Harrisburg, Utah

The Orson Adams House, along with its terraced fields, irrigation ditches, and other agrarian features, preserves a 2000-year record of changing land use.

Although located within 15 miles of the ever-growing urban areas of the St. George Basin, Utah, the Adams House landscape retains its rural 19th century character and integrity. The 200 acres surrounding the house contain many sites and features that date back to prehistoric cultures, including Virgin Anasazi and Southern Paiute. Natural resources within this landscape supported many cultures: water diverted from Quail and Leeds Creek irrigated crops; timber, clay for ceramics and tool stone were readily available. Although the Virgin Anasazi appear to have migrated away from southern Utah by the 12th century, the Southern Paiute continue to live here today.

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