The Burgess House

The house was built in 1916 by Joe Burgess. He hauled lava rock from the nearby black hill for the foundation stones and constructed the home out of formed cement blocks made by lime canfield. These formed cement blocks became ...

Jacob Hamblin Home

The Jacob Hamblin Home was built in 1862-1863. The home's construction materials were obtained locally-ponderosa pine from Pine Valley and rock from nearby hillsides. Pioneer craftsmen from Cedar City laid the stone in what is know as a coursed rubble ...

Bakersfield National Cemetery

Dedicated to the Memory of

All the Patriotic Men and Women

Who Answered Their Country's Call to Service

George W. Bush

President of the United States

James B. Peake

Secretary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

William F. Tuerk

Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs

National Cemetery Administration

Marker is on East Bear ...

John George and Susette Bosshard Hafen Home

This 1 ½ story Victorian, eclectic crosswing home is believed to have been built in 1881. The adobe bricks that form the walls were made on the property from sand and clay from the backyard and the nearby hill to ...

Frederick and Anna Reber Home

Fredrick and Anna Reber reached Santa Clara in November of 1861. Laboring with other members of their faith, they forged an existence out of the barren, sandy valley that had been their destination. In direct contrast to their native Switzerland, ...

The Settling of Santa Clara / First Public Buildings / Missionar

[Side A:]The Settling of Santa ClaraThomas Carlyle said of the Switzers, "They are honest people... they are not philosophers or tribunes; but frank, honest landsmen."

In April 1861 a company of Mormon converts from Switzerland, under the direction of mission ...

Hug-Gubler Home

The Henry Hug family came to Santa Clara with the original Swiss Company in November of 1861. The Hugs and other members of this group lived in their wagon boxes and hillside dugouts until more adequate shelters could be built. ...

Tribute to a Young Man

James Dean Memorial

His name was James Byron Dean. He was an actor. He died just before sundown on September 30, 1955, when his Porsche collided with another car at a fork in the road not 900 yards east of this ...

Brigham Young Winter Home

The original portion of this home was begun in 1860 and completed in 1871. When Brigham Young purchased it he added the front addition which was completed in 1873. It served as his winter home from that time until his ...

Union Block House

Block houses were built during the Civil War for use as defensive position to protect critical assets. The military bridge spanning the river located here was protected by a block house similar to the example pictured here.

Block houses were constructed ...