WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
THE DIXIE SUGARLOAF
St. George, Utah
on it in big white letters.
LOCATION
A prominent red sandstone rock on the north side of the Red Hills Parkway (formerly Skyline Drive).37° 6' 56.08" North Latitude, 113° 34' 45.81" West Longitude
3,090 feet MSL at the top
HISTORY
The pioneers named this rock formation the "Sugarloaf" because it resembled the shape and color of a loafof sugar as it was used in the old days.
The "Dixie" painted on the Sugarloaf was the result of a plan to quash conflicts between successive class years
of the Dixie Stake Academy. The Class of 1913 had painted the numerals "1913" on the Sugarloaf rock. The
Class of 1914 was larger and consisted of younger people who thought a "1914" would be more appropriate. So
the last digit changed a number of times. Once the class of 1913 graduated and the Class of 1915 came along,
the competitions became more contentious, sometimes resulting in physical confrontations.
As a result, school officials and student body officers met together and began talking about the possibility of a
program that would bring all the students together and do away with the heavy class rivalry. It took some time,
but out of this effort came the idea of constructing a school letter on one of the surrounding hills and painting
the word "Dixie" on the Sugarloaf in place of any class numerals.
PHOTOS
 WCHS-00879 The Dixie Sugarloaf |
WCHS-00880 The Dixie Sugarloaf |
Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-04073 Photo of people standing on the Dixie Sugarloaf around 1914
WCHS-04074 Photo of people standing on the Dixie Sugarloaf
REFERENCES
History of the "D" on the "Black Hill" and the "Dixie" on the Red HillThis is the story of the Dixie College "D" Day as told by Mathhew Bentley in 1962
History and pictures of the Dixie Sugarloaf