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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147Y_utah-idaho-sugar-company_St-George-UT.html
The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company after determining that sugar beet seed was a good cash crop, bought these grounds and started production that would last for nearly fifty years.
Sugar beets were planted in the fall in the Bloomington and Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147F_the-burgess-house_St-George-UT.html
The house was built in 1916 by Joe Burgess. He hauled lava rock from the nearby black hill for the foundation stones and constructed the home out of formed cement blocks made by lime canfield. These formed cement blocks became popular in the early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147E_jacob-hamblin-home_Santa-Clara-UT.html
The Jacob Hamblin Home was built in 1862-1863. The home's construction materials were obtained locally-ponderosa pine from Pine Valley and rock from nearby hillsides. Pioneer craftsmen from Cedar City laid the stone in what is know as a coursed ru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147C_john-george-and-susette-bosshard-hafen-home_Santa-Clara-UT.html
This 1 ½ story Victorian, eclectic crosswing home is believed to have been built in 1881. The adobe bricks that form the walls were made on the property from sand and clay from the backyard and the nearby hill to the north. Some of the other …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1479_preston-and-vella-ruth-hafen-home_Santa-Clara-UT.html
The term Period Revival refers to a wide range of historically based house styles favored by the American public for nearly half a century. A number of these styles, including Spanish Colonial, English Tudor, Mission, Pueblo, and French Norman wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1478_frederick-and-anna-reber-home_Santa-Clara-UT.html
Fredrick and Anna Reber reached Santa Clara in November of 1861. Laboring with other members of their faith, they forged an existence out of the barren, sandy valley that had been their destination. In direct contrast to their native Switzerland, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1476_the-settling-of-santa-clara-first-public-buildings-missionaries-and-settlers_Santa-Clara-UT.html
[Side A:]The Settling of Santa ClaraThomas Carlyle said of the Switzers, "They are honest people... they are not philosophers or tribunes; but frank, honest landsmen."
In April 1861 a company of Mormon converts from Switzerland, under the dire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1474_hug-gubler-home_Santa-Clara-UT.html
The Henry Hug family came to Santa Clara with the original Swiss Company in November of 1861. The Hugs and other members of this group lived in their wagon boxes and hillside dugouts until more adequate shelters could be built. The Hugs built this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1470_brigham-young-winter-home_St-George-UT.html
The original portion of this home was begun in 1860 and completed in 1871. When Brigham Young purchased it he added the front addition which was completed in 1873. It served as his winter home from that time until his death in 1877.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM146N_erastus-fairbanks-snow_St-George-UT.html
Missionary, Founder of St. George, President of the Cotton Mission.
Erastus Snow was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1818. He entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 21, 1847, in advance of the fist company of Mormon Pioneers. He was ordained an…