SILVER REEF MUSEUM
Cosmopolitan Event Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 -10 am
Antone Prince, an Unusual Sheriff
Few people today have the slightest idea of who the sheriff of Washington County is, or are even able to recognize his name. Yet in the mid twentieth century, Antone Prince became one of the “most notable and well-known men to the populace of southern Utah”.
Appointed sheriff without even having applied for the job, he began his career by solving a cold case that brought state-wide attention. Serving much of the time with no or only one deputy, he faced-off with hardened and armed criminals, juvenile pranksters, the FBI’s number one wanted, and cattle rustlers. His part in the 1953 raid on Short Creek brought world-wide attention.
Admired for his fair treatment of those to whom he enforced the law, his courage and bravery in facing down the bad guys, and his uncanny skill in tracking them down, Antone achieved almost folk-hero status in Southern Utah.
About The Presenter: Dr. John Prince
Grandson of Antone Prince, will be presenting the history of Antone’s time as sheriff of Washington, as researched and written by Stephen L. Prince. Stephen Prince is an award winning historian, and is well known for his book “Gathering in Harmony”, a “chronicle of ordinary people such as Allen Taylor, John H. Redd, George Prince, and James H. Imlay, whose lives collectively represent a cross-section of early Mormon history and the pioneering of southern Utah”. Out of this stock, came Antone Prince. Stephen has also written “The Autobiography of Hosea Stout”. He has been published in Utah Historical Quarterly, Journal of Mormon History, and Mormon Historical Studies.
