WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
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WCHS DOCUMENTS
WCHS Certificate of Incorporation and Initial Articles of Incorporation 4/25/1983WCHS Employer Identification Number Assignment 6/5/1989
WCHS 501(c)(3) Determination Letter 8/26/1994
WCHS Solicitation Permit expiring 7/1/2020
WCHS D&B D-U-N-S Number
WCHS By-Laws
mm/dd/1992
1/3/2001 (Includes certification)
5/29/2019
1/27/2021 (Certification)
WCHS Meeting Minutes
Old Board Meeting Minutes (1/3/2007-1/27/2021)
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes (2/24/2021-10/25/2023
Board Meeting Minutes (1/25/2023-10/11/2023)
WCHS Membership Information
WCHS Business Card
WCHS Advertising Postcard
WCHS Quick Response (QR) Code (Points to the WCHS website)
WCHS Spring/Summer 1995 Newsletter
WCHS Fall 1996 Newsletter
WCHS Winter 1997 Newsletter
WCHS Spring 1997 Newsletter
WCHS Winter 1997-1998 Newsletter
WCHS May/Jun/Jul 1998 Newsletter
WCHS Nov/Dec/Jan 1998-1999 Newsletter
WCHS Jan/Feb/Mar 2000 Newsletter
WCHS April 15, 2003 Newsletter
WCHS September 15, 2003 Newsletter
WCHS November/December 2003 Newsletter
WCHS March 2004 Newsletter
WCHS June 2004 Newsletter
WCHS December 2004 Newsletter
WCHS March 2005 Newsletter
WCHS June 2005 Newsletter
WCHS February 2008 Newsletter
WCHS 2009 Newsletter
There was no 2010 newsletter
WCHS 2011 Newsletter
There were no newsletters between these two
WCHS June 2021 Newsletter
WCHS July 2021 Newsletter
WCHS August 2021 Newsletter
WCHS September 2021 Newsletter
WCHS March 2024 Newsletter
WCHS June 2024 Newsletter
WCHS September 2024 Newsletter
WCHS 2019 Annual Report
WCHS 2020 Annual Report
WCHS 2021 Annual Report
WCHS 2022 Annual Report
Pioneer Courthouse Invitational Art Exhibit Posters
Audio Tour of Washington County on CD and Tape
BOOKS
A Brief History of Shoal Creek, Hebron, and Enterprise From 1862 to 1922By Orson W. Huntsman of Enterprise, Utah
Published in 1929 in connection with the History Department of the Dixie College, St. George, Utah
Click here to download
A Century of Dixie State College, 1911-2011
By Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
Published by Dixie State College
See the information page.
A Dixie Christmas: Stories of Christmas Past
By Lyman Hafen (author) and Roland Lee (illustrator)
Published by Publisher's Place, St. George, Utah, 1988
See the information page.
A History of Cable Mountain
By Ted Deffendol
Cedar City: Southern Utah University Library Oral History Program, 1971
A History of Iron County: Community Above Self
By Janet Burton Seegmiller
Utah Centennial County History Series, 1998
Click here to read.
Click here to download in .pdf format.
(237.70 MB, so it will take a very long time to load)
A History of Kane County
By Martha Sonntag Bradley
Utah Centennial County History Series, 1999
Click here to read.
Click here to download in .pdf format.
A History of the St. George Police Department
By Kelly James Larson and Kerry Gail Larson
May 5, 1981; Revised February 2020
See the information page.
A History of the St. George Cannery 1981-2011
Compiled by Karen Doty, Sonja Dodenbier, Dale Hicken, Brian Passey, and Russell Wood
August 2001
To view this document, click here. It may take a while to load.
A History of Utah and its National Parks
by Angus M. Woodbury
See the information page.
A History of Washington County From Isolation to Destination
By Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks
Utah Centenial County History Series
Published by the Zion National History Association
http://www.zionpark.org
See the information page.
A Little Piece of Zion: The St. George Town Lot - A Practical History
By Richard R. Kohler
Published by Flying Rebel Media, St. George, 2013
8.5" x 11" x 3/16", 108 pages
ISBN I978-0-615-91392-6, Paperback, $20.00
See the information page.
A Utah Life: Autobiography of Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
By Douglas D. Alder
Published by Tonaquint Press, 2012
See the information page.
All That Was Promised: The St. George Temple and the Unfolding of the Restoration
by Blaine M. Yorgason, Richard A. Schmutz, and Douglas D. Alder
See the information page.
An Architectural Travel Guide to Utah
by Martha Bradley Evans
See the information page.
Angus M. Cannon Kingdom Builder
by Dennis Q. Cannon
See the information page.
Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange's Three Mormon Towns
Edited by Mark Hedengren
See the information page.
Cannon Family Historical Treasury
Edited by Beatrice Cannon Evans and Janath Russell Cannon
Paperback, 9.25" x 6.25" x 1.5", 390 pages
First Edition (2005)
See the information page.
Colordo City Polygamists: An Inside Look for the Outsider
By Benjamin G. Bistline, 2004
See the information page.
David O. McKay Around the World
By Hugh J. Cannon
Paperback, 9" x 6" x 9/16", 242 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
ISBN-10: 1-932898-, ISBN-13: 978-1-932898-, First Edition (2005)
See the information page.
Devoted Empire Builders (Pioneers Of St. George)
By A. K. Hafen
Published privately, 1969
See the information page.
Dixie College, Monument to the Industry of a Dedicated People
By Edna J. Gregerson
Salt Lake City: Franklin Quest Co., 1993
See the information page.
Dixie Folklore and Pioneer Memoirs
By Arthur Knight Hafen
St. George: Privately printed, 1961, 1964
Click here to download the 1961 version
Dixie Saints: Laborers in the Field
By Douglas D. Alder
Published in cooperation with Deseret Book, 2017
See the information page.
Eldon and Denise Dalton McArthur History, A Love Story
Compiled by E. Durant McArthur
Published privately, 2017
See the information page.
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
By John Wesley Powell
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875
To download a copy, click here (large file, may take a while).
Faith Flourishes in the Desert: A History of St. George Catholic Church
By Lorraine M. Boyce
Paperback, 134 Pages, 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.3125"
See the information page.
Far From Cactus Flat: The 20th Century Story of a Harsh Land, a Proud Family, and a Lost Son
By Lyman Hafen
See the information page.
Finally Statehood!: Utah's Struggles, 1849-1896
By Dr. Edward Leo Lyman
See the information page.
From the First Pioneers To the Present 1853-1992
Sponsored by the Hurricane Second Ward Relief Society
Written by Cleora Covington, Edited by Eleanor Hall, and Updated by David T. Hinton
See the information page.
From the Green Hills of England to the Red Hills of Dixie: The Story of William and Rachel Thompson Atkin
Book by Reid L. Neilson; Foreword by Susan Easton Black
with a Forward by Susan Easton Black
Atkin Family Historical Organization
Provo: Red Rock Publishing, 2000
See the information page.
From the Ground Up: The History of Mining in Utah
Edited by Colleen K. Whitley
Logan UT: Utah State University Press, January 1, 2006
To view, click here
From the Trench to the Bench ... Dreams Do Come True, A History of the Hurricane Valley
By the Hurricane Valley Camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Red Mountain Shadows Publishing, 2019
See the information page.
Gathering in Harmony: A Saga of Southern Utah Families, Their Roots and Pioneering Heritage, and the Tale of Antone Prince, Sheriff of Washington County
Book by Stephen L. Prince
Spokane WA: Arthur H. Clark, 2004
Hardbound, 334 pages
See the information page.
Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory, 1874
Compiled and edited by Edward L. Sloan
Published by the Salt Lake Harold Publishing Company
The Washington County entry is on Pages 103-104
The Kane County entry (has towns that are now part of Washington County) is on Pages 70-71
A list of post offices in Utah is on Pages 50-51
For access to the entire document, click here
Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah
by Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, and David G. Futey
See the information page.
Orval Hafen: A Man of Vision and Faith
by ???
See the information page.
Ruth Clark Hafen: A Woman of Refinement and Faith
by ???
See the information page.
Historic Rockville, Utah
By Jane E. Whalen
See the information page.
Historical Buildings of Washington County, Volume 1
By the Washington County Historical Society
Sketches by Jon Bowcutt and text by Mary Phoenix
See the information page.
Historical Buildings of Washington County, Volume 2
By the Washington County Historical Society
Sketches by Jon Bowcutt and text by Mary Phoenix
1992
See the information page.
History of Health Care
By Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
See the information page.
History of Santa Clara, Utah "A Blossom in the Desert"
Compiled and edited by Joyce Wittwer Whittaker
Hardback, 572 Pages, Illustrated
Published by the Santa Clara Historical Society
2003
See the information page.
History of the Jacob Tobler Family: Histories, pictures, and genealogies of Jacob Tobler, his four wives, and their children
by Sherri G. Anderson
Hardback, 395 Pages, Illustrated
Published by the Santa Clara Historical Society
1999
See the information page.
History of the Woodward School, 99 Years, 1901 - 2000
By Heber C. Jones
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 3/16", 77 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
History of Utah, 1540-1887
By Hubert Howe Bancroft
San Francisco: The History Company Publishers, 1890
From Google Books
History of Utah, 1540-1887
Volume XXVI of the The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
San Francisco: The History Company Publishers, 1889
From Google Books
History of Utah, 1540-1886
By Hubert Howe Bancroft
San Francisco: The History Company, 1889
From WebRoots
Honoring Juanita Brooks: A Compilation of 30 Annual Presentations from the Juanita Brooks Lecture Series
Compiled by Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
Published by the Dixie State University Press, November 2014
See the information page.
Hospital CareCentennial: One Hundred Years of Caring, 1913 to 2013
From the Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center, 2013
See the information page.
I Was Called to Dixie
By Andrew Karl Larson
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961
Library Call Number M277.9248 Larson
See the information page.
Images of America: St. George
by Kathleen Broeder and Dianne Aldrich
See the information page.
Images of Faith: A Pictorial History of St. George, Utah
Photographs from the Lynne Clarke Collection
By Lynne Clark
Salt Lake City: Artistic Printing Company, 2012
See the information page
Immortal Pioneers: Founders of City of St. George, Utah
By Albert E. Miller
1946
In Their Honor: The Life Stories of Clara Marie Scott & Thomas Irving Stanworth
By Linda Dinkel
See the information page.
In A Rugged Land: Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and the Three Mormon Towns Collection, 1953-1954
By James R. Swensen
See the information page.
J.E.J. - Trail to Sundown: Cassadaga to Casa Grande, 1817 to 1882, The Story of Pioneer Joseph Ellis Johnson
By Rufus David Johnson
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961. 516pp.
See the cover.
Journal of the Southern Indian Mission: Diary of Thomas D. Brown
edited by Juanita Brooks
175 pages
Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1972
To view, click here.
[Note: This is a large file and may take a while to load.]
Journals of Forty-Niners: Salt Lake to Los Angeles
Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen
Published by Bison Books (October 1, 1998)
See the information page.
Landmark and Historic Sites: City of St. George
From the St. George Community Development Department
First edition, July 2, 2009
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 1/2", 164 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
Landmark & Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George
From the St. George Community Development Department
Second edition, Revised 2011
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 5/16", 116 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
Landmark & Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George
From the St. George Community Development Department
Third edition, Revised 2015
Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" x 5/16", 122 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
See the information page.
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
by Andrew Jensen, Assistant Church Historian
Volume 1, 1901
Volume 2, 1914
Volume 3, 1920
Volume 4, 1936
Title Page, Preface 1, and Preface 2
St. George Stake, Pages 591, 592, 593, 594, and 595
Leeds Historical Events in Bits & Pieces
By Wilma Cox Beal
Paperback, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" x 1/2", 200 pages, and downloadable in PDF format
August 1996
See the information page.
Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History
By Gregory A. Prince
For an information page, click here.
Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley
By Melvin C. Johnson
Published by Greg Kofford Books, Salt Lake City, 2019
See the information page.
Life Story of Joseph Kay Brooks
by Joseph Kay Brooks
For an information page, click here.
Life With Menlo
by Menlo F. Smith with Matthew Franck
For an information page, click here.
Making The Desert Bloom: The Story of Water and Power in St. George
Commemorating 50 years as a municipal water and power system 1942-1992
Published by the City of St. George in 1991
Paperback, 64 pages
Memories of a Country Doctor: Stories of the people he loved
By Garth B. Last, M.D.
See the information page.
Milking Time; The History of Dairy Farming in Washington County, Utah
By Loren R. Webb
Paperback, 291 pages
August 2010
See the information page.
Muddy Valley Recollections: 145 Years of Settlement
By Virginia "Beezy" Lani Tobiasson & Georgia May Bagshaw Hall
Hardback, 3 Volumes
See the information page.
Musicians of Southern Utah
Compiled by Doug Liston with H.C. & Kay Hunt and Carol Liston
Hardback, 11.25" x 8.5" x 1", 323 pages
ISBN: 0-9754460-2-9, Library of Congress Control Number 2005906248, First Edition (2005)
Library Call Number 780.92 Liston
See the information page.
My Story of Silver Reef
By Wilma C. Beal
See the information page.
Nancy: Nancy Jane Hunt Jones, 1877-1906
Compiled by Nancy LaVerne Jones Hirschi
Hardback, 11-1/2" x 9" x 1-1/2", 614 Pages
Privately Published - Heritage Press, 1986
See the information page.
Nels Anderson's World War I Diary
Edited by Allan Kent Powell with a forward by Charles S. Peterson
Published by The University of Utah Press, 2013
See the information page.
Origins of Utah Place Names
Third Edition, 48 pages
Compiled and written by Utah Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration
Also see Utah Place Names below.
Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah 1849-1850
edited by William B. Smart and Donna T. Smart
270 pages
Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1999
To view, click here.
[Note: This is a large file and may take a while to load.]
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
by Frank Ellwood Esshom,
Salt lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913, 1332 Pages
To view the whole book, click here (may take a long time to load).
For information about the book and other forms of the book, click here.
Rachel Judd Hamblin: One of God's Angels
By Frank F. Judd, Ph.D.
August 2023
See the information page.
Record of Marks and Brands for the State of Utah
Embracing All Marks and Brands Recorded to June 1st, 1901
Compiled and Published Under Provisions of an Act of the Legislature
Approved March 11, 1897,
by C. S. Tingey, State Recorder of Marks and Brands
To download a copy, click here (large file, may take a while).
Red Hills of November
By Andrew Karl Larson
Published by the Deseret News Press in 1957; Reprinted in 1992
See the information page.
Red Rock Recollections, Volume I: Fascinating Stories of Utah's Dixie
By Reuben E. Wadsworth
Scrivera Press, First Edition (2019)
See the information page.
Red Rock Recollections, Volume II: Fun Historic Stops in Southern Utah, Northern Arizona and Southern Nevada
By Reuben E. Wadsworth
Scrivera Press, First Edition (2020)
See the information page.
Researching a Historic Property
National Register Bulletin 39
by Eleanor O'Donnell, Architectural Historian
1991; Revised 1998
For the entire document (including pictures), click here (large file, may take a while).
Romancing the Mesas: An Anecdotal History of the Settling of Southern Utah
Book by Ruth Cornelius and Russell B. Cornelius
WingSpan Press, 2007
Paperback, 236 pages
See the information page.
Saga of Three Towns: Harrisburg - Leeds - Silver Reef
by Marietta M. Mariger
Panguitch: Garfield County News, 1951
To download a copy, click here.
Saint George, Utah Original Pioneers
December 1, 1861 - May 10, 1869, Histories & Pictures
By Roberta Blake & Paul Peine
1999, Hardback, 708 Pages, 11" x 8.5" x 2"
See the information page.
Salt of the Earth, The History of the Catholic Church in Utah, 1776-2007
By Bernice Maher Mooney and Msgr. J. Terrence Fitzgerald
Hardback, 391 Pages, 10.25" x 7.25" x 1.125"
ISBN: 978-0-87480-881-0
See the information page.
Santa Clara Public Schools, 1862-1972: A Memory Book of Santa Clara Schools
Compiled, edited, and typed by Joyce Wittwer Whittaker
Published for the Santa Clara Swiss Days, September 2000
See the information page.
Silver, Sinners & Saints: A History of Old Silver Reef, Utah
By Paul Dean Proctor and Morris A. Shirts
Palmer, Inc., 1991
See the information page.
Sorghumlapper and other stories
Edited by Reed Blake
See the information page.
Sorghum Lappers: A Folk History of Eastern Washington County
By Victor Hall
Hurricane: Privately printed by Victor Hall, 2003
Southern Paiute: A Portrait
By William Logan Hebner with photographs by Michael Plyler
Utah State University Press, 2010
8.5" x 11", 208 pages
ISBN 978-0-87421-754-4, Cloth, $34.95
ISBN 978-0-87421-755-1, E-book, $28.00
Click here for more information.
Southern Utah Memories
By Loren R. Webb
Paperback, 471 pages
2020
See the information page.
Splitting Raindrops
By Richa Wilson (Regional Architectural Historian, USDA Forest Service)
Administrative Facilities of the Dixie National Forest, 1902-1955
Historic Context Statement & Site Evaluations
Forest Service Report No. DX-04-946, May 2004
To view the report, click here.
St. George: Outpost of Civilization, A Sesquicentennial History
By Richard R. Kohler
Published by Flying Rebel Media, St. George, 2011
8.5" x 11" x 0.375", 128 pages
ISBN 978-0-615-54458, Paperback, $20.00
See the information page.
Stone Diary, Solving the Mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs
By Judy F. Hilbish, BS, MS, MD
Paperback, 9" x 6" x 1", 374 Pages
Published by the Lizard Hiss Studio, 2017
See the information page.
Striving For Balance, My Story
By E. Durant McArthur
Published privately, 2020
See the information page.
Sunlight and Shadows, The Page Ranch Story
By Lisa Michele Church
Hardback, 304 Pages, 8-5/8" x 11" x 1"
See the information page.
Telephone Books
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, May 1941
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Spring 1954
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Fall 1958
Mountain States Telephone, October 1961
Mountain Bell, September 1972
The Arduous Road: Salt Lake to Los Angeles, The Most Difficult Wagon Road in American History
By Edward Leo Lyman and Larry Lee Reese
Paperback, 108 Pages, 8.5" x 11" x 3/16"
Published by the Lyman Historical Research and Publishing Company
2001
ISBN: 0-9709525-0-3
See the information page.
The Historic Art of Southern Utah
Part One, 1857 to 1876
Part Two, 1877 - 1907
Part Three, 1907 - 1937
Book by Richard R. Kohler
The Old Spanish Trail, The Virgin River Basin, The Town of Santa Clara, and The George and Bertha Graff House
Booklet by Carol J. Condie
July 2010, 15 pages
See the information page
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1867 (1st edition)
Compiled and published by Henry G. Langley
The Washington County entry is on Pages 372-373
The Utah business directory is on Pages 559-562
A list of post offices in Utah is on Pages 28-29
For access to the entire document, click here
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1870 (2nd edition)
Compiled and published by Henry G. Langley
For a form sent to Washington County to fill out, click here
The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78 (3rd edition)
Compiled and published by Henry G. Langley
Published by the Salt Lake Harold Publishing Compnay
The Utah general entry is on Pages 737-742
The Utah gazetteer and business directory is on Pages 743-883
The Utah business directory is on Pages 884-896
For access to the entire document, click here
The Personal History of John Wood
By S. K. Rice
To view or download a PDF copy, click here.
The Personal History of Michael Muir
By S. K. Rice
To view or download a PDF copy, click here.
The Polygamists: A History of Colorado City
By Benjamin Bistline, 1998
See the information page.
The Polygamists: A History of Colorado City, Arizona
By Benjamin G. Bistline, 2004
See the information page.
The Red Hills of November
By Andrew Karl Larson
Published by the Deseret News Press in 1957; Reprinted in 1992
See the information page.
The Selected Letters of Juanita Brooks
Edited by Craig S. Smith
Published by the University of Utah Press, 2019
For the information page, click here.
The Story of Atkinville: A One-Family Village
By Grace Atkin Woodbury and Angus Munn Woodbury
Published by G. A. Woodbury, Salt Lake City, 1957
See the information page.
The Utah Directory for 1883-84
Published by J. C. Graham & Co., 28 and 30 First South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Washington County entry is on Pages 276-277
The Kane County entry (has towns that are now part of Washington County) is on Pages 261-262
For access to the entire document, click here
Toquerville, Oasis in the Desert - A History of Toquerville and the Area
Compiled and written by Cherrie Gubler Naegle
See the information page.
Trails and Roads, and the Settlement of Long Valley, Utah
Book by Warren C. Foote
2021, 184 pages
See the information page
Under Dixie Sun: A History Of Washington County By Those Who Loved Their Forebears
Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
See the information page.
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
Utah Centennial County History Series
List of all documents in the series
A History of Washington County From Isolation to Destination
A History of Kane County
A History of Iron County: Community Above Self
Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 18??
The Washington County entry is on Pages 159-163
The St. George Temple entry is on Pages 196-198
The Utah telegraph and post offices are listed on Pages 269-272
Businesses are listed by town on Pages 302-314
For access to the entire document, click here
Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80
Compiled and edited by H. L. A. Culmer
Printed for H. L. A. Culmer & Co., Publishers, by J. C. Graham & Co., Book & Job Printers
The Washington County entry is on Pages 384-387
The Kane County entry (has towns that are now part of Washington County) is on Pages 358-361
The Utah post offices are listed on Pages 39-40
Officers of the St. George Stake are listed on Pages 22-23
For access to the entire document, click here
Utah Gazetteer, 1892-93
Published by Stenhouse & Co. and printed by the Salt Lake Litho Company
The Washington County entry is on Pages 275-276
The businesses are listed by town; see the index on Pages 41-42
The Utah post offices are listed on Pages 25-27
For access to the entire document, click here
Utah in the World War
By Noble Warrum under auspices of the Utah State Council of Defense
See the information page.
Utah Place Names
By John W. Van Cott
University of Utah Press, 1990
453 pages
To search for a place name, click here
Also see Origins of Utah Place Names above.
Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1903-1904, Volume 2
Published by R. L. Polk & Co., 1903
808 pages
To access online and search the document, click here
For access to the entire document, click here. (Large, so it will take a while to load)
Utah The Land of Blossoming Valleys
By George Wharton James, 1922
Part of the "See America First" series
Click here to download
Utah's 'Dixie' Birthplace: Washington City, Utah
Compiled by Harold P. and Priscilla J. Cahoon
Published by the Washington City Historical Society
Soft Cover, 8.5 x 11, 282 pages & 300 photos
ISBN 1888106204, July 1996, List $29.95
Library Call Number M277.9248 Cahoon
See the information page.
Vintage Signs of Utah
Volume 1, October 2022
By Lisa Michele Church
Paperback, 226 Pages, 6" x 9" x 1"
See the information page.
Washington City "MONUMENT PLAZA"
May, 10, 2003
This document from the Washington City Historical Society contains histories by Harold P. Cahoon
for people with statues being sculpted by Jerry Anderson for the Washington Monument Plaza.
See the information page.
When You Know Your Past, You Understand Yourself: The Joshua Thomas Willis Story
by S. K. Rice
BYU Independent Study Department, December 2002
See the information page.
Where Two Streams Meet: The Personal History of a Town
By Lyman Hafen
See the information page.
With Picks, Shovels & Hope: The CCC and Its Legacy on the Colorado Plateau
By Wayne K. Hinton with Elizabeth A. Green
Paperback, 8.5" x 7.5" x 0.6", 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0878425462, ISBN-13: 978-0878425464, First Edition (September 10, 2008)
See the information page.
Zion Album: A Nostalgic History of Zion Canyon
By J. L. Crawford
Springdale UT: Zion Natural History Association, 1986
ISBN: 0-915630-21-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-51614
Zion National Park: Towers of Stone
By J. L. Crawford
Springdale UT: Zion Natural History Association, 1988
ISBN: 0-917859-26-X
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-51614
Zion Park Stake To Hurricane Stake 1929-1995
A comprehensive history
See the information page.
ARTICLES & BROCHURES
A Century of Dixie State College of Utah28th Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture
By Dr. Douglas D. Alder
Click here to download
A Close-Up of Polygamy
by Juanita Brooks
Article in Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1934, pp. 299-307
Click here to download
A Tale About Gunlock (with Tongue in Cheek)
By Helen Gardener
Unpublished
An Ancient History
By Helen Gardener
Unpublished
An article about Indian petroglyphs along the Santa Clara River.
Building a Community: Teaching with Historic Buildings in Washington County
by Lisa Thompson
Salt Lake City: Utah Heritage Foundation, 2003
http://www.utahheritagefoundation.com/education/teachers-guides/79-washingtoncounty
To download, click here.
Bunkerville Wards History
Bunkerville Chapel Dedication Program Booklet
May 26, 1991
Church History Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church History Department Topical Resources, St. George/Southern Utah
Selected Resources Pertaining to St. George, Utah, in Church History Library Catalog
D-Week Traditions Remembered
Dixie State Magazine, Spring 2008, pp 8-9
http://www.dixie.edu/pr/magazine/08%20Spr%20Web.pdf
Days Series of History Articles
in the St. George News.
For the index and links to the articles, click here.
Dixie Regional 400 East Campus Remodel Uncovers History
By Brady White
Living Well, Summer 2010, Page 10
An article about the 1980s doctor's switchboard in the old DRMC hospital.
Elephant Butte - Shunesburg Mail Drop History
Researched and written by Dale Brittingham
August 2009
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Forces That Shaped Utah's Dixie: Another Look
By Melvin T Smith
Utah Historical Quarterly (UHQ), Volume 47, Number 2 (Spring 1979)
Founding the Hurricane Bank
By Arnold Dixon
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Geologic Map of the Hurricane Quadrangle, Washington County, Utah
By Rebert R. Biek, 2002
To view the report, click here, and to view the map, click here
Geologic Map of the New Harmony Quadrangle, Washington County, Utah
By S. Kerry Grant, University of Missouri-Rolla
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Goulds Shearing Corral And the BS Trail
Contributors: Alice Isom Gubler Stratton, Winferd Spendlove, Owen Sanders, et al.
Compiled and some writing by Victor Hall, April 2004.
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Grafton 'Rides' Again: Utah's most famous ghost time gets a new lease on life
By Reuben Wadsworth
Salt Lake Magazine, pp. 80-82
Gunlock Graveyards Tell a Story
By Helen Gardener
The Daily Spectrum: Lifestyle, 1/3/1990, Page 6
This is an article about the three graveyards in Gunlock.
Gunlock Ward History, January 1997 through December 1997
By Helen B. Gardener
Unpublished
Historic Context and Detailed Documentation of the Main Canyon Ditch, Town Ditch, Comanche Dam (42WS4376), and Comanche Ditch (42WS2507), New Harmony, Washington County, Utah
by Dale R Gourley and Jon Baxter (Bighorn Arhaeological Consultants, LLC)
for The Town of New Harmony and St. George Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management
Report Number 05-03
August 2005
History of Bloomington Utah
by Carolyn Reinbold
Unpublished paper, 1994
History of Kanab and Kane County
Unpublished paper
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Hurricane Canal Narrative
by Victor Hall
February 12, 2012
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Hurricane History
by Victor Hall
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Jacob Hamblin: His Own Story
by Hartt Wixom, Dixie College
A biography.
November 7, 1998
Juanita Brooks Lecture Series "Honoring Juanita Brooks" by Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
Life in a Village Society, 1877-1920
By Charles Sharon 1927- Peterson
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 1, Winter 1981
Life in Grafton
by Victor Hall
This article is based on accounts by Grace Atkin Woodbury and Bertha Wood Hall
Lions Dixie Round-up Programs
13th Annual: September 18-20, 1947
27th Annual: August 31 to September 2, 1961
Main Street U.S.A., The Most Endangered Historic Place
Article by Lucia Duncan, Senior Sampler, July 28, 1999
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Making the Desert Blossom: Public Works In Washington County, Utah
BYU Master of Arts Thesis by Michael Lyle Shamo
August 2010
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My Favorite Places: Treasure In Washington County
By Bart Anderson
Senior Sampler, 4/18/2008, Page 5
This article talks about New Harmony, Mountain Meadows, and Silver Reef.
Notes On The History Of The Kolob Canyons
By Steven H. Heath
Senior Sampler, Late 2010
Old Grafton, History of Grafton, Utah (1861-1921)
By James T. Jones
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Old Warriors Stand in Testament of Time
By Helen Gardener
The Daily Spectrum, 2/2/1990
This is an article about three barnes in Gunlock.
Opera House Stars During Historic Buildings Tour in Dixie's Downtown
By Susan Crook
The St. Daily Spectrum, 1/5/2012, Page C04
Personal History of Theo Woodrow Pollock
Transcription of tapes recorded by Woodrow Pollock describing his life from 1916 to 1964.
June 2001
Pinto or Pato - Historians Split Over Town's Name
Newspaper clipping
Pools of Living Water: No Longer a Thirsty Land?
by Bruce C. Hafen
BYU Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Number 1 (2012), Pages ???
Population of Southern Utah
By Herbert E. Gregory
Reprint from Economic Geography, Volume 21, Number 1, January 1945, pp. 29-57
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Redeeming the West: A History of the Scientific Approach
A presentation to the Dixie State University Colleagues on April 1, 2013
By Richard R. Kohler
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Remembering the "C's", A Local Man's Account
By Helen Gardener
Southwest Utah Magazine, Pages 13,14, 16
Scientific Explorations in Southern Utah
By Herbert E. Gregory
Reprint from American Journal of Science, Volume 243, October 1945, pp. 527-549
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Selected Topics Related To Hurricane, Utah
This collection of articles was written and/or compiled by Victor Hall, 2003.
Sons of Utah Pioneers Hear of Ghost Towns
Newspaper clipping about Pinto and Hamblin
Southern Paiute Relations With Their Early Dixie Mormon Neighbors
27th Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture
By Edward Leo Lyman
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St. George 5th and 6th Wards Bishops Recognition Day
Program, October 29, 1978
This document has photos and biographies of all the bishops to date.
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St. George High Spots (1961)
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St. George "Our Centennial" Program (1861-1961)
August 27 to September 4, 1961
Souvenir Edition
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Taylor Grazing Act
US Department of the Interior, June 28, 1934
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Temple Prophesy and Warning: Harmony Valley, Utah
by L. Karen Platt, MS, MSW
Published by the Platt Family Records Center, 2013
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And for an earlier (2012) version, click here.
The College a Community Built: Part II
By Lyman Hafen
Dixie State Magazine, Spring 2011, pp. 3-5, 26, and 6-9
The First Christmas in St. George - 1861
By Mary Pheonix
In http://www.dixietoday.com/history.html
The Geology of Quail Creek State Park
by Robert F. Biek
A brochure
The Hurricane Canal
by Victor Hall
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The Hurricane Canal, 1893 - 1904 and 1904 - 1985
by Victor Hall
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The People's Progressive Telephone Company, 1912-17: The Dream and the Reality
By Helen B. Gardener and Quenton T. Bowler
Utah Historical Quarterly, Pages 79-94
The St. George Utah Temple
Facts, Summary History, and History
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The Water's In!
by Juanita Brooks
Article in Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1941, pp. 608-613
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Utah's Dixie, The Cotton Mission
Edited by A. R. Mortensen
Utah Historical Quarterly
Volume 29, Number 3, July 1961
Virgin Water: Below the Confluence
by Richard R. Kohler
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Washington County Centennial Program
April 9-15, 1947
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Woolen and Cotton Mills
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Lesson for April, 1972
Compiled by Kate B. Carter
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MISCELLANEOUS
Newspaper article about Washington County School District salaries for 1969-1970Handwritten notes on the St. George Kindergarten by Vernon Worthen
A brief history of West Elementary School in St. George
Dedicatory program for the West Elementary School, February 16, 1956
Financial report for the first year of West Elementary School, May 21, 1956
West Elementary School 1963-1964 calendar
West Elementary School 4/1/1993 Redbook Best School Award
West Elementary School closed campus - Judd's Store controversy
Article about the creation of the "Roadrunner" tile mural in the West Elementary School multipurpose room
Article and photo about the West Elementary School remodeling around 1983-1987
Article about the closing of West Elementary School
List of historic stories and articles in the DUP Museum
Historic Grafton Pamphlet
Hyrum Lorenzo Reid, "Early History of Utah's Dixie".
Provo: Brigham Young University, Thesis/Dissertation, 1931.
R. Paul Thompson, "Eighty Years of Music in St. George, Utah 1861-1941".
Provo: BYU Music Department, Thesis, 1952.
PERIODICALS
BYU Studies QuarterlyClick here to search for and download articles.
Some articles can be downloaded for free; others and entire issues can be downloaded for a charge. Subscribers can download articles or entire volumes at no charge.
Dixie State University Magazine
Click here for the archive of issues.
inSide St. George
Click here for the inSide page on the City of St. George website.
Click here for WCHS information on the magazine.
Journal of Mormon History
Click here to search or download copies.
Utah Digital Newspapers
http://digitalnewspapers.org
Has searchable images of old newspapers from Utah:
Washington County News (January 30, 1908 through December 1923)
Deseret News (weekly June 1850 through December 1898 and daily 1899 through 1910)
Salt Lake Tribune (April 1871 through June 1899)
and many others...
Utah Historical Quarterly
List of Utah Historical Quarterly issues
All but the latest issues are online at
http://utahhistory.sdlhost.com
Information about the lastest issue is at
http://heritage.utah.gov/history/current-issue
1928-1995 (Volumes 1-63) tables of content are online at
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/ushs/uhq.html
A list of unpublished Utah Historical Quarterly manuscripts is online at
http://archives.utah.gov/research/inventories/27265.html
Western Historical Quarterly
Western History Association
http://www.usu.edu/whq/history.htm
COLLECTIONS
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, WPA Federal Writers' Project CollectionWashington County Utah, List of WPA Manuscripts
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utwashin/wpa/index.html
Platt Library
The Collected Papers of Lyman D. Platt
FORMS
Time and Expense Reporting Form (.pdf)Time and Expense Reporting Form (.jpg)
Sample Oral History Consent Form
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form
Guide For Preparing National Register Nominations
National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form
National Register of Historic Places - Continuation Sheet
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form
National Register of Historic Places - Continuation Sheet (Photos)
" Microsoft Word (.doc) Form