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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14H2_robert-d-covington-house_Hurricane-UT.html
Built c. 1859 by Washington'sfirst Bishop and leaderof the 1857 Cotton Missionaries.Good example of pioneer stone work.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14EA_new-harmony_New-Harmony-UT.html
In 1852 Elisha H. Groves, John D. Lee and others built a fort on Ash Creek, called Harmony. The fort was abandoned in 1854 and a new site located called Fort Harmony. Following disastrous floods in 1862 settlers again moved and established NewHarm…
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Established May 9, 1854, by John D. Lee, Richard Woolsey, William R. Davis and others who had founded Harmony in 1852. County seat of Washington County until 1859. Headquarters of Mormon Mission to Lamanites 1853-1854.The fort was finally abandone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14E8_snowfield-monument_New-Harmony-UT.html
October 13, 1776: "We set out southward from the small river and campsite of Nuestra Senora del Pilar ("Our Lady of the Pillar" - Kolob Canyon of Zion Canyon National Park)?" and?"We traveled a league and a half to the south, descended to the litt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14E7_in-honor-of-chief-toquer_Toquerville-UT.html
In early June 1854, eight members of the Southern Utah Indian Mission left Harmony to visit Toquer, chief of the Paiute Indian band living on lower Ash Creek. Chief Toquer's tribe referred to themselves as Paiute, Toquit, or Toquart Indians. They …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14E6_toquer_Toquerville-UT.html
ToquerOld Jail Rock1860
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In 1854 President Brigham Young sent scouts to locate sites for settlement. Indians living here called it Toquer (Meaning Black). In 1858 eight families were sent from New Harmony to colonize here. They named it Toquerville, which became the count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14DW_hurricane-laverkin-bridge_La-Verkin-UT.html
In 1908 the Midland Bridge Company was awarded a contract in the amount of $3,299 to fabricate and erect the Hurricane/LaVerkin Bridge. This structure incorporates distinctive characteristics in its method of construction, is one of the earliest a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14DU_la-verkin-canal_La-Verkin-UT.html
In December of 1888, Thomas P. Cottam and Thomas Judd made a preliminary survey to determine the probable cost of a canal. Early in 1889, Isaac C. MacFarlane made a working survey, and work was started as soon as his survey was completed. In June …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14DT_southern-exploring-company-1849_La-Verkin-UT.html
The confluence of Ash and LaVerkin Creeks with the Virgin River is important in the history of this region. Footsteps long forgotten have passed through this region. Some have been remembered but most have faded with time. Roaming bands of Indians…