Washington County News | 1927-03-17 | Page 1 | First White Child Born at Eagar, Ariz., is Visitor

FIRST WHITE CHILD HORN AT EAGAR, ARIZ., IS VISITOR Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Leavitt and son, Odell, arrived here Tuesday from Littlefield, Arizona. They were accompanied ac-companied by Mr. and Mrs. Dudley J. Hamblin of Eagar, Arizona. Mr. Hamblin is a son of the late Jacob Hamblin, a man who was loved and honored by the Indians of this section. sec-tion. Dudley was the first white child born at Eagar, Arizona. Jacob and his -wife, Priscilla Leavitt, sett tied there in 1879 and Dudley was born the following spring, 18S0. This is Mr. Hamblin's first visit to St. George, and Mr. Leavitt is showing show-ing him over his father's old stamping stamp-ing grounds, including Santa Clara, of which place Jacob Hamblin was one of the three first white settlers.