University in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Mary Fielding Smith Home

Millcreek area, Utah 1850

— Relocated in 1972 —

Mary Fielding Smith Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Connor Olson, April 17, 2021

1. Mary Fielding Smith Home Marker

Inscription. The relative seclusion of this home within the Park is to symbolize its original location several miles southeast of Salt Lake City. After spending the winter of 1848, in a Salt Lake Valley fort, Mary Fielding Smith, widow of LDS Church leader Hyrum Smith, decided to live on a farm rather than her assigned city plot. She moved her children, stepchildren, and hired hands to a remote 40 acre farm in the Millcreek area, where they built this home. Mary's children helped her maintain a successful farm and independent lifestyle until her death in 1852.

Erected by This Is The Place Foundation. (Marker Number 47.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 40° 45.248′ N, 111° 48.748′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in University. It can be reached from First South 0.1 miles east of First East, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2601 First S, Salt Lake City UT 84108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in 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: Native American Village (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Monuments (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); William Atkin Home (about 400 feet away); Manti Fort Gristmill (about 400 feet away); This Is The Place Monuments (about 500 feet away); Handcarts (about 600 feet away); Niels and Josephine Anderson Home (about 700 feet away); Deseret Telegraph Office (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salt Lake City.

Mary Fielding Smith Home and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Connor Olson, April 17, 2021

2. Mary Fielding Smith Home and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2021, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,168 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 14, 2021, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.