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Jacob Hamblin Home

Santa Clara Blvd. and Hamblin Dr., St. George, UT
435/673-5181
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Ranked #10 of 22 attractions in St. George
4.0 of 5 stars 13 Reviews
Type: Historic Sites
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Auburn, WA
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30 reviews 30 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2012 NEW

Jacob Hamblin worked well with the Indians in the area, even learning their language in an effort to keep the peace between them & the Mormon pioneers. Jacob's home is well preserved giving you insight into the early settlers lives. More

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Salt Lake City, Utah
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2012 NEW

I did this tour as a child. It is a quick little tour (probably because my kids have a 2 minute attention span). I bet if you had people who could hold still and be quiet they would give you lots more information. But it was still rather fun for my older son to see how people used to live.... More

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Sacramento CA
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 18, 2012
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i felt like it was just a site set up to give the missionaries and easy flow of travelers so they could try to spread the word. which is fine except i felt extremely uncomfortable in the whole experience. i'm Christian and have many mormon friends and don't have a problem with them. but i felt very pressured in the... More

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St. George, Utah
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 16, 2012

Anyone who has read the history knows Hamblin was an indian killer not peace maker. Unfortunately the LDS church puts missionaries here to convert the naive and uninformed and tells some very tall tales in it's efforts, even not mentioning polygamy. More

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aspen, co
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 17, 2012
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We were with a tour and had excellent tour guides who were most knowledge about the history of not only this home but the whole town. Most enjoyable. More

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Lakeside, Montana
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 21, 2012

if tour group is small you will enjoy this, Missionary tour guides assumed we were all Mormon, not the case. They missed out on an opportunity to explain in more detail teachings that made Jacob Hamblin the man he was, a good guy! More

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Kailua, Hawaii
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 31, 2012
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I really liked the authentic pioneer home of Jacob Hamblin ; the ladies who gave the tour of the buildings and grounds did a great job !! More

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North Las Vegas, Nevada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 21, 2011

I've been there three times now and I love it. The history is very interesting and the tour guides are really nice. There is a lot of information about Jacob Hamblin so you get a diverse look at his life every time you go. Highly recommended. More

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city island, new york
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 3, 2011

interesting about the 1st pioneers ---very informative hands on history here More

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Lewiston, UTAH
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26 reviews 26 reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed November 29, 2011

The short tour was very interesting and they catered to the kids, which is a plus. There is no cost for the tour. More

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