Those studying up on St. George's earliest settlers know that, as ordinary as they were, they accomplished some extraordinary things. That’s one of the overriding themes of Historic St. George Live, the bus tour the city hosts during the summer.
The historic Washington County Courthouse in St. George, Tuesday, June 13, 2023.Few would likely equate St. George with Lake Wobegon, the fictional Minnesota town Garrison Keillor touted in his long-running radio variety show “A Prairie Home Companion.”
“Her perspective is, ‘I didn’t want to leave the promised land. But they sent me to the barren land, and it was horrible,’” Graves said. Bob Thornley, who is portraying pioneer colonizer and explorer Jacob Hamblin, speaks to tourists before leaving on the Historic St. George Live bus tour, Friday, June 16, 2023.
Still, people who take the tour should expect only the basics. In other words, they won’t be hearing much about the more sordid chapters of the St. George area’s history. For example, visitors to the historic
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