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Dixie Wine, Dennis R. Lancaster
Dixie Wine, Dennis R. Lancaster
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The area along the Virgin River, known as Utah's Dixie, is ideal for the culture of grapes. To utilize the natural resources, provide a cash crop for the Dixie communities, and make wine to be used in the Sacrament service; Mormon Church leaders called several expert horticulturists and vinters to Dixie. Great amounts of wine were produced in Dixie. The Church became the largest producer due to the great amounts of grapes paid as tithing. Wine was used in the Sacrament, and was a common drink in Dixie.
The mines at Silver Reef were the principle market for Dixie wine. …
The Cattle Industry Of San Juan County, Utah, 1875-1900, Franklin D. Day
The Cattle Industry Of San Juan County, Utah, 1875-1900, Franklin D. Day
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to learn the reasons for the movement of cattle Into San Juan County, Utah, the development of the Industry, and its contribution to the growth of the county.
The few written accounts in existence of the cattle industry in San Juan are brief and found in widely separate areas. The whole and complete account will likely never be written, but there is need for gathering as much of the scattered information as possible.
A study of the early history of the inhabitants of San Juan was made, along with an examination of the geography …