The Washington County Historical Society is hosting a free walking/driving tour of Toquerville!
🤠 When: Nov.8, 2025
🕰️ Time: 10 a.m.
🧭 Where: Toquerville Town Hall, 212 North Toquer Boulevard
Toquerville was settled in 1858 by six Mormon families adjacent to Ash Creek. When they arrived, they were met by Chief Toquer of the Paiute, Toquit or Toqurat Indians who invited them to settle nearby. The settlers named the new settlement Toquerville in his honor.
The town became likened to an oasis in the Arabian Desert as the traveler emerged from a harsh desert to a cultivated island of figs, pomegranates, peaches, grapes and lucerne (alfalfa). Toquerville is also known for being part of the Mormon Wine Mission, which was ancillary to the Cotton Mission of 1861. Today, Toquerville is the northern gateway to Zion National Park.
Lifetime resident, Kay Chamberlain, and her husband, Lynn Chamberlain, a former mayor of Toquerville, will lead participants on a driving tour, intermixed with short walks to several historic buildings in Toquerville, Utah on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
Other locations to be visited, include:
1. Daughters of Utah Pioneers monument, Levi Savage monument, Jail Rock and the Chief Toquer monument.
2. Appleton Harmon home (Wes Larsen home) 248 N. Toquer Blvd.
3. Cotton Gin, 67 East Cotton Gin Ave.
4. John & Catherine Steele home (Greg and Jodi Turner home), 263 N. Toquer Blvd.
5. William A. Bringhurst and Selinda, first wife home (Jeff and Shay Meyers home) 245 N. Toquer Blvd.
6. Zion Co-op store (Brownings home) 198 N. Toquer Blvd.
7. William A. Bringhurst-Suzanne Steele, 2nd wife (Tomkinsons home) 188 N. Toquer Blvd.
8. William A. Bringhurst--Mary Stapley, 3rd wife (Clingers). 178 N. Toquer Blvd.
We will also drive to the two following locations:
9. Richard Freyer/Presbyterian Mission (Steve Eberhard home) 10 N. Ash Creek Drive
10. John Naegle Winery (Tyler Whiting home), 110 S. Toquer Blvd.
The driving/walking tour is free to the public and is expected to end prior to noon.
For more information, call 435-632-0774 and/or reserve your spot on Eventbrite.
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