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

Barbed Wire Telephone Line

— Enoch Trails —

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, September 11, 2024

1. Barbed Wire Telephone Line Marker

Inscription.
Sometime soon after a telephone line was strung to the Enoch Mercantile (Marker #8), William Henry Grimshaw wanted a phone in his two-story adobe house, which was the original home here. He could not afford to extend the line, so, ignoring the naysayers, he used barbed wire fence lines and soda bottle insulators to build his own. The line worked perfectly for many years.

ENOCH TRAILS
Historical Marker #15 GPS: 37.764776 N 113.050649 W Elevation 5,497 feet
Marker #15A is about 282 feet north on 600 East.

Erected by Enoch City - Enoch Trails. (Marker Number 15.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Communications. In addition, it is included in the Enoch Trails series list.

Location. 37° 45.886′ N, 113° 3.04′ W. Marker is in Enoch, Utah, in Iron County. It is at the intersection of East Midvalley Road and N 600 E, on the right when traveling west on East Midvalley Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 615 E Midvalley Road, Cedar City UT 84721, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in Utah’s Color Country. 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: Pipe Rings Fence (within shouting distance of this marker); Grimshaw/Hunter Family (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rush Lake (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ivan Matheson Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Wagon Over the Old Spanish Trail (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Enoch Schools (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old School Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Matheson Dairy (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Enoch.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, September 11, 2024

2. Barbed Wire Telephone Line Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 11, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.