WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)CAMP LORENZO(aka The United Order Cotton Farm) |
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LOCATIONFive miles north of Washington on the north side of the Virgin River.37° 7' 23.56" North Latitude, 113° 25' 58.94" West Longitude 37.1232° North Latitude, 113.4330° West Longitude 2,708 feet (835 meters) MSL For a higher resolution image, click here; closer in, click here; and very close, click here. DESCRIPTIONTBDHISTORYTBDThis property is currently privately owned and not open to public access. PHOTOSWCHS-03143 People picnicing in front of the old building at Camp Lorenzo REFERENCESCamp Lorenzo a testament to industry of Cotton Mission daysby Dave Beta Camp Lorenzo, Washington, Utah by the Cotton Mission Chapter, Sons of Utah Pioneers A paragraph about the Cotton Farm in the book, Under Dixie Sun by the Washington County D.U.P., 1950, Page 249 A paragraph about Camp Lorenzo in the book, "I Was Called To Dixie" by Andrew Karl Larson Deseret News Press, 1961, Pages 297-298 Camp Lorenzo, Washington, Utah by Brent Prince (blog), February 12, 2009 Camp Lorenzo Cotton Mission, Just Southeast of Washington, Utah Aerial video from Random Tech, May 20, 2018 Southern Utah Memories: Camp Lorenzo was part of the Cotton Mission by Loren R. Webb, April 26, 2013 |
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