Old Courthouse

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)


BUSINESSES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

CATEGORIES OF BUSINESSES

Cattle Industry
Coal
Cotton Industry
Dairies
Fruit Stands
Mining
Motels
Newspapers
Oil
Petroleum Distribution
Petroleum (Oil) Production
Power Plants
Radio Stations
Sheep Industry
Silk Industry
Television Stations
Theaters
Trucking
Turkey Farming
Uranium
Wine
Miscellaneous Business Information


INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES

A. R. Whitehead & Sons
A&W Root Beer Drive In
Adams Barber Shop
American Smelting and Refining Company
Ancestor Square
Andelin's Gable House
Adams Barber Shop
Albertsons Grocery Stores
Andrus & Sons
Arrowhead Department Store
Arrowhead Garage
Arrowhead Hotel
Arrowhead Petroleum Corporation
Artic Circle
Auto Parts Co.
Babylon Mill   (aka Stormont Mill)
Bank of St. George
Barbee & Walker Mill
Barbee & Walker Silver Mining Company
Barlocker Farms
Bateman Pharmacy
Bicycles Unlimited
Big Arch Pawn
Big Arch Roller Rink
Big Arch Taxi
Big Hand Cafe
Big House, Snow's
Bliss Store
Bloomington Broom Factory
Bloomington Dome Oil Company
Boots Cox Dairy
Boulevard Home Furnishings
B.P.O.E. (on Main Street)
Bradshaw Auto Parts Company Inc.
Bradshaw Ford-Mercury
Bradshaw Hotel
Bumbleberry Inn
Burger Place
California Inn
Cannon Funeral Home
Canyon Cafe
Canyon Market
Carylee's Beauty Salon
Castle Cliff Station
Catholic Thrift Store
Center Department Store
Christy Mill
Chuck-A-Rama
Chums
Churches Broiler
Cinemas   (Cinema 6_
Cleo's Uptown Beauty Salon
Cliffside Restaurant
Clifton's Market
Dairy Freez   (Fred's Dairy Freeze)
Dairy Queen of Hurricane
Dairy Queen of St. George
Dairy Queen & Sandwich Bar
Della's Beauty Salon
Denny's Restaurants
Dick's Cafe
Dixie Advocate, The
Dixie Airlines
Dixie Auto Parts
Dixie Beauty Shoppe
Dixie Bottling Co.
Dixie Bowl & Recreation Center
Dixie Drug
Dixie Escalante Rural Electric Association
Dixie Falcon
Dixie Four Wheel Drive
Dixie Hotel
Dixie Mining and Smelting Company
Dixie Photo Shop
Dixie Power Company
Dixie Rural Electric Association
Dixie Shoe Repair
Dixie State Bank
Dixie Stock Growers Bank
Dixie Theatre
Doc's Bookloft
E. C. Miles Saddlery and Shoe Repair
Electric Theatre
Elk Horn Saloon
Elks Lodge No. 1743 - Early (on Main Street)
Elks Lodge No. 1743 - Recent (on Bluff Street)
Erastus Snow's "Big House"
Escalante Valley Electric Association, Inc.
Eugene Theater
Evelyn's Inc.
Evening Telegram
Fenton's Rexall Pharmacy
Finney Farm
Firestone Home & Auto Dealer
Forever Young Fine Jewelers
Four Seasons Motel & Convention Center
Fred's Dairy Freeze
Frei's Fruit Market
Frostop
Gable House
Gaiety Theatre
General Steam Corporation Mine and Mill
Gene's OK Tire & Muffler
Georgetown Apartments
Gibson's Discount Center
Gould's Shearing Corral
Graff Mercantile
Grafton Blacksmith Shop
Grafton Molasses Mill
Grafton Sorghum Mill
Green Gate Village
Green Valley Real Estate
Green Valley Spa
Gunlock Irrigation Company
Hafen Ford
Hardy Mill   (Hardy Grist Mill)
Harmon's Grocery
Harmony Telephone Company
Harris Repair Service
Harrison House Hotel
Heberville Co-operative Farming Company
Heritage Savings
Holt's Roadside Grocery   (Holt's Roadside Market)
Homespun Restaurant
Howard Shopping Center
Hunt's House of Beauty
Hurricane Bank   (Hurricane State Bank)
Hurricane Canal Company
Hurricane Flour Mill
Hurricane Hotel
Hurricane Mesa Test Facility
Hurricane Motor Company
IFA Country Store
Inn on the Cliff Hotel
Intermountain Healthcare
Internet Effects
Jensen's Pharmacy
Jimmy's Fountain & Lunch
Jolly King Restaurant
Judd's Store
J. C. Penney Co.
J & J Mill and Lumber Company
KCSG-TV
KDL-TV
KDXU-AM
Keith's Barber Shop
Klothes Kloset Store
Kmart
Knell's Barber Shop
Larkin Plumbing & Heating
Larry's Spoke and Pedal
Larsen's Frostop
Las Palmas
LaVerkin Fruit and Nursery Company
LaVerkin Sanitorium and Resort Company
Leeds Cannery
Leeds Mercantile
Leeds Water Company
Liberty Cafe
Liberty Drug Store
Liberty Hotel
Lin's Foods   (aka Lin's Thriftway)
Little Arizona
Little Gem Smelting and Mining Company
Littlefield Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Log Cabin Inn
Lynne Clark Photography
Main St. Antiques
Market Basket
Mathis Market
May Flowers
McArthur Jewelers
McGregor Clinic
Mendy's Dress Shop
Metcalf Mortuary
Miles Saddlery and Shoe Repair
Milne Jewelry Co.
Mineral Cactus
Modern Cleaners
Moderne Beauty Salon
Morris Ford-Mercury
Mountain Bell
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Mulberry Inn
M&S Turquoise
Naegle Winery
Nelson Supply Co.
Nelson/Mathis Mercantile
New Harmony Reservoir and Irrigation Company
Nielsen's Frozen Custard
Nisson Grocery Store
Nisson Mercantile   (aka Nisson Hardware)
OK Market   (on Main Street in St. George)
OK Market   (on 100 North in St. George)
OK Rubber Welders
OK Tire Service, OK Tire Stores
Our Dixie Times
Pearson Tire
People's Progressive Telephone Company
Petty Drug Store
Petty Mercantile
Pickett Lumber Company
Pickett Mortuary
Pioneer Hotel
Pioneer Motors
Pittman's Spoke and Pedal Shop
Polar Bear Shop
Price City Co-operative Farming Company
Prisbrey's Barber Shop
Quality Bakery
Reber Insurance Agency
Reber Investment Corp.
Renauff's Garage
Rex's Fountain
Rice Bank
Rio Virgen Times
Roadside Grocery   (Roadside Market)
Rococo Inn & Steak House
Rose's Beauty Shop
R&K Bookstore
Safeway Grocery Stores
Santa Clara Automotive
Santa Clara Mercantile
Scholzen Products Company   (Scholzen Produce Company)
Sears Catalog Sales Store
Senior Sampler
Silver Reef Consolidated Mining Company
Silver Reef Echo   (aka The Pomologist and Silver Reef Echo)
Silver Reef Miner   (aka The Miner)
Skaggs Drug Center
Skaggs Foodliner   (aka Skaggs O P System)
SkyWest Airlines
Snow's Big House
Snow's Cleaners
Snow's Discount
Snow's Dress Shop
Snow's Furniture Store
Snow's Ranch Market
SoftCell Biological Research
Southern Hospitality Living Center
Southern Star
Southern Utah Packing Company
Southern Utah Power Company
Southern Utah Telephone Company
Spectrum, The
Spilsbury Mortuary
Splash City Adventure Park
Sports Village
Sprouse-Reitz Co.
Spoke and Pedal Shop
Squatty Potty LLC
Squiers Electrical Service
Stapley Pharmacy
Star Theatre
Starlight Drive In Theatre
State Bank of Hurricane
Stormont Mill   (aka Babylon Mill)
Stout Home Furnishings
Stratton Bakery
St. George Amusement Company
St. George Building Society
St. George Cafe
St. George Catholic Thrift Store
St. George Enterprise
St. George Hotel
St. George Ice Company
St. George Juvenile
St. George Power
St. George Savings & Loan Association
St. George Spectrum
St. George Union
St. George-Santa Clara Field Canal Company
Sugar Beets
Sugar Loaf Cafe
Sun Bowl Club
Sun Capital Bank
Sunrise Oil Company
Taco Time
Temple View RV Resort
Terracor
The Bliss Store
The Cactus
The Cottages
The Dixie Advocate
The Dixie Falcon
The Estates at Green Valley
The Evening Telegram
The Mineral Cactus
The Park at Green Valley
The Rio Virgen Times
The Southern Star
The Spectrum
The St. George Enterprise
The St. George Juvenile
The Union   (aka The Union and Village Echo)
The Utah Polmonologist   (aka The Utah Polmonologist and Gardener)
The Veprecula
Thomas Judd's Store
Tom's Delicatessen
Toquerville Mercantile
Trafalga Restaurant
Uncle & Aunties Gifts & Home Decor
Union, The
US Bank
Utah Monuments Company
Utah Parks Company
Utah Polmonologist   (aka The Utah Polmonologist and Gardener)
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company   (U&I Sugar)
UTOCO Service Station   (Utah Oil Company)
Veprecula
Virgin Dome Oil Company
Virgin Valley Enterprise
Vogue Beauty Parlor
Wadsworth Fountain
Wadsworth Theatre
Walker (& Barbee) Mill
Walmart Stores
Washington County News
Washington Savings Bank
Wells Fargo Express Office
Welte Brewery
Wentze Brothers Brewery
West Side Food Market
Western Auto
Western Gold and Uranium, Inc.
Whitehead & Sons
Whiteway Ice Cream & Malt Shop
Wilkinson's House of Lighting
Williamsburg Savings Bank   (Williamsburg Federal Savings and Loan Association)
Woolley Lund & Judd Copper Smelter
Woolley Lund & Judd Mercantile
Worthen Meat Market
Zions First National Bank
Zionville
Zionville Cafe


REFERENCES

Sketch of businesses in 1955 along 100 North from Main Street to 100 East

Beauty and Brains: The Empowering Influence of Women-Owned Beauty Shops in Rural Utah
By Lisa Michele Church at the Utah State Historical Society's 68th Annual History Conference, Sept. 2020
To view the slides, click here.

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