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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BV_the-town-named-after-a-buggy-incident_Hurricane-UT.html
Buggies, such as the one before you, were an important part of early America. As the name implies, Doctors' Buggies were used by physicians but they were also a popular choice for many others as well. Buggies were dearly prized and generally kept …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BR_many-came-by-handcart_Hurricane-UT.html
Between June 9, 1856, and July 6, 1860, ten separate Handcart Companies left IowaCity, Iowa, or Florence, Nebraska to their land of Zion in the Utah Territory. There were653 handcarts and 50 wagons.Nearly 3,000 souls, some with babes in arms, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BP_historic-kolob-mountain_Hurricane-UT.html
Kolobby Owen SandersWhen lassitude tugs at your bodyand robs you of zest to existcome with me to Koloband walk through the mild morning mist Huddle at dawn on a hillsideand scan the green valley below;Listen to snapping and crackle of twigsand …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BO_pioneer-gratitude_Hurricane-UT.html
When Claron Bradshaw was asked by the Heritage Park Foundation Committee if he would sponsor the expense of casting the "Pioneer Gratitude" statue in bronze and placing it on the monument in the park, he responded -"I Appreciate My Dixie PioneerHe…
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The warm comfortable productive climate in the sheltered valleys along the meandering Rio Virgin and its lower tributaries in Washington County became known as "Utah's Dixie".The rugged pioneer colonizers and their descendants are known as "Dixiei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BL_hurricane-canal_Hurricane-UT.html
The construction of the Hurricane Canal is one of Utah's proudest stories of pioneer determination. This canal, built completely by hand, opened the Hurricane Bench to farming and the establishment of the town of Hurricane.In 1893 two local men, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BK_pioneer-trails_Hurricane-UT.html
Historic Temple TrailThe Temple Trail which has two parts, was used during the years 1874-1876 to bring lumber by ox-team from two sawmills at Nixon Springs on the south face of Mount Trumbull to St. George, eighty miles away, for constructing the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AJ_historic-pine-valley-mountain_Hurricane-UT.html
To the north stands historic Pine Valley Mountain, one of the best known and most historic mountains of the Southern Utah Rockies. Indian legends carry traditions of this imposing landmark back many generations. To the Mormon Pioneers it furnished…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AI_covington-mansion_Washington-UT.html
In 1857, Robert D. Covington, directed by Brigham Young, led twenty-eight families to Washington, Utah, to establish the "Cotton Mission." In 1859, a large structure was built that would serve as a meeting house for the Saints, a way station for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14AH_adair-spring_Washington-UT.html
In early 1857 Brigham Young called a group of Southerners on a cotton mission to southern Utah to raise cotton. Samuel Newton Adair, the leader of ten families, arrived at this spot Apr. 15, 1857, after leaving Payson, Utah on Mar. 3. They camped …
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