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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLM_harrisburg_Hurricane-UT.html
In 1859, after helping settle San Bernardino California, Moses Harris moved his family to Utah and settled on the Virgin River near Quail Creek. In 1862 a flood forced the settlers further up Quail Creek to the Cottonwood Creek Fork. Due to the ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1V_zion-mt-carmel-tunnel-and-highway-utah_Hurricane-UT.html
This 5,613- foot-long tunnel, the longest vehicular tunnel in the National Park System, was blasted through the towering sandstone cliffs above Pine Creek Canyon. Construction required extraordinary access through cliff-face galleries for blasting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1I_bradshaw-house-hotel_Hurricane-UT.html
This house was built in 1906-08 by Ira E. and Marion Hinton Bradshaw, lifelong residents of southern Utah. It was the first permanent house built in the town of Hurricane, which was established soon after completion of the Hurricane Canal in 1904.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1H_the-historic-dixie-long-valley-utah-pioneer-trail_Hurricane-UT.html
Segments of the old Indian trails between St. George and Long Valley were used by Mormon pioneers to settle Long Valley in 1864 and for its resettlement in 1871 following Indian conflicts. This trail scaled the Hurricane Fault on the Johnson Twist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1G_the-historic-hurricane-canal_Hurricane-UT.html
When first conceived, the Hurricane Canal seemed like an impossible dream. Beginning at a point seven miles up the Virgin River, water had to travel through flumes, tunnels, and over deep ravines. The canal had to hang on steep, unstable cliffs an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IX_from-schoolhouse-to-town-hall_Hurricane-UT.html
The building to your left was originally built as a schoolhouse in 1880 in nearby Silver Reef. It also served in the mining boomtown as a place for community dances and other gatherings.
Soon after the schoolhouse was built, Silver Reef began t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IW_a-tale-of-three-towns_Hurricane-UT.html
The history of three towns - Harrisburg, Silver Reef, and Leeds - is intricately connected. Harrisburg and Silver Reef are ghost towns today, while Leeds persists. Like many locations in the arid west, water and its availability and accessibility …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IH_harrisburg-harrisburg-residents_Hurricane-UT.html
Harrisburg The town of Harrisburg was founded by Moses Harris in 1859. By 1868, twenty-five families had made their homes in this little valley along Quail Creek, located three miles south of Leeds and twelve miles northeast of St. George. The tow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14H3_robert-d-covington-house_Hurricane-UT.html
This house was built c. 1859 for Robert D. Covington, leader of the Mormon colonizing group sent from Salt Lake City to establish a cotton industry in this warm region of the Utah Territory. The native sandstone building material was quarried 1/4 …
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.