WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
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| Note: | After being closed for the Coronavirus/COVIT-19, the Old Pioneer Courthouse will reopen |
| on June 1 for visitors and historical & arts events. | |
| For information about what is going on at the old courthouse, click here |
SPECIFIC EVENTS
Saturday, 5/9/2020 through Sunday 6/7/2020, AnytimeThe DSU/DOCUTAH video, "Town for All Seasons: The Story of Leeds", is available for online for viewing.
To watch it, click here.
For more information about this and other upcoming programs, click here.
5/1/2020 - Mid June, Times TBD *** CANCELED ***
Thunderbird Foundation Traveling Exhibit at Silver Reef
Maynard Dixon & John Wesley Powell Exhibits
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.
Wednesday, 6/24/2020, 10:00 am - noon
Washington County Historical Society Board Meeting
Anyone is welcome to attend.
Upstairs (Courtroom) at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
Thursday, 6/25/2020, 8:00 am - ?:00 pm *** CANCELED ***
DASIA Field Trip - North Skutumpah/Cottonwood Roads
Skutumpah captures the beauty of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument with its rugged
dirt road that winds past some great slot canyons. We will also be exploring the Cottonwood
Canyon backway which provides access to Kodachrome Basin State Park, Grosvenor Arch, the
Cottonwood Narrows, and Hackberry Canyon. Grosvenor Arch, located about 10 miles south
of Kodachrome Basin and 1 mile east of the backway on a side road, is a superb double arch
named in honor of a former National Geographic Society president. This trip will be an extended,
long day or perhaps an overnight opportunity.
High clearance 4WD vehicles are strongly recommended.
Lunch is $15 per person for DASIA members and $25 per person for others.
Make reservations at the Public Lands Information Center or call (435)688-3200.
For more information, click here and read the notices at the end.
Saturday, 6/27/2020, 10:00 am *** CANCELED ***
Silver Reef Museum 4th Saturday Cosmopolitan Event
Lecture: "Plant Diversity on Pine Valley" by Del Smith (DSU Botanist)
$4.00 per person which includes museum and mine tour admission.
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.
Saturday, 7/25/2020, 10:00 am *** CANCELED ***
Silver Reef Museum 4th Saturday Cosmopolitan Event
Lecture: "Fire Ecology - Pine Valley Mountain" by the U.S. Forest Service
$4.00 per person which includes museum and mine tour admission.
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.
Wednesday, 7/29/2020, 10:00 am - noon
Washington County Historical Society Board Meeting
Anyone is welcome to attend.
Upstairs (Courtroom) at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
Wednesday, 8/19/2020; 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Meeting of the Dixie Encampment Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers
Program TBD.
Upstairs at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
For information, contact Dr. Wayne Pace (Chapter President) at wpace@infowest.com or (801)688-8114.
Saturday, 8/22/2020, 10:00 am *** CANCELED ***
Silver Reef Museum 4th Saturday Cosmopolitan Event
Lecture: "Mine Explorations on the AZ Strip" by Milt Hokanson & Greg Woodall
$4.00 per person which includes museum and mine tour admission.
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.
Wednesday, 8/26/2020, 10:00 am - noon
Washington County Historical Society Board Meeting
Anyone is welcome to attend.
Upstairs (Courtroom) at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
Thursday, 8/27/2020, 9:00 am - ?:00 pm *** CANCELED ***
DASIA Field Trip - Virgin Rim Trail/Cascade Falls
The Virgin River Rim Trail winds through some of the most spectacular scenery southern Utah has to
offer. From stunning pink cliffs, to verdant high altitude forests, the trail offers a little something for
everyone. We will enjoy a short half mile hike down to Cascade Falls. As Navajo Lake slowly drains
through the lava rock below it exits at Cascade Falls, the headwaters of the Virgin River.
Lunch is $15 per person for DASIA members and $25 per person for others.
Make reservations at the Public Lands Information Center or call (435)688-3200.
For more information, click here and read the notices at the end.
Wednesday, 9/16/2020; 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Meeting of the Dixie Encampment Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers
Program TBD.
Upstairs at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
For information, contact Dr. Wayne Pace (Chapter President) at wpace@infowest.com or (801)688-8114.
Thursday, 9/24/2020, 8:00 am - ?:00 pm *** CANCELED ***
DASIA Field Trip - East Zion/North Fork Road to Navajo Lake
The 36 mile-long North Fork Road ascends more than 4,000 feet from Highway 9 near the east entrance
of Zion National Park to picturesque Navajo Lake which was originally known to the Paiute Indians as
Pa-cu-ay, meaning "Cloud Lake." The lake came into being when a lava flow dammed the eastern end
of the valley. High clearance 4WD vehicles are strongly recommended.
Lunch is $15 per person for DASIA members and $25 per person for others.
Make reservations at the Public Lands Information Center or call (435)688-3200.
For more information, click here and read the notices at the end.
Friday, 9/24-26/2020
Utah State Historical Society 68th Annual History Conference (Virtual this year)
At the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City, Utah.
Theme: Rights & Responsibilities
For more information, click here.
Saturday, 9/26/2020, 10:00 am *** CANCELED ***
Silver Reef Museum 4th Saturday Cosmopolitan Event
Lecture: "Silver Reef Women's Untold Stories" by Pat Cundick, Elaine Young,
Susan Savage, LoAnne Barnes, and Judy Henck
$4.00 per person which includes museum and mine tour admission.
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.
Wednesday, 9/30/2020, 10:00 am - noon
Washington County Historical Society Board Meeting
Anyone is welcome to attend.
Upstairs (Courtroom) at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
Friday & Saturday, 10/23-24/2020, Times TBD
Silver Reef Ghost Nights
$7.00 per person.
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.
Wednesday, 10/28/2020, 10:00 am - noon
Washington County Historical Society Board Meeting
Anyone is welcome to attend.
Upstairs (Courtroom) at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
Thursday, 10/29/2020, 8:00 am - ?:00 pm *** CANCELED ***
DASIA Field Trip - Nixon Springs/Nampaweap/Mt Trumbull/Mt Logan
Nampaweap includes one of the largest petroglyph sites on the Arizona Strip. Inside the ravine, you walk
on the rugged lava fields of the Uinkaret Plateau. Volcanism produced the cinders, cones and basalt
flows that dominate the region. Beginning 150,000 years ago, seeping eruptions covered the ground.
They formed multlple, thin beds of basalt. Slow cooling caused fractures that wind, water, and ice worked
on resulting in huge chunks falling from the cliff. The scattering of boulders and the fragmented cliffs
created perfect canvases for rock writing. High clearance vehicles are strongly recommended.
Lunch is $15 per person for DASIA members and $25 per person for others.
Make reservations at the Public Lands Information Center or call (435)688-3200.
For more information, click here and read the notices at the end.
Wednesday, 11/18/2020; 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Holiday Meeting of the Dixie Encampment Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers
Program TBD.
Upstairs at the Old County Courthouse, 97 E. St. George Blvd. in St. George.
For information, contact Dr. Wayne Pace (Chapter President) at wpace@infowest.com or (801)688-8114.
Thursday, 11/19/2020, 8:00 am - ?:00 pm *** CANCELED ***
DASIA Field Trip - Lee's Ferry
Lee's Ferry is the only place within Glen Canyon where visitors can drive to the Colorado River in over
700 miles of canyon country, right up to the first rapid in the Grand Canyon. A natural corridor between
Utah and Arizona, Lee's Ferry figured prominently in the exploration and settlement of northern Arizona.
Lees Ferry is now a meeting of the old and the new.
Lunch is $15 per person for DASIA members and $25 per person for others.
Make reservations at the Public Lands Information Center or call (435)688-3200.
For more information, click here and read the notices at the end.
Saturday, 11/21/2020, 10:00 am *** CANCELED ***
Silver Reef Museum 4th Saturday Cosmopolitan Event
Lecture: "Amazing Landscape of SW Utah" by Cliff Bandringa
$4.00 per person which includes museum and mine tour admission.
For the flyer, click here.
For more information, contact the Museum at Museum@SilverReef.org,
or call the Museum at (435)879-2254.