The Underground Railroad in Pike County

Historic Underground Railroad Site

An Elm Grove abolitionist maintained a lonely Underground Railroad station where he provided safety for escaping enslaved persons. These fugitives were attempting to travel the unfriendly route from Houston Hollow in Scioto County to safe places in ...

Historic Kolob Mountain

Kolob

by Owen Sanders

When lassitude tugs at your body

and robs you of zest to exist

come with me to Kolob

and walk through the mild morning mist

Huddle at dawn on a hillside

and scan the green valley below;

Listen to snapping and crackle of twigs

and ...

Pioneer Gratitude

Claron Bradshaw Family

When Claron Bradshaw was asked by the Heritage Park Foundation Committee if he would sponsor the expense of casting the “Pioneer Gratitude” statue in bronze and placing it on the monument in the park, he responded –

“I Appreciate ...

Survival in Utah’s Dixie

The warm comfortable productive climate in the sheltered valleys along the meandering Rio Virgin and its lower tributaries in Washington County became known as "Utah's Dixie".

The rugged pioneer colonizers and their descendants are known as "Dixieites" and the stalwart men ...

Hurricane Canal

Utah Historic Site

The construction of the Hurricane Canal is one of Utah's proudest stories of pioneer determination. This canal, built completely by hand, opened the Hurricane Bench to farming and the establishment of the town of Hurricane.

In 1893 two local ...

Pioneer Trails

Two Important Pioneer Trails Lie to the South of Here

Historic Temple Trail

The Temple Trail which has two parts, was used during the years 1874-1876 to bring lumber by ox-team from two sawmills at Nixon Springs on the south face of ...

Anderson Boys' High School

This archway

formerly stood at the

entrance to

Anderson Boys'

High School

"Home of the Yellow Jackets"

Anderson Boys' High School

was located on this site.

The school educated many of

our city's young men from

the year 1923 until ...

Cheat Mountain

Dramatic Barrier

At the heart of what was then the large state of Virginia, the Allegheny Mountains posed a formidable barrier to settlement and development. Turnpike engineer Claudius Crozet faced the daunting task of designing and building a road over ...

Wickham-Valentine House

Attorney John Wickham (1763-1839) lived at this location beginning in 1790. A prominent lawyer, he helped defend Aaron Burr against treason charges in 1807. Alexander Parris designed this neoclassical house built here for Wickham in 1812. Wickham’s family, including second ...

Valentine Museum

The 1892 bequest of Mann S. Valentine II, creator of Valentine’s Meat Juice health tonic, established the Valentine Museum as one of Richmond’s first museums. He sought to create a museum devoted to the art, history, and culture of the ...