For an evocative picture of the Mormon pioneer experience, head 5 miles north of town to Santa Clara and the 1863 Jacob Hamblin Home, where orchards still grow.
Jacob Hamblin Home
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4. Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
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Two floors packed full of pioneer artifacts, furniture, photographs, quilts, guns and so on.
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