WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DOCUMENTS
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WCHS DOCUMENTS
WCHS Certificate of Incorporation and Initial Articles of Incorporation 4/25/1983WCHS Employer Identification Number Assignment 6/5/1989
WCHS 501(c)(3) Determination Letter 8/26/1994
WCHS By-Laws
WCHS Board Meeting Minutes
WCHS Membership Information
WCHS Business Card
WCHS Advertising Postcard
WCHS Quick Response (QR) Code (Points to the WCHS website)
WCHS Spring/Summer 1995 Newsletter
WCHS Fall 1996 Newsletter
WCHS Winter 1997 Newsletter
WCHS Spring 1997 Newsletter
WCHS Winter 1997-1998 Newsletter
WCHS May/Jun/Jul 1998 Newsletter
WCHS Nov/Dec/Jan 1998-1999 Newsletter
WCHS Jan/Feb/Mar 2000 Newsletter
WCHS April 15, 2003 Newsletter
WCHS September 15, 2003 Newsletter
WCHS November/December 2003 Newsletter
WCHS March 2004 Newsletter
WCHS June 2004 Newsletter
WCHS December 2004 Newsletter
WCHS March 2005 Newsletter
WCHS June 2005 Newsletter
WCHS February 2008 Newsletter
WCHS 2009 Newsletter
There was no 2010 newsletter
WCHS 2011 Newsletter
Pioneer Courthouse Invitational Art Exhibit Posters
Audio Tour of Washington County on CD and Tape
BOOKS
A Brief History of Shoal Creek, Hebron, and Enterprise From 1862 to 1922By Orson W. Huntsman of Enterprise, Utah
Published in 1929 in connection with the History Department of the Dixie College, St. George, Utah
Click here to download
A Century of Dixie State College, 1911-2011
By Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
Published by Dixie State College
See the information page.
A History of Cable Mountain
By Ted Deffendol
Cedar City: Southern Utah University Library Oral History Program, 1971
A History of the St. George Cannery 1981-2011
Compiled by Karen Doty, Sonja Dodenbier, Dale Hicken, Brian Passey, and Russell Wood
August 2001
To view this document, click here. It may take a while to load.
A History of Washington County From Isolation to Destination
By Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks
Utah Centenial County History Series
Published by the Zion National History Association
http://www.zionpark.org
See the information page.
David O. McKay Around the World
By Hugh J. Cannon
Paperback, 9" x 6" x 9/16", 242 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
ISBN-10: 1-932898-, ISBN-13: 978-1-932898-, First Edition (2005)
See the information page.
Dixie Folklore and Pioneer Memoirs
By Arthur Knight Hafen
St. George: Privately printed, 1961, 1964
Click here to download the 1961 version
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
By John Wesley Powell
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875
To download a copy, click here (large file, may take a while).
Faith Flourishes in the Desert: A History of St. George Catholic Church
By Lorraine M. Boyce
Paperback, 134 Pages, 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.3125"
See the information page.
Far From Cactus Flat: The 20th Century Story of a Harsh Land, a Proud Family, and a Lost Son
By Lyman Hafen
See the information page.
From the Green Hills of England to the Red Hills of Dixie: The Story of William and Rachel Thompson Atkin
Book by Reid L. Neilson; Foreword by Susan Easton Black
with a Forward by Susan Easton Black
Atkin Family Historical Organization
Provo: Red Rock Publishing, 2000
See the information page.
Gathering in Harmony: A Saga of Southern Utah Families, Their Roots and Pioneering Heritage, and the Tale of Antone Prince, Sheriff of Washington County
Book by Stephen L. Prince
Spokane WA: Arthur H. Clark, 2004
Hardbound, 334 pages
See the information page.
Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory, 1874
Compiled and edited by Edward L. Sloan
Published by the Salt Lake Harold Publishing Company
The Washington County entry is on Pages 103-104
The Kane County entry (has towns that are now part of Washington County) is on Pages 70-71
A list of post offices in Utah is on Pages 50-51
For access to the entire document, click here
Historic Rockville, Utah
By Jane E. Whalen
See the information page.
Historical Buildings of Washington County, Volume 1
By the Washington County Historical Society
Sketches by Jon Bowcutt and text by Mary Phoenix
See the information page.
Historical Buildings of Washington County, Volume 2
By the Washington County Historical Society
Sketches by Jon Bowcutt and text by Mary Phoenix
1992
See the information page.
History of Health Care
By Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
See the information page.
History of the Woodward School, 99 Years, 1901 - 2000
By Heber C. Jones
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 3/16", 77 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
History of Utah, 1540-1887
By Hubert Howe Bancroft
San Francisco: The History Company Publishers, 1890
From Google Books
History of Utah, 1540-1887
Volume XXVI of the The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
San Francisco: The History Company Publishers, 1889
From Google Books
History of Utah, 1540-1886
By Hubert Howe Bancroft
San Francisco: The History Company, 1889
From WebRoots
I Was Called to Dixie
By Andrew Karl Larson
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961
Library Call Number M277.9248 Larson
See the information page.
Immortal Pioneers: Founders of City of St. George, Utah
by Albert E. Miller
1946
J.E.J. - Trail to Sundown: Cassadaga to Casa Grande, 1817 to 1882, The Story of Pioneer Joseph Ellis Johnson
By Rufus David Johnson
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961. 516pp.
See the cover.
Landmark and Historic Sites: City of St. George
From the St. George Community Development Department
First edition, July 2, 2009
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 1/2", 164 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
Landmark & Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George
From the St. George Community Development Department
Second edition, Revised 2011
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 5/16", 116 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
Leeds Historical Events in Bits & Pieces
By Wilma Cox Beal
Paperback, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" x 1/2", 200 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
August 1996
See the information page.
Making The Desert Bloom: The Story of Water and Power in St. George
Commemorating 50 years as a municipal water and power system 1942-1992
Published by the City of St. George in 1991
Paperback, 64 pages
Memories of a Country Doctor: Stories of the people he loved
By Garth B. Last, M.D.
See the information page.
Milking Time; The History of Dairy Farming in Washington County, Utah
By Loren R. Webb
Paperback, 291 pages
August 2010
See the information page.
Musicians of Southern Utah
Compiled by Doug Liston with H.C. & Kay Hunt and Carol Liston
Hardback, 323 Pages, 11.25" x 8.5" x 1", 323 pages
ISBN: 0-9754460-2-9, Library of Congress Control Number 2005906248, First Edition (2005)
Library Call Number 780.92 Liston
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Record of Marks and Brands for the State of Utah
Embracing All Marks and Brands Recorded to June 1st, 1901
Compiled and Published Under Provisions of an Act of the Legislature
Approved March 11, 1897,
by C. S. Tingey, State Recorder of Marks and Brands
To download a copy, click here (large file, may take a while).
Red Hills of November
By Andrew Karl Larson
Saga of Three Towns: Harrisburg - Leeds - Silver Reef
by Marietta M. Mariger
Panguitch: Garfield County News, 1951
To download a copy, click here.
Salt of the Earth, The History of the Catholic Church in Utah, 1776-2007
By Bernice Maher Mooney and Msgr. J. Terrence Fitzgerald
Hardback, 391 Pages, 20.25" x 7.25" x 1.125"
ISBN: 978-0-87480-881-0
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Silver, Sinners & Saints: A History of Old Silver Reef, Utah
By Paul Dean Proctor and Morris A. Shirts
Palmer, Inc.
1991
Sorghum Lappers: A Folk History of Eastern Washington County
By Victor Hall
Hurricane: Privately printed by Victor Hall, 2003
Southern Paiute: A Portrait
By William Logan Hebner with photographs by Michael Plyler
Utah State University Press, 2010
8.5" x 11", 208 pages
ISBN 978-0-87421-754-4, Cloth, $34.95
ISBN 978-0-87421-755-1, E-book, $28.00
Click here for more information.
St. George: Outpost of Civilization, A Sesquicentennial History
By Richard Kohler
Published by Flying Rebel Media, St. George, 2011
8.5" x 11" x 0.375", 128 pages
ISBN 978-0-615-54458, Cloth, $20.00
See the information page.
Telephone Books
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, May 1941
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Spring 1954
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Fall 1958
Mountain States Telephone, October 1961
Mountain Bell, September 1972
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1867 (1st edition)
Compiled and published by Henry G. Langley
The Washington County entry is on Pages 372-373
The Utah business directory is on Pages 559-562
A list of post offices in Utah is on Pages 28-29
For access to the entire document, click here
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78 (3rd edition)
Compiled and published by Henry G. Langley
Published by the Salt Lake Harold Publishing Compnay
The Utah general entry is on Pages 737-742
The Utah gazetteer and business directory is on Pages 743-883
The Utah business directory is on Pages 884-896
For access to the entire document, click here
The Utah Directory for 1883-84
Published by J. C. Graham & Co., 28 and 30 First South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Washington County entry is on Pages 276-277
The Kane County entry (has towns that are now part of Washington County) is on Pages 261-262
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Toquerville, Oasis in the Desert - A History of Toquerville and the Area
Compiled and written by Cherrie Gubler Naegle
See the information page.
Under Dixie Sun: A History Of Washington County By Those Who Loved Their Forebears
Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
See the information page.
Utah Business Directories (Gazetteers)
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1867 (1st edition)
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78 (3rd edition)
Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory, 1874
Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 18??
Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80
The Utah Directory for 1883-84
Utah Gazetteer, 1892-93
Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 18??
The Washington County entry is on Pages 159-163
The St. George Temple entry is on Pages 196-198
The Utah telegraph and post offices are listed on Pages 269-272
Businesses are listed by town on Pages 302-314
For access to the entire document, click here
Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80
Compiled and edited by H. L. A. Culmer
Printed for H. L. A. Culmer & Co., Publishers, by J. C. Graham & Co., Book & Job Printers
The Washington County entry is on Pages 384-387
The Kane County entry (has towns that are now part of Washington County) is on Pages 358-361
The Utah post offices are listed on Pages 39-40
Officers of the St. George Stake are listed on Pages 22-23
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Utah Gazetteer, 1892-93
Published by Stenhouse & Co. and printed by the Salt Lake Litho Company
The Washington County entry is on Pages 275-276
The businesses are listed by town; see the index on Pages 41-42
The Utah post offices are listed on Pages 25-27
For access to the entire document, click here
Utah Place Names
By John W. Van Cott
University of Utah Press, 1990
453 pages
To search for a place name, click here
Utah's 'Dixie' Birthplace
Compiled by Harold P. and Priscilla J. Cahoon
Soft Cover, 8.5 x 11, 282 pages & 300 photos
ISBN 1888106204, July 1996, List $29.95
Library Call Number M277.9248 Cahoon
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Where Two Streams Meet: The Personal History of a Town
By Lyman Hafen
See the information page.
With Picks, Shovels & Hope: The CCC and Its Legacy on the Colorado Plateau
By Wayne K. Hinton with Elizabeth A. Green
Paperback, 8.5" x 7.5" x 0.6", 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0878425462, ISBN-13: 978-0878425464, First Edition (September 10, 2008)
See the information page.
Zion Album: A Nostalgic History of Zion Canyon
By J. L. Crawford
Springdale UT: Zion Natural History Association, 1986
ISBN: 0-915630-21-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-51614
Zion National Park: Towers of Stone
By J. L. Crawford
Springdale UT: Zion Natural History Association, 1988
ISBN: 0-917859-26-X
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-51614
ARTICLES & BROCHURES
A Century of Dixie State College of Utah28th Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture
By Dr. Douglas D. Alder
Click here to download
A Tale About Gunlock (with Tongue in Cheek)
By Helen Gardener
Unpublished
An Ancient History
By Helen Gardener
Unpublished
An article about Indian petroglyphs along the Santa Clara River.
Building a Community: Teaching with Historic Buildings in Washington County
by Lisa Thompson
Salt Lake City: Utah Heritage Foundation, 2003
http://www.utahheritagefoundation.com/education/teachers-guides/79-washingtoncounty
To download, click here.
D-Week Traditions Remembered
Dixie State Magazine, Spring 2008, pp 8-9
http://www.dixie.edu/pr/magazine/08%20Spr%20Web.pdf
Dixie Regional 400 East Campus Remodel Uncovers History
By Brady White
Living Well, Summer 2010, Page 10
An article about the 1980s doctor's switchboard in the old DRMC hospital.
Elephant Butte - Shunesburg Mail Drop History
Researched and written by Dale Brittingham
August 2009
To download, click here.
Forces That Shaped Utah's Dixie: Another Look
By Melvin T Smith
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 2, Spring 1979
Founding the Hurricane Bank
By Arnold Dixon
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Goulds Shearing Corral And the BS Trail
Contributors: Alice Isom Gubler Stratton, Winferd Spendlove, Owen Sanders, et al.
Compiled and some writing by Victor Hall, April 2004.
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Grafton 'Rides' Again: Utah's most famous ghost time gets a new lease on life
By Reuben Wadsworth
Salt Lake Magazine, pp. 80-82
Gunlock Graveyards Tell a Story
By Helen Gardener
The Daily Spectrum: Lifestyle, 1/3/1990, Page 6
This is an article about the three graveyards in Gunlock.
Gunlock Ward History, January 1997 through December 1997
By Helen B. Gardener
Unpublished
Historic Context and Detailed Documentation of the Main Canyon Ditch, Town Ditch, Comanche Dam (42WS4376), and Comanche Ditch (42WS2507), New Harmony, Washington County, Utah
by Dale R Gourley and Jon Baxter (Bighorn Arhaeological Consultants, LLC)
for The Town of New Harmony and St. George Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management
Report Number 05-03
August 2005
History of Bloomington Utah
by Carolyn Reinbold
Unpublished paper, 1994
Hurricane Canal Narrative
by Victor Hall
February 12, 2012
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Hurricane History
by Victor Hall
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Jacob Hamblin: His Own Story
by Hartt Wixom, Dixie College
A biography.
November 7, 1998
Juanita Brooks Lecture Series
Life in a Village Society, 1877-1920
By Charles Sharon 1927- Peterson
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 1, Winter 1981
Life in Grafton
by Victor Hall
This article is based on accounts by Grace Atkin Woodbury and Bertha Wood Hall
Lions Twenty-seventh Annual Dixie Roundup
Program: August 31 to September 2, 1961
St. George, Utah
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My Favorite Places: Treasure In Washington County
By Bart Anderson
Senior Sampler, 4/18/2008, Page 5
This article talks about New Harmony, Mountain Meadows, and Silver Reef.
Notes On The History Of The Kolob Canyons
By Steven H. Heath
Senior Sampler, Late 2010
Old Grafton, History of Grafton, Utah (1861-1921)
By James T. Jones
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Old Warriors Stand in Testament of Time
By Helen Gardener
The Daily Spectrum, 2/2/1990
This is an article about three barnes in Gunlock.
Opera House Stars During Historic Buildings Tour in Dixie's Downtown
By Susan Crook
The St. Daily Spectrum, 1/5/2012, Page C04
Personal History of Theo Woodrow Pollock
Transcription of tapes recorded by Woodrow Pollock describing his life from 1916 to 1964.
June 2001
Pinto or Pato - Historians Split Over Town's Name
Newspaper clipping
Remembering the "C's", A Local Man's Account
By Helen Gardener
Southwest Utah Magazine, Pages 13,14, 16
Selected Topics Related To Hurricane, Utah
This collection of articles was written and/or compiled by Victor Hall, 2003.
Sons of Utah Pioneers Hear of Ghost Towns
Newspaper clipping about Pinto and Hamblin
Southern Paiute Relations With Their Early Dixie Mormon Neighbors
27th Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture
By Edward Leo Lyman
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St. George 5th and 6th Wards Bishops Recognition Day
Program, October 29, 1978
This document has photos and biographies of all the bishops to date.
Click here to download
St. George "Our Centennial" Program (1861-1961)
August 27 to September 4, 1961
Souvenir Edition
Click here to download
Temple Prophesy and Warning: Harmony Valley, Utah
by L. Karen Platt, MS, MSW
Published by the Platt Family Records Center, 2013
Click here to download
The College a Community Built: Part II
By Lyman Hafen
Dixie State Magazine, Spring 2011, pp. 3-5, 26, and 6-9
The First Christmas in St. George - 1861
By Mary Pheonix
In http://www.dixietoday.com/history.html
The Geology of Quail Creek State Park
by Robert F. Biek
A brochure
The Hurricane Canal
by Victor Hall
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The Hurricane Canal, 1893 - 1904 and 1904 - 1985
by Victor Hall
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The People's Progressive Telephone Company, 1912-17: The Dream and the Reality
By Helen B. Gardener and Quenton T. Bowler
Utah Historical Quarterly, Pages 79-94
The St. George Utah Temple
Facts, Summary History, and History
Click here to download
Utah's Dixie, The Cotton Mission
Edited by A. R. Mortensen
Utah Historical Quarterly
Volume 29, Number 3, July 1961
Virgin Water: Below the Confluence
by Richard Kohler
To view, click here
MISCELLANEOUS
Newspaper article about Washington County School District salaries for 1969-1970Handwritten notes on the St. George Kindergarten by Vernon Worthen
A brief history of West Elementary School in St. George
Dedicatory program for the West Elementary School, February 16, 1956
Financial report for the first year of West Elementary School, May 21, 1956
West Elementary School 1963-1964 calendar
West Elementary School 4/1/1993 Redbook Best School Award
West Elementary School closed campus - Judd's Store controversy
Article about the creation of the "Roadrunner" tile mural in the West Elementary School multipurpose room
Article and photo about the West Elementary School remodeling around 1983-1987
Article about the closing of West Elementary School
List of historic stories and articles in the DUP Museum
Short clipping about Hebron and Pinto people
Historic Grafton Pamphlet
Hyrum Lorenzo Reid, "Early History of Utah's Dixie".
Provo: Brigham Young University, Thesis/Dissertation, 1931.
R. Paul Thompson, "Eighty Years of Music in St. George, Utah 1861-1941".
Provo: BYU Music Department, Thesis, 1952.
PERIODICALS
inSide St. GeorgeClick here for the inSide page on the City of St. George website.
Click here for WCHS information on the magazine.
Journal of Mormon History
Click here to search or download copies.
Utah Digital Newspapers
http://digitalnewspapers.org
Has searchable images of old newspapers from Utah:
Washington County News (January 30, 1908 through December 1923)
Deseret News (weekly June 1850 through December 1898 and daily 1899 through 1910)
Salt Lake Tribune (April 1871 through June 1899)
and many others...
Utah Historical Quarterly
List of Utah Historical Quarterly issues
All but the latest issues are online at
http://history.utah.gov/historical_society/historical_quarterly/index.html#search
Tables of content for all issues are online at
http://history.utah.gov/historical_society/historical_quarterly/Table_of_contents/index.html
1928-1995 (Volumes 1-63) tables of content are online at
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/ushs/uhq.html
Western Historical Quarterly
Western History Association
http://www.usu.edu/whq/history.htm
COLLECTIONS
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, WPA Federal Writers' Project CollectionWashington County Utah, List of WPA Manuscripts
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utwashin/wpa/index.html
FORMS
Time and Expense Reporting Form (.pdf)Time and Expense Reporting Form (.jpg)
Sample Oral History Consent Form
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form
Guide For Preparing National Register Nominations
National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form
National Register of Historic Places - Continuation Sheet
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form
National Register of Historic Places - Continuation Sheet (Photos)
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form