Fort Kanarra Marker

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Kanarraville in Iron County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Fort Kanarra

By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012

1. Fort Kanarra Marker

Inscription. Old Kanarra, as it was called by early inhabitants, was founded in the spring of 1861 by settlers who moved from Fort Harmony. The town was situated on Kanarra Creek about one mile north and east of the present location. Later, a group from Toquerville built on the present site in the spring town fashion shown. This settlement became known as Fort Kanarra.
In 1866 the present townsite of Kanarraville was surveyed by settlers from Kanab. During the same year this aggregate of settlements became one when the original group also moved to the new townsite, bringing with them a log meeting house. This building served for several years as a church, school and social hall. To build their homes, logs were hauled out of Shirts' Canyon to the east.
The first child born in Kanarraville, James Wallace Pollock, son of Samuel Pollock, arrived on November 17, 1866 in his father's blacksmith shop.
On September 29, 1867 Apostle Erastus Snow set apart Lorenzo W. Roundy as the first Bishop of this Mormon community.
The town may have acquired its name from either of two sources. The popular belief is that the name came from an Indian Chief, Kuanar, who resided along the creek. Another origin may have been from the kind of willows that grew along the creek, Kanarra Willows

Erected 1976.

By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012

2. Fort Kanarra Marker

Location. 37° 32.215′ N, 113° 10.994′ W. Marker is in Kanarraville, Utah, in Iron County. Marker is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 80 South Main Street, Kanarraville UT 84742, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. South Rim of the Great Basin (approx. 3 miles away); Fort Harmony (approx. 5.1 miles away); Hamilton Fort (approx. 6.9 miles away); New Harmony (approx. 8 miles away); The Casting of the Lots (approx. 10.5 miles away); Old Brickyards (approx. 10.8 miles away); The Founding of Southern Utah University (approx. 11.3 miles away); Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank (approx. 11.4 miles away).

By Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012

3. Fort Kanarra Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on September 14, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 53 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 14, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.