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By Kent Larsen
Fillmore 150th to Feature President Hinckley
FILLMORE, UTAH -- The Southern Utah town of Fillmore will celebrate its
sesquicentennial a few weeks early, and President Gordon B. Hinckley of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be the featured speaker at
the town's anniversary program. President Hinckley's grandfather, Nathaniel
Hinckley, was the town's stake president and later its patriarch for many
years.
The city was actually founded on October 27th, 1851, when Brigham Young and
Heber C. Kimball chose the site while camped on the banks of the Chalk
Creek. But the city has moved up is celebration to September 7th and 8th to
join its fifth annual Old Capitol Arts and Living History Festival and to
take advantage of warmer summer weather. The town was selected as the first
territorial capitol at that time, but the capitol was moved to Salt Lake
City the next year.
The town's celebration will included stories, poems, songs and skits
presented at the Territorial Statehouse Park. On Saturday, September 8th,
the main anniversary program, featuring President Hinckley, will be held. On
both the 7th and 8th the park will host continuous family entertainment.
Source:
Historic Fillmore to mark 150th
Deseret News 30Aug01 D6
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