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TABLE of CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **Indicates New Since 1/1/2014 a Adobe and Brick 1 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 A Adobe and Brick 1. Adobe and Brick - 1 2. Adobe Making - 8 American Legion Auxiliary - 2 Apothecary Bottles – 2 A Price for Freedom – 1 Aprons/Bonnets* 1.Grandmother's Apron Song - 14 2.Apron/Bonnet Instructions - 8 3.Bonnet Pattern for trek -3 4.How to Make Pioneer Sunbonnets -2 5.Sunbonnet How-to - 4 6.Sunbonnet Tutorial -13 Arrowhead Hotel – 5 Artifacts 1.Cake in Middle Room – 1 (see Jane Bleak) Athena Club – 3 Authors, Local 1.Whipple, Maureen- 10 B Babies Delivered in Pine Valley - 3 Bakeries 1.Early Bakery - 1 2.Early Bakeries - 1 Banking 1.Banking in Utah – 2 2.1st Bank in Washington Co. - 2 Baskets and Woven Fences – 1 Basque - 3 Bass Drum 1.Bass Drum – 5 2.Story of Edward Duzett – 4 3.Kirk Sharp and his music - 2 Beginning of Political Parties in St. George -1 Bell on Temple Square (SL) - 1 1 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 “Bell That Tolled at Midnight” – 1 Bibliography of Utah Writings and History - 11 Big Hand Cafe (Newspaper Article) - 4 Black Pioneers - 1 Blacksmiths in Dixie – 2 “Boney Animals” – 1 Bootlegging in Utah’s Dixie – 46 Boy Scout Leaders 1.Photo in 1914: (Back Row) George W. Worthen, Warren Cox, 3 unknowns, David R. Forsha (3rd Row) Wallace Bracken, Chester Snow, Henry Savage, Joseph T. Atkin, Jr., Willie Langston (2nd Ros) Chaucey Sandberg, Unknown, Wilford McArthur, David H. Morris, Oscar Kirkham, Church M.I.A. Executive, unkknown, Elson Morris, Ed McMullin, unknown (1st Row) Dav id Stirling, LeRoy Cox, Nelson Empey, Newel Larson, Cyrus Gifford, Leslie Morris Braided Rugs - 3 Brass Band 1.Charles J. Thomas – 2 (see Charles J. Thomas) Bread – 1 Brigham Young Home – 2 Brigham Young Room Artifacts – 1 Brooks' Pond – photo -1 Broom-Making - 1 Building Materials - 2 Burning of Lime and Brick – 1 C Cable, the – Zion Park - 4 Cake – Prize Winner 1899 – 1 (see Jane Bleak) Canals – Enterprise and Hurricane -1 Cannon – 3 1.Letter executing bill of sale of cannon – 2 Cashmere Caper (Ben Johnson) - 2 Cattle Industry of Utah – 5 My classification as a Cattle Man – Atkin, Rudger (5 pages)** Cave Monster Story - 1 2 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 Cave Valley Cave - 1 CCC Camp (Gunlock) -1 Celebrations/Holidays in Dixie 1.July Celebrations -1 2.Other Christmas/Thanksgiving -2 Cemeteries, Washington County – 1** Centennial – Salt Lake Temple – 2 Centennial Stories - 2 Chair Making 1.History of Benjamin F. Blake - 2 2.Chair Making by B. F. Blake – 1 3.Chair Making – Alpheus Gifford - 2 Charles J. Thomas Brass Band -2 (See Charles J. Thomas) Christmas in Dixie – 1.A Pioneer Christmas -3 2.Christmas 1861 - 4 3.First Christmas in Dixie - 5 4.St. George’s 1st Christmas – 3 5.Saving Christmas – 1899 - 3 Church Immigration 1.Organized Companies - 5 Clubs in St. George - 1 Communication of Early Dixie Days 1.Communication of Early Utah - 1 2.Communication of Early Pioneers - 2 3.Deseret Telegraph/Telephone – 2 4.People’s Progressive Telephone Company – 7 (Henry Davis Holt, James Samuel Page Bowler, Albert Henry Truman) Communities of Washington Co. – 2 Company Ships (1840-1868) – 4 Cotton Factory 1.Norma Cannizzaro – 2 2.Brief Sketch – 4 3.Newspaper Article – 1 4.Dixie Cotton Factory Article – 1 5.Empty Mill Echoes Utah Past -1 6.Photo of Old Cotton Factory – 3 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 7.Photos – then and now – 2 Cotton Mission – 15 Cotton, Story of - 2 County Courthouse - 4 Cowboys in Dixie - 4 Culture 1.Culture in Dixie - 1 2.Culture and the Arts in Dixie – 2 3.Culture and Young Adults in Dixie - 2 “Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight” – 1 D “D” Day 1.First “D” Day - 3 2.Photo – 2 3.Photo - 1 Dairies - 1 Debating Club – 1 Deseret Alphabet 1.Article by Bart Anderson - 1 2.Copy of page – 1 3.Article in Spectrum – 2 Deseret News, History - 1 Deseret Telegraph and Telephone - 1 Dixie College – 6 Dixie Hell Cats – 1** Dixieland – Enchanted Spot - 2 Dixie Memorial Hospital 1.1st Baby Girl Born in Hospital – 1 2.Hospital - 1 Dixie Pioneers 1.Dixie Pioneers – 4 2.Dixie Pioneers Who Responded to Call - 7 3.Names of 1st Settlers – 3 4.Dixie Pioneers alive as of 1916 – 2 5.List of Those Called - 2 4 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 Dixie Pioneers Who Registered in 1936 – 13 Dixie Sesquicentennial Encampment - 7 Dixie Volcano Cones – 1 Dixieland, Enchanted Spot – 2 Dixie’s First Christmas - 1 Doctors and Nurses – 3 Dodge Pond - 3 Drama in Early Dixie 1.Incident Related by Pioneer Freighter - 1 2.Letter of Joseph Orton – 1 3.Motion Picture Colony in Santa Clara – 2 4.Development of Drama – 3 5.Dixie Fifty Years Ago (Play) - 3 Drums 1.3 Snares and 1 Fife – 1 2.Snares and Fife - 2 Dyes – 1 E Early Day Valentines - 2 Early Pioneer Women in Washington City – 2 Photo of Early Residents -1 1.(Left to Right)John H. Cottam, John S. McAllister, Bliss Janis, G. Glen Smith, Ernest Lowe, Ellis McAllister, Unknown, Clarence Ward, Leo A. Snow, Leland Brooks, George Brooks, Jr., George Harmon, Clair Brooks, George T. Thompson, James Wulfenstein, Frank Miles, Horace Thompson, John W. Pace, J. M. Moody, (Boys in front) Alva Snow, Tommy Linder, George Janis, Fergus Wallis, Unknown Early Tradesmen 1.Early Tradesmen – 4 2.Early Tradesmen (Virgin/Springdale) - 3 Education in Dixie 1.School Teachers/Schools attended by Eleanor C. W. Jarvis – 1 2.First School in Southern Utah – 2 3.Pioneer Life – Education – 12 5 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 4.Beginnings of St. George Academy -3 5.History on Education/St. George – 7 6.Report of School Year – 6 7.7th Grade at Woodward – 1 8.Utah School Report 1865 – 8 9.Woodward School – 3 10.So. Utah’s First High School (Beaver) – 2 11.Photo of original school building at Bloomington - 1 Electric Theater – Then and Now - 1 Emigrants’ Guides – 2 Encampment Mall - 10 F “Far, Far Away on Judea’s Plains” - 2 1. An American Carol (John Macfarlane) – 5 Father Scanlan – 2 First Grade Class Woodward School 1910 - 1 Firsts in Dixie 1.1st Home Built in St. George, UT – 1 2.1st St. George Home - 1 First Presidency – 1 Flax – 7 Flowers of Utah - 10 Folklore/Faith Promoting in Dixie 1.Experience of James Rencher - 2 2.Folklore in Dixie - 10 3.A Promise Fulfilled - 1 4.A Promise Fulfilled (2) – 1 5.Strange Visit to Matilda Jinkensen – 2 6.Flour Sack that was Never Empty – 2 7.Story of Woodruff Alexander – 1 8.Vision Seen Before Being Converted – 1 9.A Warning Heeded – 1 10.A Warning – 1 11.Answered Prayers – 1 12.Help Other Than Human – 2 13.Help Other Than Human (2) – 1 6 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 14.Help Other Than Human (3) – 1 15.Not by Man Alone – 1 16.One of the 3 Nephites -1 17.Rain Came to Answer of Prayer (Jacob Hamblin) – 1 18.Coming of Crickets and Seagulls – 1 19.Value of False Teeth – 1 20.They Lived in a Way that They Received Inspiration – 2 21.Who Held the Door – 2 22.Who Planted the Greens -1 Former and Present Communities - 2 Freighting -2 Friendship Quilt, Silk – (2 pages) Furniture 1.Furniture - 1 2.John Nock Hinton - 3 G Gardener’s Club 1.Gardener’s Club Hall - 1 2.Gardener’s Club (including picture) – 5 (some handwritten) 3.Gardener’s Club – 2 Gardner, Leonora-Babies Delivered in Pine Valley - 3 Gleaning 1.Memories of Gleaning Days - 3 2.Additional Information about Gleaning - 2 Glue – 2 Greatest Storm of Dixie 1861 - Article Grindstone – 1 H Hall, Henrietta P., “Memories” - 3 Hamblin, Jacob Home - 1 Handcraft Handcart Pioneers – 2 1.Handcarts West – 2 2.The Trek Westward - 2 Harvesting 7 MC QUARRIE MEMORIAL MUSEUM TABLE OF CONTENTS – “OTHER” HISTORIES (WASHINGTON COUNTY) 1/1/2015 **indicates new since 1/1/2014 1.Harvest Time in Early Days - 2 2.Methods of Harvesting – 3 3.Pioneer Harvest – 2* History Blazer Articles and Table of Contents 1.1883 Blaze Spurred Creation of the Salt Lake City's Professional Fire Depart 2.1918-1919 Flu Epidemic Reached Remote Areas of Utah 3.19th-century Utah Women Spun Yarn and Also Dug Ditches 4.24th Infantry Brought African Americans to Fort Douglas 5.A Bit of Polynesia Remains in the Salt Desert Adventures of an Early Hot Rodder 6.African Americans Built Churches in Utah 7. After Many Boom and Bust Cycles Moab Just Keeps Pedaling 8.Agronomist John W. Carlson Researched Alfalfa Seed in the Uinta Basin 9.Alhandra Ferry Was a Key Link in Uintah County's Transportation System 10. Alice Parker Isom Faced Frontier Utah's Challenges with True Grit 11.Alma Richards Was Utah's First Olympic Gold Medalist 12.Architecture May be Beaver's Real Treasure 13.Arrival of the Episcopal Church in Utah, 1867 14Artist John Held, Jr., Created Many Cultural Icons of the 1920s 15Artist MaryTeasdel Followed Her Dream in Paris 16.Attic Papers Reveal Jesse Knight Ventures 17.Aunt P'lina Studied Medicine in Her 60s 18.Bear Lake Monster - Real, Imaginary, or Tall Tale 19.Beaver Opera House Promoters Thought Big Beginning of Public Support for Libraries 20.Beginnings of Commercial Aviation 21.Beginnings of the University of Utah 22.Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King, in Utah 23.Bicyclist Challenges the Great Salt Lake Desert 24.Billy Wilson and His Bar Bear 25.
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