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In 1881 Thomas Judd, a promoter, and others completed an 840-foot tunnel and a 1 1/4-mile canal to bring water from the Rio Virgin for cultivation of this valley. Excavations opened a large crystal cave of stalactites and stalagmites. In 1903 the first post office was established with H.W. Gubler as postmaster. On June 23, 1904, an L.D.S. ward was organized under a bowery with Morris Wilson as bishop, and in 1904 the first schoolhouse was built.
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La Verkin, Utah · United States
