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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Fort Harmony becomes mother community of Washington County
    Jun 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
    (HARMONY, Utah) - Besides holding the distinction of becoming Washington County’s first settlement and county seat, Fort Harmony or Harmony was also washed away by floods caused by heavy and steady rain storms in 1862. Both Harmony and New Harmony, the latter of which was built several miles upstream from the original settlement, were named for Harmony, Pennsylvania, where LDS Prophet Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, according to John W. Van Cott, author of Utah Place Names. “The l...
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: The Muddy River Mission turns out to be a mixture of success and failure
    (CLARK COUNTY, Nev) - In the fall of 1864, LDS President Brigham Young began asking volunteers to help colonize the Muddy River as part of the Cotton Mission. Some LDS members were called to desig...
    Jun 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Shonesburg lingers on in memory
    (SHONESBURG, Utah) - While some people believe Grafton is the most scenic ghost town in Utah, Shonesburg (or Shunesburg) is probably one of the better preserved and one of the least accessible. Loc...
    Jun 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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    This artwork by local artist Roland Lee shows William Atkin, up on a ridge, waving his hat to LDS leader Wilford Woodruff, who is approaching the William and Rachel Atkin home in Atkinville, four miles south of Bloomington. (The artwork was used with permission by J. Ralph Atkin, who holds the copyright on the art work.)
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Ghost town of Atkinville once served as defacto headquarters for LDS Church
    (ATKINVILLE, Utah) - Between 1885 and 1887, Elder Wilford Woodruff, a long time apostle and later president of the LDS Church found sanctuary from federal prosecution of Mormon polygamy in the tin...
    May 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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    St. George Temple. Photo courtesy LDS.org Newsroom
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Honeymoon Trail provided the way to the St. George Temple for young couples
    (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - After the completion of the Mormon Temple in St. George, Utah in April 1877, young couples in the Little Colorado River settlements began traveling north to have their civil ma...
    May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Building of Hurricane Canal is a monument to dedicated builders
    (HURRICANE, Utah) - Just who came up with the idea of building the Hurricane Canal is difficult to determine. John Steele of Toquerville and James Jepson of Virgin had apparently both been independ...
    May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Cemetery and historical marker are main reminders of Hamblin ghost town site
    (WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah) - In 1856, Jacob Hamblin, known as the “Buckskin Apostle,” for his service as an Indian missionary and peacemaker, built a ranch near the north east end of Mountain Meado...
    May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Hikers accompanying local hike leader Bart Anderson visit the remains of Camp Lorenzo in January 1996. Photo by Loren Webb
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Camp Lorenzo was part of the Cotton Mission
    (WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah) - Camp Lorenzo, also known as the “Cotton Farm,” was established on the north side of the Virgin River, about five miles from Washington City by the United Order of Brigha...
    Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Jeff Bradshaw; remembered as one of St. George’s finest athletes
    (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - When I opened the Sunday, April 14 newspaper, I noticed the obituary of Jeffrey W. Bradshaw, and reading about his life immediately took me back to when I had the privilege of ...
    Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Square Top Mountain, with a summit of 7,050 feet is an imposing natural landmark where a B-52 bomber crashed about 150 feet below the summit on April 11, 1983. (Photo by Loren Webb)
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: B-52 Bomber crashes into Square Top Mountain on April 11, 1983
    (WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah) - It’s been nearly 30 years since a B-52 bomber crashed into Square Top Mountain, killing all seven crew members on board while participating in a low-level “Red Flag” tra...
    Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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    The Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area campground is open year round and offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy solitude in the middle of the Virgin River Gorge between Littlefield, Ariz., and St. George, Utah. The recreation area is located within the northern edge of the Mohave Desert.
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Cedar Pocket, Ariz.; a popular camping spot in the Virgin River Gorge
    (CEDAR POCKET, Ariz) - During one summer in the late 1960s, I camped at Cedar Pocket. I was there as a Boy Scout and I was among several hundred scouts participating in an overnight camporee at Ced...
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    Webb Hill is today surrounded on the north, east and south sides by the former Terracor development community of Bloomington Hills, now part of the City of St. George. Interstate 15 runs along the west side of the prominent landmark. (Photo by Loren Webb)
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Webb Hill transformed from rural farming area to planned residential community
    (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - When William Webb Jr., began farming Price Bench in 1917, he had one major problem. How to get water to irrigate his crops. The Virgin River was close by, but the land was too ...
    Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Thomas and Sarah Davenport. Photo courtesy of Erwin and Cleone Davenport
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Thomas Davenport; Parowan Potter, Poet, Music Composer and Community Leader
    (PAROWAN, Utah) - A convert to the LDS Church, Thomas Davenport was on his way to a priesthood meeting one morning when he was inspired to write the words of “Come All Ye Sons of God.” That hymn is...
    Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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    The St. George Community Baptist Church, located at 95 S. 800 East, began on Jan. 12, 1951 when a meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Powell to organize a non-denomination church. The church is now known as the St. George Community Church. (Photo by Loren Webb)
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Community Baptist Church grows with the community
    (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - “The history of the Community Baptist Church is a story of great faith in God and in the future. The story of the church is the story of its members,” according to an editor’s ...
    Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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    This sign, located on the south entrance to Gunlock State Park, welcomes visitors to the popular local reservoir recreation site.
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Gunlock State Park; An Off the Beaten Path Gem in the Desert
    (Gunlock State Park, Utah) - If you are looking for a scenic and quiet place in Southern Utah to go fishing, boating or camping with the basic amenities available, Gunlock State Park may fit the bi...
    Mar 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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    The Coral Canyon Town Center is located just off of State Route 59 and includes such tenants as the Southern Utah Home Builders Association and The State Trust Lands Administration, along with a dental office and other businesses. Photo's by Loren Webb
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Coral Canyon development realizes the dream of “If you build it, they will come”
    (Washington/Hurricane, UT) - When the developers of the Coral Canyon planned community development project began building the mammoth project, their hope was to help residents realize the American ...
    Feb 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: The History of the Dixie College Yearbook
    (St. George, UT) - The Dixie College Yearbook has been intertwined with the college since 1913 and possibly earlier. Yearbooks in the college special collections date to 1913, two years after the c...
    Feb 15, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Juliet Brier. Photo courtesy "An Interview with Juliet Brier," Out West Magazine, April-May 1903.
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Juliet Brier Story
    (Southern Utah Memories) - In the annals of western pioneering, Juliet Brier will surely figure prominently. Her inner strength saves not only her own family, but a number of other emigrants who pa...
    Feb 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Duncan's Retreat Ghost Town Story
    (Rockville/Virgin, UT) - The stone cemetery marker, on Utah state route nine, between Rockville and Virgin, stand as a lone sentinel to a town that struggled to survive, but never did. Settle in 18...
    Feb 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Cyril Tom Holland was acquitted of the murder of Leroy Albert Wilson. Photo courtesy Loren Webb
    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Geiger Counter Murder story
    (Kanab, UT) - In the early 1950s, the demand by the U.S. government for uranium sparked a uranium boom in the Southwest, and specifically Kanab, Utah. “Nearly everyone had a hot rock in one hand, a...
    Jan 27, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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    SOUTHERN UTAH MEMORIES: Mormon Pioneer John Madison Chidester
    (Washington, UT) - When John Madison Chidester was called by LDS Church leaders to settle Washington, Utah, he claimed that all of his trials combined up to that point , could not match the difficu...
    Jan 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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