Download or read book Utah's "Dixie" Birthplace written by Harold P. Cahoon and published by Agreka Tm Llc. This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the pioneers who came to Utah from the Southern States in the 1800s, a group was asked to go on to Southern Utah and grow cotton, a commodity needed in the face of the Civil War. Life was hard, food was scarce, and more babies and children died than lived as flood after flood destroyed their crops. Stories of individual pioneers. Over 200 photos (10 color). Statistical Info, maps, surveys, stories about people, folklore, medicines, food, superstitions, script used for money, etc. Sponsored by The Washington City Historical Society.Harold P. Cahoon, born in Salt Lake City, attended the University of Utah and gained a B.S degree in Ceramics. Receiving the Edward Orton Fellowship at the University of Washington, he graduated with a M.S. degree in Ceramic Engineering with a minor in Mineralogy. In 1955 he received a Ph.D. in Ceramics and a minor in Mineralogy from the University of Utah. He rose to president and CEO of Interstate Brick Company, and was also president of Entrada Corporation, Wasatch Chemical Company, Fox Clay Company, and Interstate Land Company.Priscilla Johnson Cahoon was born in Mesa, Arizona, and graduated from Lincoln High School in Orem, Utah. She is the mother of five children, twenty-five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She was the president of Sugarhouse Rotary Arms, president of Salt Lake Literary Art Guild, Five-year Service Award volunteer at the Primary Children's Hospital, Member of the Preservation Commission of Washington City, and president of the Washington City Historical Society.