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Augustus P. Hardy

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Title Augustus P. Hardy
Photo Number P0008n01_09_075
Description Photograph of Augustus P. Hardy, who is said to have taken the first cotton seed to Utah's Dixie. This photo appeared in Mark Pendleton's artice entitled, 'The vanguard of Utah's Dixieland," in The Improvement Era, vol. 42 (Sept. 1939, p. 536-539. In the 1880s, he was Sheriff of Washington County and led a posse to Silver Reef to arrest striking miners. (See page 91 of "Saga of Three Towns.")
Creator Pendleton, Mark A., 1868-1956
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939
Textual Date 1930s?
Subject Hardy, Augustus P.--Photographs; Silver Reef (Utah)--Photographs; Saint George (Utah)--History--Photographs; Sheriffs--Utah--Washington County--Photographs
Collection Number and Name P0008 Mark A. Pendleton Photograph Collection
Collection Name Mark A. Pendleton
Rights
Type Image/StillImage
Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv85092/
ARK ark:/87278/s6np6jbp
Setname uum_map
ID 1419202
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np6jbp