Dixie Cotton Mission Parade

In celebration of 150th Anniversary of the original "Cotton Mission" and establishment of St. George the City of St. George organized an eight-day, 100-mile wagon company expedition from Parowan to St. George.

TJs Grandpa Bentley rode in a wagon to represent some of our descendants, among them were Richard Bentley, the first mayor of St. George; William Snow and Robert Gardner, the first settlers of nearby Pine Valley; and William Carter, the first man to plow a furrow in both the Salt Lake and St. George valleys.


They had and guns and furs displayed, Sophie liked to touch their noses, lol