St. George Presents:

"Orson Pratt" live at the Opera House on the St. George Live tour.

 

  Meet Orson Pratt  

ORSON PRATT HOUSE

The Orson Pratt House is the only remaining house in Utah associated with Orson Pratt, on of the most influential and important leaders in the first half-century of the LDS church, noted mathematician, astronomer, scientist, author, public servant and educator, Self-educated in a wide range of disciplines, he gained international recognition for some of his published mathematical and astronomical theories. He served 13 terms in the territorial legislature and 8 terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Orson Pratt had his house built in 1862 while helping direct the settlement of St. George and the Cotton Mission

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