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The Dixie cotton mission

Author: Jon L AndersonMark PhillipsBrian BuntonThomas BaggleyCamille DixonAll authors
Publisher: Provo, UT : Brigham Young University, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   VHS video : VHS tape   Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The settlement of Southern Utah did not come without trials. Settlers sent by Brigham Young to colonize Utah's Dixie found the wilderness almost impossible to tame. The river that looked so inviting proved to be very destructive when flash floods came. By accident the settlers found that cotton could be grown and soon a cotton mill was erected which provided a sense of permanence for the settlers. Follow the history  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Videocassettes
Video recordings
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Jon L Anderson; Mark Phillips; Brian Bunton; Thomas Baggley; Camille Dixon; KBYU-TV (Television station : Provo, Utah); Brigham Young University. Media Arts Development Lab.
ISBN: 0842524134 9780842524131
OCLC Number: 53394720
Credits: Produced and directed by Jon L. Anderson; produced and written by Mark Phillips ; co-producer: Brian Bunton ; original music by Thomas Baggley.
Performer(s): Camille Dixon, narrator.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Details: VHS.
Other Titles: Utah storybook
Utah storybook (Television program)
Responsibility: KBYU-TV in association with the BYU Media Arts Development Lab.

Abstract:

"The settlement of Southern Utah did not come without trials. Settlers sent by Brigham Young to colonize Utah's Dixie found the wilderness almost impossible to tame. The river that looked so inviting proved to be very destructive when flash floods came. By accident the settlers found that cotton could be grown and soon a cotton mill was erected which provided a sense of permanence for the settlers. Follow the history of those early settlers who made Utah's Dixie what is today ..."--Container.

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