Kamas in Summit County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Indian Trail

The Old Fort Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 20, 2025

1. The Old Fort Marker

Inscription. This valley settled by Thomas Rhodes in 1858, was a summer paradise for Indians who came to hunt fish and gather wild fruit and sego bulbs. The Weber River Indian trail skirted the east foothills to Weber Canyon crossed the river at the Old Kamas Ford 3½ miles east off here running thence to Henry's Fork and to Brush Creek in the eastern Uinta Mountains. This trail was used by Indians, scouts and pioneers and is marked in part by present highway

Erected 1939 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 51.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1858.

Location. 40° 42.888′ N, 111° 17.97′ W. Marker is in Kamas, Utah, in Summit County. It is on East Center Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 960 E Center Street, Oakley UT 84055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s

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Uinta Mountains,

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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Promise of Peoa (approx. 2.4 miles away); Fort Sage Bottom (approx. 2.4 miles away); Rhoades Valley Fort (approx. 5 miles away); First Settler of Kamas (approx. 5.2 miles away); Francis (approx. 7.3 miles away); Wanship Station (approx. 8.9 miles away); Marsac School (approx. 11.3 miles away); Marsac Elementary School (approx. 11.3 miles away).

Indian Trail Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 20, 2025

2. Indian Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 96 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.