| Title |
DeMille, Oliver-Residence P.1 |
| File Name |
39222001716203.tif |
| Photo Number |
No.16247 |
| Classification |
728 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Subject |
Residences |
| Person |
DeMille, Oliver |
| Other Subject |
Dwellings |
| Spatial Coverage |
Shonesburg; Shunesburg; Washington County; Utah |
| Description |
16247 Janice F. DeMille, donor. DeMille home, Shunesburg, with tin-lined corncrib in foreground. |
| Comment |
"Shonesburg was located on the east fork of the Virgin River at the mouth of Parunumeap Canyon. The town of Northop was also located in this area. "The residents of the town tended to call it Shonesburg in their histories but it also seems to be about equally called Shunesburg. Other names it was known by were Shuensburg and Shirensburg. "Oliver DeMille, George Petty, Hyrum Stevens, Alma Millett, Hardin Whitlock and Charles Clapper, their wives and children, left Sanpete County in the fall of 1861 to answer President Brigham Young's call to southern Utah. Oliver DeMille purchased the land from an old Paiute Indian chief named Shones (or Shunes) and gave the name Shonesburg to the settlement. The pioneers built dams and tried to tame the unpredictable Virgin River but it was 1865 before they finally had a good harvest of cane, corn, and cotton. In 1866/1867 the settlement was abandoned because of Indian troubles in the area, but in 1868 some of the original settlers returned. Over the years as the flooding of the river washed away farmland the settlers moved on (mostly to Rockville.) By 1897 there were no longer enough children to hold a school. By the year 1900 only Oliver DeMille was left and even he moved to Rockville in 1902. The little settlement of Shonesburg is no more and very little is left to show that for forty years people had worked and toiled there trying to tame the land and river. All that's left are a rock house, a few chimneys, and a derelict cemetery. What little land that the river left intact is now private farmland without public access. Despite the pioneers dedicated perseverance, Shonesburg was yet another settlement that fell victim to the Rio Virgin."--from Website on Washington Co. history and genealogy, http://www.lofthouse.com/USA/Utah/washington/shunesbu.html |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2009 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection |
| Source Format |
Print Photograph |
| Source Size |
6.3 inches x 4.0 inches |
| Source Donors |
DeMille, Janice F. |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 2503 x 1583 |
| Scanned By |
Louise Radcliffe |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6765vj5 |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
446337 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6765vj5 |
