St. George Vacation - Historic Downtown Tour

We just got back from a fantastic family vacation!! This year we decided to spend the week in St. George, Utah. One of the days we took a tour of historic downtown. They had live actors do presentations about major events that helped establish St. George. We started off hearing from Jacob Hamblin, who was one of the first pioneers to go to St. George, and also had a wonderful relationship with the Native Americans and was known as always being honest in his dealings.

Next we visited the Opera House (where we were greeted by Orson Pratt) which was a gathering place for entertainment & social events!

After stopping at the Tabernacle and also the Washington County Courthouse, we visited Brigham Young's winter home. Here's one of the only shots we got of all the kids together that day...

And, here's Brigham Young. Not only was he a great actor, but was so friendly as well. You could tell he really enjoyed being a part of the tour!

What a great way to spend one of our mornings! We got some history in, we learned more about our Church, what the pioneers went through living in such a hot climate, and we had a lot of fun!