Book: Toquerville, Oasis in the Desert - A History of Toquerville and the Area

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BOOK

"Toquerville, Oasis in the Desert - A History of Toquerville and the Area"

compiled and written by Cherrie Gubler Naegle

Paperback, 367 Pages
Published privately by the author


AVAILABILITY

This book is available for $15.00 at the Toquerville City Office, the Silver Reef Museum, and the Hurricane Heritage Museum.


COVER

Front cover of Toquerville, Oasis in the Desert
Front Cover
        Back cover of Toquerville, Oasis in the Desert
        Back Cover


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Contents
The Events and People, who made Settlement of the "Dixie" Area possible
The Early Settlement of Toquerville and the Upper Virgin River Valley
The Cotton Mission Pioneers
The 1862 Cotton Missionaries
More Settlers and Cotton Growers
Indian Inhabitants of the Dixie Country and the Indian Wars
The War Years and a Cotton Factory
Co-op's and Farming
Wine Industry and a Temple in Dixie
Silver Reef and Pioche
The Second Generation and Polygamy
The Arizona and Mexico Migration
The Eighteen Nineties in Toquerville
Pioneer Life in Early Toquerville and the Relief Society
Early Community Entertainment
Schools and Growing up in Toquerville
Pintura, Yesteryear's Ashton and Bellevue and the South Ash Creek Sawmills    
Brouse
Anderson's Junction


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