St. George is the seventh-largest city in Utah, and the most populous city in the state outside of the Wasatch Front. St. George is the commercial hub of southern Utah and Utah’s Dixie, a nickname given to the area when Mormon pioneers grew cotton in the warm climate.(*)
St. George was founded as a cotton mission in 1861 under the direction of Brigham Young, there is a lot of Pioneer history in the area and also a lot of pre-historic/dinosaur diggings and findings.
St. George Related Posts:
- 1915 Photo
- Cemetery
- Children’s Museum
- City Centre Corner Stone
- The “D” above St. George
- Dinosaur Discovery at Johnson Farm
- Dixie Academy
- The Dixie Pioneers
- Dixie State University
- Erastus Fairbanks Snow
- Gardeners Club
- St George Founders
- St. George Overlook
- The Stone Quarries
- The Temple Quarry
- Parks in St George
- Utah is Rich in Aviation History (SUP#130 and Navigation Arrow)
- Other Places in St. George – Sorted by Address
Historic Buildings
- The Electric Theatre
- The Jail House
- LDS Temple
- McQuarrie Memorial Museum
- Nelson – Mathis Mercantile
- Old Washington County Courthouse
- The Sandstone Building
- The Tabernacle
Historic Homes
- Moses Andrus Home
- Wallace Blake House
- William F. Butler House
- Anthony W. Ivins Home
- Gates – McQuarrie House
- The Pymm House
- Whitehead Home
- Woolley – Foster Home
- Brigham Young Winter Home and Office
