Payson in Utah County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Salt Lake to Southern California Road - Peteetneet

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 16, 2025

1. Salt Lake to Southern California Road - Peteetneet Marker

Inscription. “...a considerable Portion of the land between the Spanish Fork and F.P. [Fort Peteetneet] is low and marshy and Bad to cross especially with heaby loade waggons...some of the waggons required 9 yokes of oxen to get them through the sloughs 0 this is also a lovely Place and Bids fair for fine setlement, dis 7 ms and 69 from the Great Salt City.”
John Doyle Lee, Journal, December 18, 1850

Erected 2002 by Utah Westerners Foundation and Utah Crossroads Chapter Oregon California Trail Association. (Marker Number SLSCR UT-3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the California Trail series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 18, 1850.

Location. 40° 2.45′ N, 111° 43.912′ W. Marker is in Payson, Utah, in Utah County. It can be reached from South Main Street. Located inside Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Payson UT 84651, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Provo.

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: Dominguez y Escalante Expedition (within shouting distance of this marker); Payson's Pioneer Industry (within shouting distance of this marker); City Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Alexander Keele

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Payson City Library (approx. 0.2 miles away); S.E. Corner of Payson Pioneer Fort (approx. ¼ mile away); S.W. Corner of Payson Pioneer Fort (approx. ¼ mile away); The John Dixon House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Payson.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 16, 2025

2. Salt Lake to Southern California Road - Peteetneet Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 177 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 17, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.