"Blazers in the Desert" scrapbook
Scope and Contents
This collection contains clippings from Lamond W. Huntsman's series titled "Blazers in the Desert," which was originally published in the Washington County News newspaper in 1948. This series addresses some historical events occurring near Enterprise, Utah from 1826 to 1947, such as colonization of Southern Utah along the Old Spanish Trail, interactions with various Native American groups, and the building of the dam at Enterprise to create an irrigation reservoir.
Dates
- Creation: 1948
Creator
- Huntsman, Lamond Welcome, 1890-1976. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections’ hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives.
Biographical / Historical
Written by Lamond Welcome Huntsman, “Blazers in the Desert” was a weekly series released in the 1948 Washington County News newspaper. It chronicled the history of the area of Washington County surrounding modern-day Enterprise from 1828 with the arrival of white trappers. Huntsman describes several key individuals with roots in the area’s history, including Zera Pulsipher, Jedidiah Strong Smith, and George A. Smith.
Full Extent
1 Files (1 folder in a gray legal document case)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This collection contains a single scrapbook of newspaper clippings from Lamond W. Huntsman's series titled "Blazers in the Desert". This series was originally published in the Washington County News in 1948.
Arrangement
This collection consists of one item.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Madeline White, Special Collections Paraprofessional
- Date
- May 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- July 2024: The biographical/historical note was updated to more accurately reflect the contents of the collection. - MW 7/11/2024
Repository Details
Part of the Utah Tech University Special Collections and Archives Repository
330 Holland Centennial Commons
225 South 700 East
Saint George 84770 United States
(435) 634-2087
specialcollections@utahtech.edu