This home was built around 1913 for Dr. Pike a local pharmacist, by Albert E Miller. It was constructed of adobe brick and has a heavy lava rock foundation. It has recently been restored and beautified. — — Map (db m266904) HM
Water—the lack of it and too much of it—was the greatest challenge to Dixie’s early Mormon settlers. When the original company of families entered the St. George valley late in 1861, they had little more than two small springs to reply . . . — — Map (db m1395) HM
Anthony W. Ivins was a prominent church and civic leader in early St. George. He served twice in the presidency of the St. George Stake and Mayor of the city from 1890-1894. In 1893 he was elected as a Washington County Representative to the Utah . . . — — Map (db m266861) HM
Pendleton was called by Brigham Young to come to Dixie as the community blacksmith. He began constructing the home by mixing his own adobe on the site where Dixie College now stands, using only a three brick mold. Bricks were laboriously made three . . . — — Map (db m266909) HM
The house behind the store was built in 1876 by William Oscar Bentley. It was sold in the early 1900's to Thomas Judd, who attached a mercantile to the dining room. The Judd family owned and operated the store from 1911 until it was purchased and . . . — — Map (db m59310) HM
Money was a rare commodity so church members paid their ten percent tithe in kind - eggs, butter, chickens, etc. Distribution of the tithes was overseen by bishop James McArthur. In 1924 the store house was closed when cash for tithings was . . . — — Map (db m266933) HM
"Our D on the hillside so bold / Cherished emblem of them all / Remember and never forgetting / We'll answer to the call."- From the Dixie College Song, by A.K. Hafen
School Spirit
The white "Dixie on the Sugarloaf and the "D" on . . . — — Map (db m266848) HM
Numerous petroglyphs are the only record of the original settlers of this area, the Anasazi and Paiute Indians. In January 1858 a small Mormon pioneer group was sent south from Salt Lake City to raise cotton. The pioneers settled the east side of . . . — — Map (db m59015) HM
Brigham Young was prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 30 years. During those three decades he directed the establishment of more than three hundred communities throughout the American West. It was "Brother . . . — — Map (db m59229) HM
The original portion of this home was begun in 1860 and completed in 1871. When Brigham Young purchased it he added the front addition which was completed in 1873. It served as his winter home from that time until his death in 1877. — — Map (db m59181) HM
Near this spot, in the fall of 1859, Brigham Young statesman and leader of the
Mormon people, silently gazed at Pine Valley Mountain, and then the valley and
hills of black lava and vermilion rock before him. He saw in vision a . . . — — Map (db m241415) HM
The house was built in 1916 by Joe Burgess. He hauled lava rock from the nearby black hill for the foundation stones and constructed the home out of formed cement blocks made by lime canfield. These formed cement blocks became popular in the early . . . — — Map (db m59202) HM
In November 1849 a little-known expedition was sent by Brigham Young to explore southern Utah for possible future settlement. This fifty-man party was led by Apostle Parley P. Pratt.
On Tuesday, January 1, 1850, twenty horse-mounted . . . — — Map (db m241342) HM
Early in 1862, the proposed city of St. George was surveyed, and lots were platted. Numbers were drawn from a hat to determine the distribution of the lots. On March 2, families packed and prepared to move from the original encampment. Those . . . — — Map (db m266851) HM
On this site stood the D.A. McGregor Hospital. Opened in 1913 by its namesake, it was the only hospital in Utah, south of Salt Lake City. D.A. McGregor, M.D., F.A.C.S. was joined by his sons A.W. McGregor, M.D. and L.W. McGregor, M.D. in 1936. His . . . — — Map (db m266855) HM
These grassy fields at Town Square, often referred to as the Historic Parade Grounds, have been an integral part of the community fabric of St. George since the arrival of Mormon Pioneer settlers in 1861. Various holiday, civic and community . . . — — Map (db m266924) HM
Daniel Duncan McArthur was called in 1861 by Brigham Young to help establish a settlement in the harsh climate of Southern Utah. It was called the Southern Utah Cotton Mission. He was a nature leader and held many prominent civic and Church . . . — — Map (db m266913) HM
Across the street west, and 2 blocks south of here, stands the building originally known as the St. George Academy. After the turn of the century Southern Utah citizens realized a great need for higher education in this isolated corner of the state. . . . — — Map (db m1392) HM
Dixie Academy was constructed to provide advanced courses of study. The St. George Stake Academy officially began in 1888 and moved into this building in 1911. A four year program was recognized as two years of senior high school and two years of . . . — — Map (db m1462) HM
In Memory of the Dixie Pioneers who were sent by President Brigham Young to colonize this section of territory. Fort Harmony was built in 1852. Treaties were made with the Indians and other settlements started where conditions were favorable. When . . . — — Map (db m1396) HM
Shortly after visiting the little village of Tonaquint in May of 1861, Brigham Young, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, stopped his party, gazed north toward the peaceful valley and proclaimed "there will yet be . . . — — Map (db m266846) HM
"Something about digging essentially with your bare hands until you find pools of water in a barren desert changes you for the better, especially when your motive for digging is to help and cooperate with your neighbor."- Orval Hafen . . . — — Map (db m266849) HM
Constructed by Israel Ivins, the community's first medical doctor. This home had at the rear, a little shop which served as a drugstore that provided medicine and remedies for the embryonic town. — — Map (db m266860) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m266839) HM
Built in 1911, the builders include: Charlie Whipple, Johnnie Pymm, and Sherman Hardy. In 1930 the theatre was taken over and remodeled by R.M. Reber. The Electric Theatre was totally renovated in 1991 by R.M. Reber. — — Map (db m266930) HM
Erastus Snow was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1818. He entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 21, 1847, in advance of the first company of Mormon Pioneers. He was ordained an Apostle, at the age of thirty. As a missionary for the Church of Jesus . . . — — Map (db m59168) HM
On this site in 1867, Erastus Snow began construction on a four-story, adobe home which later became known as the "Big House." Snow, an LDS apostle, was the presiding Mormon leader during the colonization of St. George. The "Big House" was an . . . — — Map (db m59233) HM
"Our people have been here from time immemorial. We know the land. This is our home. We are tied to this earth."- Karma Grayman, Shivwits Paiute
Ancestral
This is the ancestral home of the Nung'wu, or Southern Paiutes, a . . . — — Map (db m266842) HM
St. George Town Square is central to the story of education in Utah's Dixie-a nickname, a term of endearment and identity - so named because Washington County was considered ideal for growing cotton and other warm-weather crops. Town Square was . . . — — Map (db m266925) HM
This structure, built by St. George's first horticulturist J.E. Johnson in 1863, for use as a meeting place for the club, was never used as a residence. — — Map (db m59238) HM
Built just five years after St. George was settled, the Gardeners’ Club Hall is considered to be the oldest public building standing in the city. This small, unassuming adobe building predates the courthouse, the Tabernacle and the Temple by several . . . — — Map (db m1385) HM
The first ladies co-op was founded on this property by Mary Ann Gardner, the third wife of Robert Gardner, first mayor and bishop of St. George. Due to disunity caused by undercutting the town's men's mercantile prices, the co-op was disbanded and . . . — — Map (db m266905) HM
This property was one owned by Jacob Gates, the 2nd mayor of St. George. Whether he constructed the Victorian house during his ownership (1876-1890) or it was built a little later, about 1893, by Hector & Ella McQuarrie is not certain.
What is . . . — — Map (db m266859) HM
This monument honors, recognizes, and serves Gold Star Families and the legacy of their Loved Ones who have paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
The Homeland panel depicts the City of . . . — — Map (db m266916) WM
A smaller house built in 1890 on this site dates the mulberry trees that surround
this present home. Built by Emma Packer Morris in 1901 it was constructed of
handmade adobe faced with red fired brick, a popular building method at the
time. The . . . — — Map (db m266902) HM
Built by Augustus Poore Hardy in 1871, this house, with classical Dixie dormers, has quite a history. Hardy was sheriff of St. George and was holding a man accused of murder. An armed group of vigilantes broke into the house and forced the keys from . . . — — Map (db m59235) HM
Horatio Pickett operated a lumber yard, furniture business and carpentry shop here. He worked on the Temple and Tabernacle, and was the first mortician in town. He also was a lawyer, justice of the peace, and school board member. For 30 years, . . . — — Map (db m266854) HM
In honor of our veterans and their families
Utah Tech University thanks those who have chosen to serve, honor, and protect
the Constitution of the United States of America.
“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely . . . — — Map (db m266853) WM
To your right, is the top portion of an iron pile driver. It was used to drive volcanic rock into the swampy ground to form the foundation for
the building of the St. George Temple. The pile driver was hoisted by animals using a rope and pulley . . . — — Map (db m240542) HM
The jail is a small one room building constructed from black lava rock gathered in the nearby foothills. The exact date of construction is not known, however, it is assumed to be built by Sheriff Hardy around 1880. Though used as a granary after the . . . — — Map (db m59270) HM
Known as the "Cattle Baron of So. Utah". He was pioneer Indian fighter, bishop, businessman, statesman and accomplished equestrian.
Manomas Lavnia Gibson Andrus: 1842-1940
At the time of her death she was the oldest living original 1847 . . . — — Map (db m298044) HM
In 1826 Jedediah Smith, searching for a route to California, entered what is now Washington County by crossing the black ridge north of here then following Ash Creek to the Virgin River. He followed the Virgin River through the Virgin River . . . — — Map (db m241351) HM
Dedicated to memory of
Clarence Amos Jones & Madaline Empey Jones.
Donated by their children Boyd Grant Jones and Sylvia Jones Chamberlain,
Wayne Hyrum Jones
to the Washington County Historical Society
This one room home, . . . — — Map (db m59222) HM
Juanita Brooks was born Juanita Leavitt on January 15, 1898 in Bunkerville, Nevada. She married Leonard Ernest Pulsipher in 1919, but was widowed upon his death 18 months later. Despite being widowed with an infant son at the age of 20, Juanita . . . — — Map (db m266911) HM
Joseph Judd, son of Thomas Judd, who built the store east of here, built this home in 1917. His family lived in the house until 1974. Joseph and his son Thomas operated the Judd Store while they lived here, and Thomas Judd still manages it for the . . . — — Map (db m59308) HM
As a widow Julia Roulet Graff contracted to have this home built during World War I (1914-1918). It was built in memory of her husband, Emil Graff who died at age 34 (1897). The home has high ceilings to keep the living area cooler. Outside doors . . . — — Map (db m266098) HM
"Once I lived in Cottonwood and owned a little farm / But I was called to Dixie / Which did me much alarm." - From the song "Once I lived in Cottonwood," by George A. Hicks
Explorers
The first Euro-Americans in today's Southern . . . — — Map (db m266841) HM
Monument to the Flood of 2005
Warm rain on recently-fallen snow in areas destroyed by wildfires during the summer of 2004 contributed greatly to the flood of January, 2005, which occurred along the Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers. Along . . . — — Map (db m241349) HM
The rock foundation of this home was built by George F. Whitehead and stood for one year before completion. There have never been any cracks in it due to this careful "curing process. Moses Andrus was a pioneer cattleman. — — Map (db m266883) HM
"They subdued the burning rocks and sweltering sand! And gave the name to Utah's Dixie Land!" - Andrew Karl Larson
Arriving
In the mid-1800s, after crossing the Great Plains, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day . . . — — Map (db m266840) HM
Antonio Armijo was a Spanish Mexican explorer and merchant who in 1829 and 1830 led an expedition to find a trade route between New Mexico and Los Angeles. This was the first trading expedition between New Mexico and Los Angeles. It was so . . . — — Map (db m241344) HM
Old Washington County Courthouse
Built 1866-1876
Architect: Unknown
Construction Supervised by Jacob Gates
Division of State History N-8 — — Map (db m240543) HM
Orson Pratt was one of two Latter-day Saint Apostles called by Brigham Young to lead the St. George colony in 1864. When Orson was called on a mission to Europe, the home passed to Richard Bentley. It was partially converted to a mercantile business . . . — — Map (db m59309) HM
The Orson Pratt House is the only remaining
house in Utah associated with Orson Pratt, one
of the most influential and important leaders
in the first half-century of the LDS Church,
noted mathematician, astronomer, scientist,
author, public . . . — — Map (db m298043) HM
St. George was designated as the county seat on January 14, 1883. This building was begun in 1866 and completed in 1876. It served the county government as offices. The 18-inch thick walls housed the jail in the basement and school was held upstairs . . . — — Map (db m59226) HM
St. George Social Hall c.1865
The St. George Social Hall was the first community center designed for social and religious events Located on Main Street just south of St. George Boulevard, it was the center of community life. When the Opera . . . — — Map (db m266096) HM
The seat of county government was originally established at Fort Harmony from 1856 until 1859. It was then moved to the city of Washington until 1863 when St. George became the County Seat. By 1866, work had begun on the Washington County . . . — — Map (db m250107) HM
Built in the 1880's by George Whitehead for his brother Erastus "Ras" Whitehead. The
foundation is lava rock. The walls are adobe brick hand made from straw clay and horsehair. Beams and wood structures are nailed with handmade square head nails. . . . — — Map (db m266858) HM
This red brick building completed in 1938 was financed by Mrs. Hortense McQuarrie Odlum to house pioneer relics. The addition was financed by Ferol McQuarrie Kincade in 1985. Daughters of Utah Pioneers volunteer their services as docents for the . . . — — Map (db m59224) HM
"We get sentimental whenever we hear the school songs of Dixie, or meet with the old gang..." From the song "Just For Now," by Roene DiFiore (Mrs. D)
Belonging
Music and poetry are essential components of Southern Utah culture. . . . — — Map (db m266845) HM
The original two-room rock house was built by George Brooks, Sr., 1877-78, of stone chips and irregular rocks from the cleanup of the Tabernacle and Temple yards where he worked as a stone mason. The locust tree in the front was planted as a . . . — — Map (db m257257) HM
Robert Gardiner, Jr. was one of the many early pioneers who helped settle Salt Lake City, St. George, and Pine Valley. Under the direction of Apostle Erastus Snow, Robert organized a survey crew, then cut, planed, and drove a cedar stake into the . . . — — Map (db m266929) HM
The Opera House served as the cultural center of the community from 1875 until the 1930s. The original "T" shaped building seated 300 persons. A mechanically adjustable sloping floor afforded an excellent view of the stage. — — Map (db m59093) HM
At a time of colonization, colonizors of the Dixie Cotton Mission were struggling to survive, their leaders planned a higher priority on culture. The Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, taught that “man is that he might have joy.” His successor Brigham . . . — — Map (db m1393) HM
In 1863, Orson Pratt, Amasa M. Lyman, erastus Snow, Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, laid the corner stones 18 months after pioneers arrived in St. George. Truman O. Angell, Sr. Architect. Miles Romney, Supt. of . . . — — Map (db m1388) HM
Less than a year after St. George was settled, residents were directed by Brigham Young to “build a building as soon as possible which would be commodious, substantial and well furnished with a seating capacity of 2,000.” The building, . . . — — Map (db m1387) HM
When the Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah, they had left behind 2 temples—one in Kirkland, Ohio, and one in Nauvoo, Illinois. Work began on a temple in Salt Lake City in 1853, but was delayed for various reasons. Desirous of having a temple . . . — — Map (db m1386) HM
The home was built between 1876-1888 and was continually occupied by the immediate family of Samuel Miles Jr. for a period of 116 years. After his death in 1921, the home was occupied by his daughter Louisa Miles Judd and her husband George until . . . — — Map (db m266903) HM
It is difficult to establish an exact date of construction of this building. It is one of a half-dozen structures built in St. George from leftover rock from the tabernacle during the 1860's. George Brooks is thought to have built the building, as . . . — — Map (db m59268) HM
This building had its birth as a saloon in Silver Reef in 1880. It moved to this location after the reef's boom days, and housed the Washington County News from 1898-1986. The first editor was John Wallis, who printed the paper until 1900. It has . . . — — Map (db m266907) HM
In the fall of 1849, Brigham Young formed the Southern Exploring Company led
by Parley P. Pratt. Through that winter the compnay of 50 men explored potential town sites and resources from Nephi to present day St. George as part of Young's plan . . . — — Map (db m241416) HM
Mormon Pioneers came to St. George in 1861 where they found rocks of many kinds for building purposes. After Brigham Young, President of the L.D.S. Church, advised them to erect a large meeting house, long layers of red sandstone ten inches thick . . . — — Map (db m59148) HM
"The people of St. George were determined to save their college because they knew that in the long run, education would help save them."- Bruce Hafen
Beginnings
In 1911, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded St. . . . — — Map (db m266843) HM
Brigham Young's purpose in building this tabernacle was to provide an ornament to the city. Its 3-foot thick basement walls of hand-cut limestone bear individual stone cutter marks. Roof trusses were hand-hewn and the twin spiral staircases with . . . — — Map (db m59271) HM
The Temple Trail
The temple trail is the route used from 1871 to 1877 to haul timber from Mt. Trumbull, Arizona, to St. George, Utah, for the building of the St. George LDS Temple. Pioneers traveled 80 miles along the rough, dirt road, . . . — — Map (db m265973) HM
Pioneer workmen transported basalt stone
blocks for construction of the Saint George
LDS Temple foundation by wagon over this
"Temple Quarry Trail".
Completion of the trailhead, archway, and
access to the trail has long . . . — — Map (db m59017) HM
Jacob Hamblin, pioneer. missionary and friend to the Indians, planted cottonseed in the fertile river bottoms near here in 1855. A settlement was established the next year called Tonaquint, after a local band of Indians that were located there. . . . — — Map (db m241414) HM
"With the strength and grit of a pioneer..."- From the Utah Tech Fight Song, by Ricky Valadez
Foundation
St. George Stake Academy opened on September 19, 1911. Originally operating as a high school, it soon added courses to train . . . — — Map (db m266847) HM
The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company after determining that sugar beet seed was a good cash crop, bought these grounds and started production that would last for nearly fifty years.
Sugar beets were planted in the fall in the Bloomington and Washington . . . — — Map (db m59221) HM
The first regularly scheduled overland passenger flight in the USA was made by Western Air Express on May 23, 1926, from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. This 50-foot concrete arrow was one of four here in the St. George area, placed every 10 miles, . . . — — Map (db m59016) HM
One of the most difficult challenges in the settlement of Bloomington, Price City and Atkinville in the late 1860's was taking water from the Virgin River and using the water to irrigate the various farm crops. After years of trying to find a . . . — — Map (db m240546) HM
Water is a critical resource in this desert region. When the original 300 families entered the St. George Valley in the late fall of 1861, they had
little more than two small springs, East and West, to rely on. From the day those indomitable . . . — — Map (db m266850) HM
Water was the key to developing the St. George area. No one was more important than
the person who managed the distribution of irrigation water for the fields. For over 40 years Rulon "Boots" Barney Cox served as Watermaster.
Everyone . . . — — Map (db m257256) HM
George F. Whitehead and his bride Esther Jane Morris moved into the original part of this house on their wedding day, November 22, 1883. George was a skilled builder and many pioneer structures in St. George bear his mark.
Edna Gloward, . . . — — Map (db m266856) HM
William Carter was a member of the Vanguard Company, the first group of saints to travel to what is now Utah in 1847. He cultivated land along the way so that crops could be planted for travelers who followed. Upon entering the Salt Lake Valley, he . . . — — Map (db m266910) HM
During construction of the St. George Temple, Brigham Young found the climate in this vicinity beneficial to his health, and decided to have a winter home built in St. George. On December 15, 1873, he arrived from the north and moved into his new . . . — — Map (db m59071) HM
When the first settlers arrived in St. George late in 1861, school was held in a wagon box, a tent, a willow shack, or whatever shelter could be improvised. By 1864, the first of four ward houses was completed. It was not until nearly the end of the . . . — — Map (db m1389) HM
With the arrival of the families in St. George, school began. A tent, slates and a few books served students in the 1st Central School. Later school was held in different private homes and public buildings until this permanent school was completed . . . — — Map (db m1390) HM
Built around 1873 by Edwin G. Woolley, this structure was one of the largest and finest in the city for that period. A prominent judge and merchant Woolley owned house until 1907 when he moved his family to Salt Lake City and sold the house to . . . — — Map (db m266857) HM
