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CELEBRATE HIS 200TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY!
2019 Jacob Hamblin Family Reunion
June 7-8, 2019
JACOB HAMBLIN
PIONEER * MISSIONARY
PEACEMAKER * 1819-1886
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2019 REUNION
Location:
Ivins Stake Center
276 E 1060 S
Ivins, UT 84738
(The Corner of Red Mountain Blvd & 1060 S)
Registration:
Opens, December 30th, 2018 at 11:59pm
Early Bird Pricing Closes, May 12th, 2019 at 11:59pm
Regular Pricing Closes, May 24th, 2019 at 11:59pm
REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE on May 24th, 2019 at 11:59pm
Please register online.
Early Bird Pricing: $10 fee per person or $25 per family.
Regular Pricing: $15 fee per person or $30 per family.
*Save an extra $5 for two people off of regular pricing.
*Non-refundable
Reunion Agenda:
We will post this soon...
Check-in:
At the above ward building on June 7th, 2019
From the hours of 4-6pm
Location of the Red Cliffs Stake Center:
*Information and event details are subject to change. For more information contact Larry Burk
or Joan Hamblin.
Register Here for the Reunion
LIFE-SIZED MEMORIAL PROJECT
One of our projects is to raise money to place a full sized version of this sculpture
of Jacob on a horse in a prominent place in Santa Clara, Kanab, or St. George.
Please help us raise this money so we can show the world that we still admire
and revere Jacob Hamblin and his great mission to keep peace in the once
Wild West.
Jacob Hamblin
Born in Ohio in 1819, a farm boy converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 22, Jacob Vernon Hamblin became well-known and highly regarded as a peacemaker among the Indians of Utah and Arizona. A hardy frontiersman and explorer, he was the father of a large family and a dedicated missionary of the Church. Speaking to the Navajo chiefs in 1870, Jacob stated:
"I have now gray hairs on my head, and from my boyhood I have been on the frontiers doing all I could to preserve peace between white men and Indians." (Jacob Hamblin, the Peacemaker, by Pearson H. Corbett, p. 301, Salt Lake City, 1952.)
Peacemaker
As a missionary and an indian subagent, Jacob Hamblin trusted and was trusted by his Indian Friends. Even among the warring Navajo, he won respect through his honest dealings. A very significant accomplishment as a peacemaker was his negotiation of the Treaty of Fort Defiance, New Mexico in November 1870. he taught and practiced his rule for dealing with the Native Americans. "I never talk anything but the truth to them. Always listen to them when they wish to tell their grievances... I never submit to any unjust demands."
A Sense of Mission
Hamblin's special feelings toward Indians began dramatically. While leading an expedition against hostile Indians in Tooele Valley, Utah about 1853, Hamblin and his men found that their guns would not fire at the Indians. Reflecting on this and other events, Jacob wrote:
"The Holy Spirit forcibly impressed me that it was not my calling to shed the blood of the scattered remnant of Israel (the Indians), but to be a messenger of peace to them. It was also made manifest to me that I would not thirst for their blood, I should never fall by their hands."
(Jacob Hamblin, by James A Little, p. 23, Salt Lake City, Bookcraft, 1969.)
*Click "here" to learn more abut the memorial project.
BUST STATUE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Amazing Clay Sculpture
by Tyson Snow
Discounted Promotion
Discount expires Feb. 28th, 2019
We are reproducing this bust in bronze and selling them for $2,500 towards building the full size bronze statue of Jacob Hamblin.
Each bust is almost life-sized, just perfect for one's desk. The bust sculpture would be about 16 1/4' tall and the brim is about 14" wide. (It may be slightly smaller to look better for aesthetics and for convenience on one's desk.) It will be a limited edition of 50
and should be available at the reunion. We are willing to ship this if anyone needs it mailed to their residence. Shipping charges would apply.
PROMOTION: For a limited time, these statutes will be discounted $500. Discount is available here online until Feb. 28th, 2019. Afterwards they will be $2,500 each if there are any left.
Click on "Purchase Bust Statue" below to get started. Pay online with a debit or credit card.
DESK STATUE FROM THE 2010 REUNION
NOW AVAILABLE ON AUCTION
Formal Bronze Desk Statue
by Russell Bowers
At our first 2010 Jacob Hamblin Reunion in Kanab, UT, we were offering these bronze desk statues as a "thank you" for larger donations to our memorial project. We have only 2 left. We will auction off one of these here online and the other at the reunion. Opening bids are $2,500. The highest bid received online by June 1st, 11:59pm mountain time will receive one of the two bronze desk statues by Russell Bowers, as shown above, upon receipt of verified payment. We will use the below form submission date and time stamp to determine the winner of the online auction. Please only serious bids. The highest bid over $2,500 at the reunion's silent auction will receive the other statue. In order to submit an online bid, please fill out the form below.
CURRENT MINIMUM ONLINE BID:
*This number will change as we receive bids
$2,500
BID ONLINE HERE FOR THE DESK STATUE:
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