Cottonwood Heights in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Ern and Molly Green Cabin

Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, September 22, 2018

1. Ern and Molly Green Cabin Marker

Inscription. Ernest Green was the son of Alvin Washington Green and Alice Maria Jane White. His family lived on the hillside northwest of the “Old Mill.” His wife, Molly, was the daughter of Neri Bulter and Mary Elizabeth McGhie. During the early 1900s, Ern, with the help of his brothers, built a large, two-story log cabin at the north end of his parents’ property. The bottom floor consisted of one very large room with a kitchen area at one end. Ern, Molly, and their children lived upstairs, and the large room on the bottom floor was used to hold dances for the community. During the summers, Ern ran a livery stable at Brighton and Molly did laundry for the people living there. Ern died in 1942. Molly then moved out of the big cabin to a smaller house on the other side of the lane. Molly also ran the stables at Brighton, which she did until 1953. She died in 1963. Ern and Molly were people well known both at Brighton and Butlerville. A restaurant at Brighton bears Molly’s name, and many of the long-time residents have a “Molly Green story” to tell.

Erected 2013 by Cottonwood Heights Historic Committee.

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Location. 40° 37.663′ N, 111° 48.059′ W. Marker is in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It can be reached from Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, on the right when traveling south. The marker is on the Old Mill Bike Path approximately 750 feet southeast of the parking lot at Old Mill Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Salt Lake City UT 84121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and on the Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cedar Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Silica Beds (within shouting

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, September 22, 2018

2. Ern and Molly Green Cabin Marker

distance of this marker); Tithing House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mining (about 600 feet away); Granite-Butler Church (about 700 feet away); South Butler School (approx. ¼ mile away); Agriculture (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome to the Cottonwood Heights Historic Walk (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cottonwood Heights.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2018, by Andrew Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. This page has been viewed 1,160 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2018, by Andrew Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.