George F. Whitehead
16th Mayor of St. George

The St. George City Public Library was established and housed in a room at Dixie College (the known as the St. George Stake Academy).  The power plant that had been privately owned was purchased by the City at a cost of $11,4000.  Mayor Whitehead was also President of the St. George Temple and Justice of the Peace.  Anyone married in St. George during those two years were married by Mayor, President or Judge Whitehead.