St. George's Settlement "Dixie Homecoming" 50 & 75 Year Celebration records

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Identifier: WASH-071

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St. George's Settlement "Dixie Homecoming" 50 & 75 Year Celebration Collection is arranged in one series. The “Dixie Homecoming” Celebration Series contains one original ledger book documenting the organization and planning for the 50 & 75 Year Celebration in St. George, Utah in the years 1911 and 1936.

The plans for the 50 Year Celebration in 1911 documents the meeting minutes of the “Dixie” Homecoming Committee as they form committees, sub-committees, and their responsibilities working together planning for the celebration to be held on September 13-15, 1911. Included is a list of the pioneers attending the celebration with their name, town, and date of arrival on pages 34-49. The original program is attached on page 29.

Isaac C. Macfarlane was elected Chairman, J.M. Lauritzen as secretary, and A.F. Miles as treasurer. The committees are as follow:

Amusement Committee: Warren Cox (Chairman), F.G. Miles, F.J. Woodbury, Mary J.N. Andrus, C.S. Rice, Chester Whitehead, Era C. Webb, Charles Whipple, H.K. Walker, Hela Seegmiller, and John M. McQuarrie.

Buildings and Grounds Committee: Wm B. Baker (Chairman), H.E. Cox, Hy S. Thompson, Albert E. Miller, Josephus Riding, St. George Wells, Arthur Hemmingway, and Mohonri M. Snow, Jr.

Decoration Committee: Elson Morris (Chairman), E.B. Snow, A.Y. Miller, Josephine Snow, and Tillie Winsor.

Finance Committee: H.T. Atkin (Chairman), Wm A. Nelson, Geo. A. Snow, Julia Foster, Isabella Grundy, Brigham Jarvis Jr., A.B. Andrews, H.J. Doolittle, and Sherman C. Hardy.

Fix Corrals and Fences for Roping and Riding Committee: M.W. Andrus (Chairman), Dunk McArthur, Dan Alstom, Clifford Sullivan, and Chas Sullivan Jr.

Fruit and Exhibit Committee: R.A. Morris (Chairman), Samuel Judd, John Schmutz, Wm J. Perkins, Thomas Judd, Edw R. Frei, Frank Barber, John T. Batty, Arthur Paxman, David Hirschi, Jos L. Bunker, Joseph I. Earl, Thos A. Sullivan, R.G. McQuarrie, and H.J. Doolittle.

Invitation, Advertising and R.R. Transportation Committee: A.N. Winsor (Chairman), D.H. Morris, John R. Wallis, and J.M. Lauritzen

Program and Music Committee: D.R. Foisha (Chairman), Jno T. Woodbury, E.H. Snow, Geo. F. Whitehead, Ethel Jarvis, and Effie Whitehead (Judd).

Reception Committee: Bp. James McArthur (Chairman), Jno E. Pace, Jos W. Webb, George Morris, Jno H. Schmutz, Geo W. Worthen, B.F. Pendleton, W.B. Mathis, and Andrew Sorenson.

Refreshments Committee: Jos T. Atkin (Chairman), Leo Pickett, Wm Webb Jr., Emma Squires, Brigham Jarvis Sr., Mary Jarvis, Charles Empey, Louisa Miles, Elizabeth J. Macfarlane, Julius C. Keate, and Lucy Keate.

Transportation Committee: William Gardner (Chairman), Charles Bastian, Heber F. Empey, Joseph S. Snow, Edw M. McArthur, James Pectol, and J.R. Farnsworth.

The committee decided to order: 200 badges inscribed “Dixie Pioneer 1854-1861,” and 400 badges inscribed “Dixie Pioneer 1862-1869.”

The plans for the 75 Year Celebration in 1936 documents the meeting minutes of the “Dixie” Homecoming Committee as they form committees, sub-committees, and their responsibilities working together planning for the celebration to be held on September 3-5, 1936. Included is a list of the financials and contributions on pages 75-79. The original program is attached on page 54, and news clippings on pages 52-53.

R.M. Reber was elected Chairman and A.B Andrus as secretary. The committees are as follows:

Advertisement Committee: Edgar Swinson (Chairman)

Finance Committee: W.W. McArthur (Chairman), Jetta Snow, Walter Cannon, Gordon Mathis, Vernon Cannon, Victor Sullivan, Clark Blake, Soron McQuade, Andrew Pace, William Brooks, Henry Graff, Wallace Iverson, E.S. Gardner, Walter C. Pace, and Arthur Cottam.

Fruit Exhibit Committee: Albert E. Miller, Mayor, (Chairman), Hyrum Bradshaw, Andrew Nordue, W.H. Prince, Frank Short, Walter Iverson, Henry Graff, Emma Hemmingway, Nau Watson, Martin Laim, Clement Gubler, Willard McMullin, and Eda McMullin.

Grounds and City Park Committee: Milton E. Moody, Duncan McArthur, Morton Morris, and Moses W. Andrus.

Housing Committee: Guy Hafen (Chairman)

Invitations and Pioneer List Committee: Jos J. Milne and Hazel Bradshaw (Chairman) and E.J. Pickett

Parade Committee: William Mosley (Chairman)

Program Committee: Jetta Snow (Chairman), Earl Bleak, and Jos W. McAllister.

Publicity Committee: Edgar R. Simpson (Chairman)

Public Meetings Committee: Judge David H. Morris (Chairman)

Reception Committee: W.B. Mathis (Chairman) and R.U. Macfarlane

Registration Committee: Joseph J. Milne (Chairman)

Seating Committee: Nelson Snow and P.D. Spillsbury

Streets Decorating Committee: Victor Sullivan and Marion Snow

Sports Committee: Clinton Snow (Chairman), Glen Prisbrey, Kenneth Judd, Rudger Atkin, S.A. Porter, Rulon Snow, Dr. Eldon Beck, and P.D. Spillsbury.

Transportation Committee: Josephine Pace (Chairman) and Mary McArthur

The committee decided to order: 500 invitations, 100 placards for cars, 200 window cards, 2 large banners, stickers, stationary and envelopes.

Dates

Creation: 1911
Creation: 1936

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Biographical / Historical

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St. George, Utah was settled on December 6, 1861, as a result of a direct call from Brigham Young. He had visited the area in the fall and had prophesied, “There would be between the volcanic ridges, a city with spires, towers and steeples and with homes containing many inhabitants.”

It is not known how St. George received its name. The Smith family have often insisted that it was named for their ancestor George Albert Smith. Smith along with Erastus Snow was appointed as an apostle in charge of colonizing Southern Utah. Another opinion holds that the town was named for Phillip St. George Cooke, the army officer who had been kind to the members of the Mormon Battalion on their march across the country, and who at that time was in charge of Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City and was present at the meeting when Brigham Young made the call to Dixie. A third opinion is that it was named for St. George, the national hero of England. Brigham Young was a direct descendant of English yeomen and had been on a church mission to England. Strangers to St. George always wonder where the term Dixie, used everywhere, came from. Brigham Young’s early scouts told him that in the warm region of the southern part of the territory cotton could be grown. Because Brigham Young was determined to make his people self-sufficient and because of the increasing Civil War, he issued a call for the Cotton Mission. Many people from the southern states with their knowledge of the cotton culture were called here-thus the name of Dixie! Commentary by Mary Phoenix https://wchsutah.org/towns/st-george.php

Full Extent

1 Files (1 folder in gray legal document case )

Language of Materials

English

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Abstract

The St. George's Settlement "Dixie Homecoming" 50 & 75 Year Celebration records consist of one original ledger book documenting the St. George Celebration of the Southern Utah pioneers settling St. George, Utah. The collection is from 1911 and 1936.

Arrangement

St. George's Settlement "Dixie Homecoming" 50 & 75 Year Celebration records are arranged in one series. Series 1. The “Dixie Homecoming” Celebration, 1911, 1936