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1	A little oasis in the desert : community building in Hurricane, Utah, 1860-1930 / Reeve, W. Paul. January 1994 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Includes bibliographical reference (leaves 183-188). Hurricane (Utah)
2	"A Little Oasis in the Desert": Community Building in Hurricane, Utah, 1860-1930 Reeve, W. Paul 01 January 1994 (has links) (PDF) This thesis is a study of the mechanisms employed in the community building process of Hurricane, Utah. It traces the roots of the town's early settlers beginning with their arrival in southern Utah in the early 1860s through the founding of Hurricane and the establishment of its social order. This pioneering period largely ended by 1930.Hurricane's founders were the remnants of the Mormon Church's failed Cotton Mission. Original U.S. census research shows that by 1900 close to half of the mission's colonizers abandoned the challenging desert of southern Utah. The stalwarts who remained fashioned the Hurricane Canal with the expectation of economic betterment and a new life on the Hurricane Bench.Using ingrained Mormon egalitarian principles the Hurricane Canal Company proved the driving force behind Hurricane's genesis. Company leaders became the new town's leaders and cooperated extensively in the various organizations they headed. They formed a core authority group that created stability and provided public utilities and services for Hurricane denizens. In the end Hurricane produced the chance for economic improvement its pioneers hoped it would. Hurricane Utah History Hurricane Utah History Mormon Studies
3	Making the Desert Blossom: Public Works in Washington County, Utah Shamo, Michael Lyle 08 July 2010 (has links) (PDF) The following thesis is a study of how communities of Washington County, Utah developed within one of the most inhospitable deserts of the American West. A trend of reliance on public works programs during economic depressions, not only put people to work, but also provided an influx of outside aid to develop an infrastructure for future economic stability and growth. Each of these public works was carefully planned by leaders who not only saw the immediate impact these projects would have, but also future benefits they would confer. These communities also became dependent on acquiring outside investment capital from the Mormon Church, private companies and government agencies. This dependency required residents to cooperate not only with each other, but with these outside interests who now had a stake in the county's development. The construction of the Mormon Tabernacle and Temple in St. George during the 1870s made that community an important religious and cultural hub for the entire region. Large-scale irrigation and reclamation projects in the 1890s opened up new areas for agriculture and settlement. And in the 1920s and 1930s the development of Zion National Park and the construction of roads provided the infrastructure for one of the county's most important industries, tourism. Long after these projects' completion they still provided economic and cultural value to the communities they served. Some of these projects provided the infrastructural foundation that allowed Washington County communities to have greater security and control over their economic future. Over time the communities of southern Utah created dramatic reenactments and erected monuments of these very projects to celebrate and preserve the story of their construction. During the first decade of the twenty-first century Washington County has become one of the fastest growing areas in the country, and as a result public works programs continue to be important to support this growth. American West Colonialism Public Works Dependency Economic Development Great Depression Mormon History Utah History Irrigation Reclamation Roads National Parks Tourism Washington County Utah St. George Utah Hurricane Utah Enterprise Utah Springdale Utah Zion National Park St. George Tabernacle Temples St. George Temple Enterprise Reservoir Enterprise Dam Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway Zion Tunnel History

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