WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)WHAT'S NEW ON THE WCHS WEBSITE(most recent items first; older ones will eventually disappear)*** THIS PAGE IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED *** |
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The WCHS website is so large that it is impossible to follow changes as they are made. There are updates
almost every day, some minor and some major. On this webpage we will try to highlight some of the major ones that would be of the most general interest. They are ordered most recent (top) to oldest (bottom). The latest contents of Richard Kohler's two St. George history books are now on the website at: St. George, Outpost of Civilization A Little Piece of Zion: The Saint George Town Lot Lisa Michele Churchs's presentation on Charles Bigelow and the Arrowhead Highway from the State Historical Conference on September 28, 2018. Red Rocks and Race Cars: Charles Bigelow and the Arrowhead Highway Red Rocks and Race Cars: Charles H. Bigelow and Tourism Development along the Arrowhead Highway Video of at talk by Ron Bracken at the September 20, 2018 meeting of the Washington City Historical Society My Great, Greats in Washington County 1854-1863: A Talk by Ron Bracken Updates to the Dixie Round-up webpages with links to some of the early programs: Dixie Round-up, Sun Bowl, and St. George Lions. Video of Richard Kohler's 4th Saturday Silver Reef Museum lecture on July 28, 2018 Cottonwood Canal Water 1879-1898 New or upgraded webpages for: Dixie Round-up Enterprise Rodeo Gunlock Rodeo Veyo Rodeo Old Hurricane City Dump Old Shivwits Disposal Site Old St. George City Dump Old Washington City Dump Washington County Landfill New webpages for: Book: "All That Was Promised: The St. George Temple and the Unfolding of the Restoration" by Blaine M. Yorgason, Richard A. Schmutz, and Douglas D. Alder Book: "Dixie College: Monument to the Industry of a Dedicate People" by Edna J. Gregerson Ellis Wilson Jones & Eva Cottam Jones Hyrum Ellis Jones & Nancy Jane Hunt Jones William Ellis Jones & Martha Vaughan Jones James Wilson Hunt & Elizabeth Vaughan Hunt Jacob Mica Truman & Elizabeth Boyce Truman Thomas Cottam & Caroline Smith Cottam Turkey Farm Road Water Tank Journal of the Southern Indian Mission (handwritten) by Thomas D. Brown Tuacahn High School Chums Interesting updates to: Samuel Lorenzo Adams Castle Cliff history Thomas Punter Cottam & Emmaline Jarvis Cottam George & Ann Pryor Jarvis The Orson Pratt - Richard & Elizabeth Bentley Home Hernia Dam Trip reports with photos and other information have been produced for some of the Dixie Arizona Strip Interpretive Association (DASIA) field trips. If available, there will be a link from the trip entry in the Calendar History pages of this website. Here is a list of previous DASIA field trip reports: 5/26/2017: Grand Gulch Mine 6/22/2017: Nutter Twists Road and Last Chance Canyon 8/24/2017: Mt. Trumbull BLM Admin Site and the Nampaweap Trail 10/26/2017: Big Springs Admisistrative Center 11/30/2017: Jumpup Canyon and the Jumpup Cabin 4/26/2018: The Paria/Pahreah Townsite 5/24/2018; Mt. Dellenbaugh and Surrounding Areas 6/28/2018; Kanab Point 8/23/2018; Powell Point The very interesting book, "Utah in the World War, The Men Behind the Guns and the Men and Women Behind the Men Behind the Guns" is now available online. See http://wchsutah.org/documents/utah-world-war-book.php New webpages for: The story of the St. George Tabernacle Windows The story of David & Willie Cannon and the Sego Lily You can now contribute to the Juanita Brooks Statue Project online with a credit card or PayPal: http://wchsutah.org/people/juanita-brooks-project.php There is a new webpage for veteran's markers, monuments, and plaques: http://wchsutah.org/people/veterans-markers.php The "Utah's World War I Monuments" brochure is now available online, http://wchsutah.org/people/veterans-ww1-1.pdf Triggered by the 5/18/2018 Kent Powell Lecture, a book information webpage was created for "Nels Anderson's World War I Diary", Also see the Nels Anderson webpage. Doug Liston's book, Musicians of Southern Utah, is now available for download or viewing as a single file and the text can be searched. See http://wchsutah.org/documents/liston-musicians-book.php Set up initial webpages for Phil & Emily Foremaster and their home: http://wchsutah.org/people/phil-emily-foremaster.php http://wchsutah.org/homes/phil-emily-foremaster-home.php Set up an initial webpage for Nils & Gustava Capson of Virgin: http://wchsutah.org/people/nils-gustava-capson.php Updated the Thomas L. Kane webpage with links to the last Juanita Brooks Lecture about him and links to two books by his wife about their travels through southern Utah in 1872-1873. Thomas L. Kane webpage Added the 34th and 35th Juanita Brooks Lectures to the complete set Juanita Brooks Lecture Series New starter webpages for The Joseph Fish family of Enterprise The John & Catherine Steele Family of Toquerville Set up an index of all the aerial photos on the WCHS website, http://wchsutah.org/photos/photos-aerial.php Added labels to the objects in one 1950s aerial photo of downtown St. George, http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03653a.php Added a starter webpage for Asael K. & Marva Crosby Palmer of Hurricane. Marva was the nurse for Dr. Clark McIntyre and then for most of Dr. Garth B. Last's practice. http://wchsutah.org/people/asael-marva-palmer.php Alex Boyé filmed a music video at 15 different locations in Washington County in cooperation with the Dixie State University using local performers and staff. http://wchsutah.org/videos/videos.php#million-dreams Karen Monsen wrote a nice artice about the Dixie Red Hills Golf Course and the Sandstone Quarry Trail and provided some nice related photos. http://wchsutah.org/entertainment/dixie-red-hills-golf3.pdf http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03642.php through http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03647.php http://wchsutah.org/entertainment/dixie-red-hills-golf.php http://wchsutah.org/roads/sandstone-quarry-trail.php http://wchsutah.org/miscellaneous/sandstone-quarry.php New updates on the Juanita Brooks Project including photos of the proposed statue http://wchsutah.org/people/juanita-brooks-project.php A new book information page http://wchsutah.org/documents/mcarthur-eldon-denise-book.php A collection of watercolor paintings by Beanna Gentry from the Washington City Historical Society http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03593.php through http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03630.php A nice biography of Samuel Lorenzo Adams and his wives added to his webpage http://wchsutah.org/people/samuel-lorenzo-adams5.pdf http://wchsutah.org/people/samuel-lorenzo-adams.php New webpages for the Tech Ridge development and for Dixie Technology College: http://wchsutah.org/buildings/tech-ridge.php http://wchsutah.org/schools/dixie-tech.php A video of Karen Monsen's lecture, "Skywatchers and Rock Art Solstice Markers" is online at http://wchsutah.org/videos/videos.php#skywatchers There is a new manuscript online with information about a lot of Washington county people: http://wchsutah.org/documents/joshua-thomas-willis-story.php Old photos of Hebron and the Enterprise Dam construction: http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03631.php http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03632.php http://wchsutah.org/photos3/wchs-03633.php New webpages: http://wchsutah.org/businesses/forever-young.php http://wchsutah.org/documents/joseph-kay-brooks-book.php http://wchsutah.org/plants/plants.php http://wchsutah.org/medicine/life-flight.php http://wchsutah.org/medicine/medical-staff-2018.pdf There have been very recent changes to the following webpages: http://wchsutah.org/people/james-sarah-prince.php http://wchsutah.org/water/black-knolls-reservoir.php The WCHS is embarking on a project to honor Juanita Brooks with a bronze statue. While this is going on, there will be frequent updates to the Juanita Brooks webpages on the WCHS website. http://wchsutah.org/people/juanita-brooks.php http://wchsutah.org/people/juanita-brooks-publications.php http://wchsutah.org/people/juanita-brooks-project.php The book, "Sunlight and Shadow, The Page Ranch Story" by Lisa Michele Church, is now available online. http://wchsutah.org/documents/church-page-ranch-book.php |
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