HARRISBURG

Harrisburg (Washington) is where Quail Creek crosses I-15, fourteen miles northeast of St. George. When Moses Harris first settled on the site in 1859, it was on Cottonwood Creek where the Harrisburg Junction on I-15 is presently located. At that time the settlement was known as Cottonwood. As the community developed, it gradually assumed Moses' name and became Harrisburg.

John W. Van Cott