block across the street east from the Heritage Park.

Erected by Claron Bradshaw Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed

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in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1813.

Location. 37° 10.574′ N, 113° 17.309′ W. Marker is in Hurricane, Utah, in Washington County. It can be reached from West State Street. Marker is in Hurricane Valley Pioneer Heritage Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 35 West State Street, Hurricane UT 84737, 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: Dixie Peddler Wagons (here, next to this marker); Historic Kolob Mountain (a few steps from this marker); Survival in Utah’s Dixie (a few steps from this marker); The Town Named After a Buggy Incident (a few steps from this marker); Smith Mesa

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 28, 2012

2. Pioneer Gratitude Marker

(a few steps from this marker); Many Came by Handcart (a few steps from this marker); Early Day Wood Beam Walking Hand Plow (a few steps from this marker); The Roads to Utah’s Dixie (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hurricane.

"Pioneer Gratitude" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 28, 2012

3. "Pioneer Gratitude"

Bradshaw House/Hotel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 12, 2014

4. Bradshaw House/Hotel

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 779 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 10, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 4. submitted on June 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.