WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"Utah's 'Dixie' Birthplace"
compiled by Harold P. and Priscilla J. Cahoon
Published by
Washington City Historical Society
Printed by
CFP Books
St. George UT
(800)360-5284
First edition, ????
Second edition, July 1996
ISBN: 1-8881062-0-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 96-60234
International Standard Book Number 1-888106-20-4
AVAILABILITY
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COVER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Acknowledgment to Artists
Color Painting Biographicals Preface People Interviewed Photographs, Illustrations, and Maps Brief History of the Washington City Area Washington City Folkore Cotton Factory Cats Brigham Young's Curse The Haunted House (John D. Lee House) The Ithamar Sprague Hoax Ithamer of the Big Feet, by Sharon I. Hunt Polygamy Raids Other Experiences with U. S. Marshals In Utah Bishop Covington's Oddities Jacob Bastian's Chariot Race William Washington Weaver's Red Onions The David Cook Story Washington Jails Sitting up with the Dead Peter Neilson's Gift Julia Crawford Getting Her Hair Caught A Tragedy at the Gristmill The Word of Wisdom Doctors and Dentists Medicines Miscellaneous Information Washington City Historical Society Statement Utah's Centennial 1886-1996 - Washington City Projects Key to Current Status of Historical Sites Historical Sites The Story of the Freighter Trip for Glass for St. George Tabernacle References Glossary Alphabetical Listing of Historical Sites Appendix: Recently Obtained Material Map Key Property Ownership Survey before 1873 Property Ownership Survey 1873 About the Authors 1996 Map of Pioneer Sites in Washington City |
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List of Photographs, Illustrations, and Maps
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Pioneer Woman
Pioneer Man Aerial View of Washington City Old Stone Church Painting Relief Society Hall Painting Covington Home Painting Samuel N. Adair Drawing Robert D. Covington Drawing John D. Lee Drawing Dugout Drawing Old Stone Church Drawing Covington Home Drawing Snow's Gristmill Drawing Relief Society Hall Drawing Polygamists in Prison Typical Home Built in Southern Utah in the 1800s John Tanner, Sr. Home Silver Reef Jail Silver Reef Jail 1995 Martha and Woodruff Alexander Sandberg home 1995 Swen Sandberg Home Large Mulberry Tree Cooper Home 1990s Cooper Home 1930s Jeppe Iverson Home Julius Hannig Wm. D. Cooper Original Home Wm. D. Cooper Home 1993 Henry Averett 1995 Jim Averett 1993 John Adams Wm. D. Cooper William Larson Averett Home Peter Neilson, Jr Young Pete's Home Adobe Yard Adobe Brick Pugmill Lydia Stephens Home Heywood Family Alec Thayne Home Hall-Crawford Home George Crawford Family From Dugout to Root Cellar Typical Dugout Built in Southern Utah Joseph and Matilda Crawford Adair Spring Hall's Headhouse Stone Quarry Robert D. Covington Home, New and Old John D. Lee Two of John D. Lee's Wives John D. Lee, Lawyers and Judge at his Second Trial John D. Lee Sitting on his Coffin John D. Lee in his Coffin Prisbrey Home Built by R. Alexander John Jolley Home Andrus home, Old Andrus home, New Ephraim Hall Home Built by R. Alexander Samuel Connell Home Joseph Hannig Home Andrew Sorensen Home Billy Gould Home Bert Connell Home Largest Pecan Tree in Utah Jacob Bastian Second Home William Weaver Atkins-Cox Home, Old Atkins-Cox Home, New Athole Milne Home Jim Hall Home Christian Iverson Home, Old and New Victor Iverson Home William Tobler Home Dixie Molasses Mill Boilers for Molasses Walter Iverson Home Sproul Home Stahelis and Toblers Frank Staheli's Threshing Machine Washington's Silver Band Judd Home Jolley Tobacco Ad in Tennessee Jolley Home Neil Nisson Home George Thayne Home George Hall Home Relief Society Building Relief Society Hall, Old and New Stone School Stone School 1993-94 Rear of the Stone School 1995 Jolley-Cox Home Before 1873 Jolley-Cox Home 1994 Washington Stone Church Church Choir in Upper Level of Stone Church Students Standing on Wooden Stairs of Stone Church John P. Chidester Home Albert Tobler Home Calvin Hall Company Letterhead Cal N. Hall Ad for Big Hand Cafe Cal Hall's Pasture Hall's Tourist Cabin Hall's Bathtub Area Known as Camp Washington Camp Washington's Main Entrance Camp Washington Cabins Cotton Factory, One Story Cotton Factory About 1870 Cotton Factory 1915 Cotton Factory 1993 Cotton Factory's Employees 1870 Snow's Gristmill Drive-through between Gristmill and Storage Shed Map of Gristmill Waterwheel Plate Olof Sandberg (?) Warm Springs Miller's Store Willard 0. Nisson Home Restored Adams Granary Old Cottonwood Tree by Adams Home Path to Mill Ditch Remains of Mill Ditch Mill Ditch Cut Through Solid Rock Mill Ditch Tunnel John Tanner Home Arthur Paxman Home Nisson's Store Robert Parker Home Israel Neilson Home Swimming Pool Ticket Office Swimming Pool Bathhouses Old Millstone Washington City Cemetery Sandstone Quarry Black Lava Rock Quarry Gravel Pit Frank Hafen Home Shinob-Kiab Looking South Shinob-Kiab Looking East CCC Camp Location of Old and New Canals Old Sluice Gate Sites of Old Dams Remains of Old Dams Schlappi Tunnel Sproul, Pickett, Beard Tunnels Nichols' Peak Cut Fredrick Julius Hannig Home Old Tithing Granary Pile Dam Piles Foster Farm House Pioneer Lime Kiln Woven Cedar Fences Rock Fences Rock Fence Foundation Cut Stone Fence Solid Cedar Post Fence Willow and Mud Fence Old Highway 91 Crossing Ash Creek Black Ridge - First Climb Peter's Leap Peter Shirts with his Family Pioneer Roads on the Black Ridge Dixie Red Sand Looking West From Leeds Toward Harrisburg Vermilion Cliffs Grapevine Pass, New and Old Pioneer Wagon Drawing Adair Spring Mounument Black Ridge Road East of Ash Creek Washington Fields Dam 1889-1891 Canal from the Front Side of the Dam Elephant Arch Cotton Factory Sign Monument Honoring Early Pioneers Monument Erected in 1995 Members of Sons and Daughters of Utah Pioneers at Adair Monument Peter Neilson, Sr. Home Cotton Factory Workers 1899 Old Stone Church Class First Graduating Class of Old School 1910 Washington School Students 1897-1898 Heritage Ancestor Quilt Old Stone Church and School Students 1928-1929 Foster Farm Jacob Bastian Home John P. Chidester Home Old Timers 1983 School Souvenir William and Malissa Turnbeaugh Girls in Front of Relief Society Hall in 1913 Rock from John D. Lee's Home Warm Springs Elephant Arch St. George Tithing Scrip and of M. Iverson Store in Washington Pioneer Handcart Drawing |
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