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33 adobe i n seco n d p h a s e c o n s t r u c t i o n . N e a rly e v e r y community in th e Mormon a r e a had a few d w e l l i n g s o f s t o n e and f i r e d b r i c k b u t t h e s e m a t e r i a l s w ere p ro m in en t i n b u t a few com­ m u n itie s. During t h e s e c o n d p h a se t h e a r e a s i n w h ich adobe emerged a s th e p re d o m in a n t b u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l f o r d w e l l i n g s were c o n tig u o u s and c a n be g e n e r a l l y d e l i n e a t e d from t h o s e a r e a s i n which l o g came t o p redo m inan ce ( s e e F i g . 5 T ab le 2 ) . and U tah c om m u n ities w e s t of t h e W asatch M ountains and v i r t u a l l y a l l a r e a s s o u th o f th e Heber V a lle y i n t h e c e n ­ t r a l Wasatch were t h e p re d o m in a n t adobe r e g i o n s . In th e V i r g i n R iv e r V a lle y o f s o u th e r n m o s t Utah adobe was used a lm o s t t o t h e c o m p le te e x c l u s i o n o ' lo g ; i n f a c t , no r e c o r d of a l o g c a b i n c o n s t r u c t i o n e x i s t s f o r S t . George, th e main Mormon c i t y i n t h e V i r g i n R iv e r V a lle y ( S p e n c e r, 1945, 4 4 7 ) . Even fram e h o u s e s i n t h e V ir g in R iv e r V a lle y o c c u r i n c o n s i d e r a b l y s m a l l e r numbers t h a n i n n o r t h e r n Utah v a l l e y s and Id a h o . P i o n e e r s i n s o u t h e r n Utah were much l e s s i n c l i n e d o r a b l e t o p r o t e c t t h e w a l l s of t h e i r adobe s t r u c ­ t u r e s w i t h lumber o r p l a s t e r t h a n p i o n e e r s f a r t h e r n o r t h . A n o th e r s t r i k i n g d i f f e r e n c e b e tw ee n th e two a r e a s i s i n th e use of adobe v e r s u s l o g o r lum ber f o r b a r n s , g r a n a r i e s , and o th e r o u tb u ild in g s. Adobe was by f a r t h e p re d o m in a n t m a t e r i a l u s e d f o r o u t b u i l d i n g s i n t h e e x tre m e s o u t h , b u t i t s u se seems t o d i m i n i s h g r a d u a l l y i n c e n t r a l U tah, g i v i n g way t o lumber and lo g . No adobe b a r n s , g r a n a r i e s , o r s h e d s of any k in d w ere o b s e rv e d i n Id a h o o r i n n o r t h e a s t Utah i n 1971; n e a r l y Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.