WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Hurricane, Utah

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The residents of Toquerville and Virgin farmed the Hurricane benchland for quite a while before any of them lived there. In 1906, eleven families took up residence on those farmlands.

LOCATION

TBD

HISTORY

TBD

HISTORICAL SITES

Old Hurricane Chapel
Bradshaw Home-Hotel
Samuel and Elizabeth Isom Home
Emanuel and Ursella Stanworth Home

PHOTOS

Photos on the web:
1929 photo of the village of Hurricane from up on Hurricane Hill
2003 photo of "Molly's Nipple" and the hills behind Hurricane Photo of the Hurricane pioneer monument and and unidentified man
2003 photo of a new internet cafe in the Hurricane Valley
Photo of the old Hurricane Bridge
Photo of the old Hurricane Bridge
10/15/1937 photo of the Hurricane Bridge and other things
Photo of the Virgin River [Hurricane] Bridge from the LaVerkin overlook
7/1938 photo of R. D. Adams, William R. Palmer, President Englestead, and an unidentified man beside Hurricane Cannery
2003 photo of the Hurricane City Offices
2003 photo of the Hurricane City Offices
Photo of Alice Parker Isom (1848-1924), a pioneer who settled in Virgin and Hurricane
1909 photo of Theodore Roosevelt with Edwin Wooley, enjoying the sights of southern Utah
Photo of an unidentified woman and two children, possibly from Hurricane
Photo of the Hurricane Chapter of the Future Farmers of America
Photo of an unidentified man, possibly from Hurricane
Photo of Alice Parker Isom (1848-1924), a pioneer who settled in Virgin and Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane
LDS Regional Welfare Exchange in Hurricane

REFERENCES

City of Hurricane official website
Wikipedia article about Hurricane
A history of Hurricane
A history of Hurricane
A history of the Hurricane Bench

"Honoring Our Ancestors"
Book by the Hurricane Utah Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hurricane: Homestead Publishers, 1986

"Hurricane Then and Now"
Book by Dell C Stout
St. George: Privately printed by Dell C. Stout, 1999

Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, " Under Dixie Sun".
1950 with 1978 Supplement.
Pages 405-419, Supplement Pages 16-17.

"Hurricane Museums and Other Historical Preservation Projects"
Book by Victor Hall
Hurricane: Privately printed, 2003

"Hurricane, Utah Stake, 1929-1995"
Book by Victor Hall
St. George: Privately prnted, 1995