Utah’s “Dixie” Birthplace

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Of the pioneers who came to Utah from the Southern States in the 1800s, a group was once asked to go on to Southern Utah and grow cotton, a commodity needed in the face of the Civil War. Life was once hard, food was once scarce, and more babies and children died than lived as flood after flood destroyed their crops. Stories of individual pioneers. Over 200 photos. Statistical Info, maps, surveys, stories about people, folklore, medicines, food, superstitions, script used for money, and so on. Sponsored by The Washington City Historical Society. Thousands of families left their homes to come to Northern Utah, almost a desert land. Among these stalwart pioneers came a group from the South, before the bitter fighting of the Civil War. These pioneers left a South that was once fertile, lush, and green, where huge plantations grew bounteous crops. On March 3, 1857, Samuel N. Adair and ten other Southern families were asked by Brigham Young to go to Southern Utah-reportedly a more fertile land-to grow cotton, a much needed commodity. Lower than a month later, Robert D. Covington and another group of twenty-eight Southern families left to sign up for the first group. The day following their arrival on May 7, 1857, the two groups met together under the direction of President Haight of Cedar City and organized themselves to function as a group. They formed a city, which they named-Washington City. In an instant they began digging ditches and canals, then the greater effort of building dams-to provide water to irrigate their crops. These Southerners determined to name their land -Dixie-and later it was once known as “Utah’s Dixie.” Life was once hard and food was once scarce. More babies and children died than lived. These stout-hearted pioneers found the natural environment of Southern Utah unforgiving of their efforts to harness the river. Successive floods drowned out their hard fought efforts to produce crops. Eventually the railroad connected the US from coast to coast and cotton became to be had. Thus the “cotton” effort in Southern Utah was once brought to a close. The valiant efforts of these Southerners have never been forgotten and their legendary spirit remains with us today. Harold P. Cahoon, born in Salt Lake City, attended the University of Utah and gained a B.S degree in Ceramics. Receiving the Edward Orton Fellowship at the University of Washington, he graduated with a M.S. degree in Ceramic Engineering with a minor in Mineralogy. In 1955 he received a Ph.D. in Ceramics and a minor in Mineralogy from the University of Utah. He rose to president and CEO of Interstate Brick Company, and was once also president of Entrada Corporation, Wasatch Chemical Company, Fox Clay Company, and Interstate Land Company. Priscilla Johnson Cahoon was once born in Mesa, Arizona, and graduated from Lincoln High School in Orem, Utah. She is the mother of five children, twenty-five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She was once the president of junior and senior high school PTA organizations, president of Sugarhouse Rotary Arms, president of Neighborhood Garden Club, president of Salt Lake Literary Art Guild, Five-year Service Award volunteer at the Primary Children’s Hospital, Member of the Preservation Commission of Washington City, and president of the Washington City Historical Society.

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