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

Emmaville

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 18, 2025

1. Emmaville Marker

Inscription. In the 1860's miners, granite quarry freighters and stagecoach drivers used a halfway camping ground 333 yards to the So. West on Little Willow Creek. Others built homes, boarding houses, 2 stores, 3 saloons, slaughter yard, blacksmith shop, warehouse, livery stable. F.A. Hoofman & Co. Real Estate Office--John W. Lawrence, Agent. Population reached about 500. After 1871, town was moved to Little Cottonwood Canyon and renamed Ragtown. Several unmarked graves are all that remain.

Erected 1972 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 381.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 40° 35.481′ N, 111° 47.664′ W. Marker is in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in Holladay Cottonwood. It is on Golden Hills Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3570 Golden Hills Avenue, Salt Lake City UT 84121, United States of America.

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Regionally, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Granite Settlement (approx. 1.4 miles away); Rocky Mountain Goat Lookout (approx. 1.6 miles away); Welcome to the Temple Quarry Trail (approx. 1.7 miles away); Temple Granite Quarry (approx. 1.7 miles away); Your Roots (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Welcome to the Temple Quarry Trail (approx. 1.7 miles away); Temple Stone Quarry (approx. 1.7 miles away); Temple Quarry Amphitheater (approx. 1.7 miles away).

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 18, 2025

2. Emmaville Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 151 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 18, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.