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Nellie McArthur Gubler (born Nellie McArthur; May 8, 1908 – September 28, 2007 [1]) was a genealogist and notable citizen of Santa Clara, Utah .She worked to collect materials related to southern Utah history, which has aided in books written about the location. She was given multiple awards due to her contributions to history and research.
Orval Hafen (November 16, 1903–October 3, 1964) was a Utah State Senator and president of the Utah Bar Association. He was a key figure in the long process that by the start of the 21st-century had made St. George a key center of retirement and growing community. Hafen was a native of Santa Clara, Utah. He received an associates degree from ...
Santa Clara, Utah. / 37.13694°N 113.64917°W / 37.13694; -113.64917. Santa Clara is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States and is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area. The population was 7,553 at the 2020 census, up from 6,003 at the 2010 census, and 4,630 at the 2000 census. The city is a western suburb of St. George.
Added to NRHP. March 11, 1971. The Jacob Hamblin House is a historic residence and museum located in Santa Clara, Utah, United States. Jacob Hamblin was a Mormon pioneer and missionary who founded Santa Clara in 1854. After a flood destroyed the town, a group of missionaries constructed a new home for him on a hillside.
The San Jose Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1886 as the Santa Clara Valley Board of Trade. In 1900, it briefly became the Santa Clara Valley Improvement Association before changing its name to the San Jose Chamber of Commerce the following year.
After conversion by Mormon missionaries in Switzerland in 1860 they immigrated to the U.S. in 1861, came to Salt Lake City, and then made the further 300 mile trek to Santa Clara in late 1861. It is a one-and-a-half-story Victorian Eclectic cross wing house, which was built by Hans George Hafen, probably originally as a single-cell adobe house ...
The 1860 census showed the presence of 78 Swiss in Utah, and by 1910 that number reached 1,700, a considerable figure for a small country. A group of them were sent by Brigham Young to start the town of Santa Clara, near St George, and they accomplished the task in an excellent way.
98001448 [1] Added to NRHP. December 4, 1998. The Frederick and Anna Maria Reber House is a historic two-story house in Santa Clara, Utah. It was built with stucco in 1870, and designed in the Greek Revival style. [2] The Rebers were immigrants from Switzerland who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before settling in ...