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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14A8_the-temple-honeymoon-trails_St-George-UT.html
The Temple TrailThe temple trail is the route used from 1871 to 1877 to haul timber from Mt. Trumbull, Arizona, to St. George, Utah, for the building of the St. George LDS Temple. Pioneers traveled 80 miles along the rough, dirt road, hauling by h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14A7_the-bentley-house-and-judd-store_St-George-UT.html
The house behind the store was built in 1876 by William Oscar Bentley. It was sold in the early 1900's to Thomas Judd, who attached a mercantile to the dining room. The Judd family owned and operated the store from 1911 until it was purchased and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14A6_orson-pratt-richard-bentley_St-George-UT.html
Orson Pratt was one of two Latter-day Saint Apostles called by Brigham Young to lead the St. George colony in 1864. When Orson was called on a mission to Europe, the home passed to Richard Bentley. It was partially converted to a mercantile busine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14A5_the-judd-house_St-George-UT.html
Joseph Judd, son of Thomas Judd, who built the store east of here, built this home in 1917. His family lived in the house until 1974. Joseph and his son Thomas operated the Judd Store while they lived here, and Thomas Judd still manages it for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149A_tabernacle_St-George-UT.html
Brigham Young's purpose in building this tabernacle was to provide an ornament to the city. Its 3-foot thick basement walls of hand-cut limestone bear individual stone cutter marks. Roof trusses were hand-hewn and the twin spiral staircases with b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1499_the-jail-house_St-George-UT.html
The jail is a small one room building constructed from black lava rock gathered in the nearby foothills. The exact date of construction is not known, however, it is assumed to be built by Sheriff Hardy around 1880. Though used as a granary after t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1497_the-sandstone-building_St-George-UT.html
It is difficult to establish an exact date of construction of this building. It is one of a half-dozen structures built in St. George from leftover rock from the tabernacle during the 1860's. George Brooks is thought to have built the building, as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148F_gardeners-club_St-George-UT.html
This structure, built by St. George's first horticulturist J.E. Johnson in 1863, for use as a meeting place for the club, was never used as a residence.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148C_the-hardy-house_St-George-UT.html
Built by Augustus Poore Hardy in 1871, this house, with classical Dixie dormers, has quite a history. Hardy was sheriff of St. George and was holding a man accused of murder. An armed group of vigilantes broke into the house and forced the keys fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148A_erastus-snows-big-house_St-George-UT.html
On this site in 1867, Erastus Snow began construction on a four-story, adobe home which later became known as the "Big House." Snow, an LDS apostle, was the presiding Mormon leader during the colonization of St. George. The "Big House" was an unco…