WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LaVerkin, Utah

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The LaVerkin area was originally used as farmland. A townsite was surveyed in 1898 and families started living there. It got a post office in 1903.

LOCATION

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HISTORY

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The LDS Church in LaVerkin

The LaVerkin Ward was organized in 1904 as part of the St. George Stake. Its building, known as the White Chapel, was built one segment at a time beginning in 1925 and not completed until almost fifty years later. The LaVerkin Ward became part of the newly organized Zion Park Stake on December 8, 1929. One ward was sufficient for seventy years. However by 1978, the population of LaVerkin had grown to over 1,000 and the LaVerkin Ward was split into the LaVerkin First and LaVerkin Second Wards. A new stake, the Hurricane North Stake, was created in 1981 with the two LaVerkin wards as its nucleus. The new stake offices were housed in Hurricane for a short time and then in the Virgin chapel. A new stake center was built in LaVerkin and when completed in 1984, the LaVerkin Utah Stake was created. It consisted of the two LaVerkin Wards, the Toquerville Ward, the Virgin Ward, and the Springdale Ward. The White Chapel continued to house the two LaVerkin Wards. The new stake center housed the stake offices, and in 1987 became the home of the newly formed LaVerkin Third Ward.

LaVerkin Ward leaders from 1904 until creation of the LaVerkin Utah Stake are as follows:
(the bishop is named first, followed by all who served as counselors)

1904-1928: Morris Wilson, Jr., Henry Gubler, Allen Stout, Loren Squire
1928-1931: Ovando Gubler, Loren Squire, Lafell Iverson
1931-1942: Vernon Church, Lafell Iverson, Wickley Gubler
1942-1945: Loren Squire, H. Winferd Gubler, Leonard Hardy
1945-1949: Horatio Gubler, Roland Webb, Karl Church
1949-1956: Wayne Wilson, Ervil Sanders, Walter Church
1956-1962: Lafell Iverson, Walter Segler, Kent Wilson, Wickley Gubler, Gerald Gifford
1962-1965: Loren Squire, Wickley Gubler, Gerald Gifford, Sheldon Demille
1965-1973: Reed Wilson, Sheldon DeMille, Thell Gubler
1973-1978: Lloyd Howard, Kerry Gubler, Max Richan, Devar Gubler, Edward Reber, Craig DeMille, Lyman Gubler
1978-1984 (LaVerkin First Ward): Kerry Gubler, Ben Wilkin, Lyman Gubler
1978-1984 (LaVerkin Second Ward): Walter Church, Antone Hinton, LaMar Gubler

HISTORICAL SITES

LaVerkin School
Old LaVerkin Church Building (White Chapel)

PHOTOS

Photos on the web:
Photo of Tell and Clark Gubler on a hill above LaVerkin
Photo of a dairy barn in LaVerkin
5/27/2003 photo from the LaVerkin Overlook looking toward the Virgin River
5/27/2003 photo of the Hurricane Valley from the La Verkin Overlook
5/27/2003 photo of the view north from the La Verkin Overlook
5/27/2003 photo of the Virgin River Canyon xooming in on the canyon from the La Verkin Overlook
Photo of the old LaVerkin church
1909 photo of Theodore Roosevelt with Edwin Wooley, enjoying the sights of southern Utah on his visit to the state
Photo of a horse and wagon in LaVerkin
Photo of people in the hot springs swimming pool
1906 photo of students and a teacher in LaVerkin
Photo of a farmer and his cow in LaVerkin
Photo of Dixie Woodbury, 2 unknowns, Rosalba Gubler, and Thora Wilson in the EJ Graff Store
Photo of Moroni Sanders on a wagon carrying logs
Photo of LaVerkin women peeling fruit
Photo (c. 1900) of Arthur and Hattie Woodbury and son Hartley, Henry and Susanna Gubler and baby Winferd

REFERENCES

LaVerkin City official website
Wikipedia article about LaVerkin
A history of LaVerkin
A history of LaVerkin
A history of LaVerkin
A history of LaVerkin
A history of religion in LaVerkin

"A Brief History of the La Verkin Hot Springs and the La Verkin Canal"
Book by Ruby Webb
La Verkin: La Verkin Camp of the Daughers of Utah Pioneers, 1986

Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, " Under Dixie Sun".
1950 with 1978 Supplement.
Pages 389-403, Supplement Page 19.