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Show Utah Historical Quarterly 104 torical Society, Interpreting Local History is an effort to encourage thought and dialogue on the meaning of regions in Utah history. With this as a goal, the project consisted of a three-phase presentation. The first was a series of lectures, forty-three in all, dealing with regional topics. The second phase consisted of eight traveling exhibits coordinated with the lecture series. The third element is initiated with this publication in which five of the lectures and a pictorial essay developed from the exhibits give views of Utah's rural regions. A subsequent issue of the Quarterly will carry articles relating to Utah's urban regions. Like the nation, Utah is made up of sections and localities in which life is recognizably different. In part, regional distinction is a matter of the physiographic framework within which the Utah experience has evolved. In another way, distinction is historical and relates to the timing and development of settlement. In yet another, regional distinction is a matter of folklore, the commonly held and shared perception of local character. Although readily apparent, Utah's regional variation has often been subtle and imprecise, making it more easily perceived and appreciated than measured and analyzed. Regions have been the object of a good deal of attention in Utah's history books and periodicals, but the effort has rarely been made to explain why regions are as different as they are but not as distinct as they might be. With the prospect of fuller understanding in mind, this spring issue of the Quarterly deals with three regions entirely within Utah and with one that extends into two neighboring states. Dixie, or if you will, Utah's Dixie, lies in the state's southwest corner and conforms generally with Washington County. Sanpete-Sevier is located in the very center of the state in valleys formed by the San Pitch and Sevier rivers and, as the name suggests, includes both Sanpete and Sevier counties. Carbon lies in The Peterson Block in Richfield housed bank, store, offices. USHS collections. ^ ^ * * ^ |
