WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
LAW ENFORCEMENT
in Washington County, Utah
HISTORY
TBDUTAH HIGHWAY PATROL
Santa Clara Checking StationPatrolman Loren D. Squire (served 7/5/1933-1958)
Patrolman L. A. "Blondie" Porter (served 1934-????)
Trooper George P. Lang (served 1961-1983)
SHERIFFS
Washington County SheriffsDeputies:
Deputy John Diamond
POLICE
TBDCONSTABLES
Constable Joseph Hoag in Silver ReefCOURTS
Fifth District Court BuildingCRIMES
Cattle RustlingMurder of Michael Carbis by Thomas Forrest and the subsequent lynching of Forrest, October 3-6, 1880
Murder of Royal Samuel Hunt, November 24, 1941
Butch Cassidy Crimes (not in Wasington County)
OUTLAWS
Joe Lewis, 1944Robert Leroy Parker (aka Butch Cassidy), 1889-1908
JAILS
Jail House in St. GeorgeSilver Reef Jail
Virgin Town Jail
Purgatory Correctional Facility
REFERENCES
History of the Utah Highway PatrolUHP History on Patrolling Southern Utah
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.
County constables: A history and overview of their role as peace officers in Washington County
Article by Mori Kessler, St. George News, July 16, 2019
The Carbis-Forrest Affair: Vigilante Justice in Frontier Utah
Paper by Jonathan Alvey talking about frontier justice and vigilanteism in Silver Reef.
Are you a quarantined Sherlock Holmes? Officials revamp cold case website to solve Utah's oldest cases
Article by Cody Blowers, St. George News, 4/12/2020
Southern Utah Memories: Alan Boyack's service in the law included defense lawyer, family lawyer, and State Medical Examiner investigator,
Article by Loren R. Webb, September 23, 2013
Southern Utah Memories: Alan Boyack's service in the law spanned duties as medical examiner, and family and defense attorney,
Article by Loren R. Webb, September 27, 2013
History of the St. George Police Department from 1862 to 2012
Book by Kelly James Larson