St. Thomas, Nevada: A History Uncovered

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Abbott, William E., 91 Acker, W. B., 104 adobe, 34 agriculture: in the 1870s, 71; in the 1880s, 73; in the early 1900s, 79–80; in the 1920s, 98–99; H. L. Baldwin’s assessment of, 97; cotton production and economy, 16, 46–47, 61; Mormon farming and irrigation, 43–46; railroad connection to St. Thomas and, 90, 99 Alexander, J. R., 106, 110–11 Alexander, Woodruff, 65–66 Allen, Rufus, 13 almond production, 71 Anasazi ruins, 8, 96, 99–100 Anderson, Mildred, 89 Anderson, Miles, 14 Anthony, Earl, 93 Antonga Black Hawk (Ute chief), 38 Apex Summit, 101 apostate, 131n10 appraisal controversies: during the Hoover Dam construction, 102–11, 117–19 Arizona: road connection to St. Thomas and, 92; state boundary disputes involving St. Thomas, 2, 50–51, 52, 53 Armitage, Harry, 95, 97 Armstrong, George W., 13 Arrowhead Trail highway: construction and importance to St. Thomas, 3, 78, 91–94; Virgin River bridge problems and highway relocation, 96, 101–2 Ashley, Delos, 52–53 Automobile Club of Southern California, 93 Balden, Shan, 63 Baldwin, H. L., 97–98 Bankhead, John, 43 basketball, 77 Beale, Edward, 12 Benson, C. G., 101 Biglow, C. H., 93 “bishop’s chips,” 46 Black Canyon, 53 Black Hawk War, 38–39, 41 Bleak, James G., 15, 33, 51 Bonelli, Ann, 57, 59 Bonelli, Benjamin, 75, 90 Bonelli, Daniel, 57, 59, 68, 69, 71–72, 74, 75 Bonelli, Frank, 80 borax, 81 Boulder Canyon Project Act, 102. See also Hoover Dam construction Brigham Young University, 100 Brimhall, George, 18 Bringhurst, William, 14 Bronzel Mining Company, 81 Bunker, Berkeley L., 98, 116, 121–22 Bunker, John, 74, 82 Bunker, Martin A., 74, 82 Bunker brothers, 116 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 66–67 Bureau of Reclamation, 97–98. See also Hoover Dam construction Byers, Charles, 134n30 Cactus Kate (Packard car), 93 Call, Anson, 19, 21–22, 27 Callville, 19, 32, 51 camels, 47–48 Cannon, George Q., 26 cantaloupe farming, 99 Captain Frank (Paiute chief), 39, 40 Captain Rufus (Paiute chief), 37 Carson, Kit, 11, 12 cattle ranching, 80 cemeteries, 115 “Church of Zion,” 57 civic engagement policy, 122, 123–24 Civilian Conservation Corps, 115 Claridge, Elizabeth, 6, 7, 24 Claridge, Samuel, 6–7, 31, 58 Clark, J. Ross, 88 Clark, William A., 87–88 Clark County (NV), 88, 92 Clement, Darius, 36, 53 149 Indexs 150 Index climate, 30–32, 94 Coffey, Richard, 118 Collet, D. T., 90 Colorado River explorers, 29–30 condemnation proceedings: involving the Nevada Land and Livestock Company, 117–19 Coolidge, Calvin, 102 copper mining, 80–81, 90, 102 Co-quap (Paiute chief), 38 corn farming, 98 Cornia, Ruth, 56, 99 cotton production and economy, 16, 46–47, 61 Cox, Delaun Mills, 40–41, 48 Cox, Isaiah, 72 Cox, Martha, 74 Cox, Orville and Elvira, 36–37 Cox, Warren, 80 Cragun, James, 33 Crain, Harry, 102, 103, 104–5, 106–8, 112 Creel, Cecil W., 102, 103, 104–5, 106–8 Crosby, Jesse W., 72 Curley and Maud (Paiute couple), 83–84 Curlin, Pat, 65 dams, 44 Davidson, James, 32 Dellenbaugh, Frederick S., 30 disfellowshipping, 131n20 Doctrines and Covenants, 20, 24 Earl, Joseph Ira, 91 Egan, Howard, 12 Eldorado Canyon, 64–65 Eldridge, H. S., 58, 132n22 Eldridge, John, 13 El Rio Atascoso, 12. See also Muddy River endorsed check exchanges, 77 Ensign, Marius, 33 Ensign, W. H., 117, 118 Ernst, George, 52 Farm Bureau, 98 Farmer (Paiute chief), 39 Farrand, T. M., 117 Fenton, Reuben N., 36, 42–43, 66–67, 69 Fish, Henry A., 66–67 floods, 79, 96, 99, 101 Foote, Warren, 27, 37–38, 44, 57, 63 Fort Clara, 16 Fourth of July celebrations, 100–101 Frank (Paiute chief), 39, 40 Frehner, Harry, 85–86 Frehner, Matilda, 80 Frehner, Merle, 85–86, 98 Frehner, Vivian, 112–13 freight hauling, 85–86 Frémont, John C., 9–11 Garrison, Howell, C., 115 Gass, Octavius, 53 Gentry, Ellen, 75, 81, 115 Gentry, Harry, 72, 73, 74–75, 80–82, 90, 98, 101, 115 Gentry, Nellie, 74, 99 Gentry, Osborn, 95 Gentry, Sam, 80, 97 Gentry Hotel, 82 George, H. E., 90 Gibbons, Andrew S., 30, 35, 38, 40, 43, 46, 53 Gibbons, Helen, 34 Gibson, Moses, 48, 74 Gibson, Robert O., 74, 90, 98, 109–10, 113 Glendale, 61 gold, 71, 80 Gold Butte, 80 Grand Gulch Copper Company, 89 Grand Gulch mine, 90, 91–92, 102 Granite Mountain, 80 Grant, Ulysses S., 67 Guetzill, Frank, 116 Hafner, Arabell, 72 Hamblin, Jacob, 15, 16, 18 Hannig, R., 81, 84...