WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
LAVERKIN, UTAH
LOCATION
Between Toquerville and Hurricane.HISTORY
The LaVerkin area was originally used as farmland. A townsite was surveyed in 1898 and families started living there.LaVerkin got a post office in 1903.
HISTORICAL SITES
Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge
LaVerkin Canal
LaVerkin CCC Corral
LaVerkin CCC Camp
LaVerkin Chapel (Old LaVerkin Chapel, The White Chapel)
LaVerkin City Cemetery
LaVerkin Hot Springs (LaVerkin Sulphur Springs, Pah Tempe)
LaVerkin Power Plant #4
LaVerkin School
LaVerkin-Springdale Trail
Also see:
LaVerkin Fruit and Nursery Company
LaVerkin Sanitorium and Resort Company
PHOTOS
WCHS photos:WCHS-00402 Photo of early LaVerkin looking west
Other photos on the web:
5/27/2003 photo from the LaVerkin Overlook looking toward the Virgin River
5/27/2003 photo of the Hurricane Valley from the La Verkin Overlook
5/27/2003 photo of the view north from the La Verkin Overlook
5/27/2003 photo of the Virgin River Canyon xooming in on the canyon from the La Verkin Overlook
REFERENCES
LaVerkin City official websiteWikipedia article about LaVerkin
History of LaVerkin
An essay by Victor Hall
History of La Verkin
by Maud M. Judd, 1950
A history of LaVerkin
A history of religion in LaVerkin
"A Brief History of the La Verkin Hot Springs and the La Verkin Canal"
Book by Ruby Webb
La Verkin: La Verkin Camp of the Daughers of Utah Pioneers, 1986
Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, " Under Dixie Sun".
1950 with 1978 Supplement.
Pages 389-403, Supplement Page 19.
History reveals intriguing origins of unique place names in Southern Utah
Article by Ammon Teare, St. George News, 6/12/2021