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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BOOK

"History of Santa Clara, Utah: A Blossom in the Desert"

compiled and edited by Joyce Wittwer Whittaker

Paperback,   572 Pages,   Illustrated
Published by the Santa Clara Historical Society
2003


AVAILABILITY

Copies can be purchased at the Samuel R. Knight Santa Clara History Museum.


COVER

Front cover of History of the History of Santa Clara, Utah book
Front Cover


TABLE OF CONTENTS




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XVI.
Preface
Dedication
Tribute to Nellie McArthur Gubler
Timeline of Key Moments
Early History - Native Americans, Explorers, etc.
Early Settlers
      Jacob Vernon Hamblin
      Ira and Sarah Hatch
      Augustus P. Hardy
      Thales Haskell
      The Leavitts
      The Knights
      Andrew Gibbons
      Bishop Zadoc Judd
      Bishop Edward Bunker
History of Santa Clara by Nellie Ray and Nellie M. Gubler
History of the Santa Clara Bench/Ivins by Emma Fife
History of Switzerland, conditions in the 1850's
Histories of the Original Swiss Settlers by Sherri Anderson
Exerpts from the Journal of John S. Stucki
Santa Clara School History by Bonnie Graf
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
      Stake and Ward Histories
      Bishops of the Santa Clara Wards
      Officers who served in the First Ward to 1980
      History of Relief Society and Buildings
      History of the Santa Clara Chapels
Government - Servicemen, Post Office, Fire Department, Mayors
History of the Santa Clara Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Businesses of Santa Clara
Memories of Traditions, Holidays, Social Events, Pioneer Recipes    
Swiss Days Celebration
Newspaper clippings from the Washington County News
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