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

Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 20, 2025

1. Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In the spring of 1849, Samuel Comstock Snyder joined Parley P. Pratt in cutting a road up "Big Canyon" and saw for the first time the mountain plateau which the pioneers named "Parley's Park." The road became the "Golden Pass," a toll road for Wells Fargo, the Overland Stage, and other travelers headed to the Salt Lake Valley or on to the California gold fields. In 1850, Parley P. Pratt sold his claim to the valley to Snyder for a yoke of oxen. Samuel Snyder and his family became the first settlers to build homes in the basin. The land was fertile for farming, the grass plentiful for stock grazing, and the mountainsides heavily forested. Millers by trade, they built a sawmill, a gristmill, and a reservoir on Spring Creek. Snyder's Mill produced much of the lumber used to build the first homes and businesses in the new territory. Following the discovery of silver in the surrounding mountains, the sawmill supplied the timbers necessary for the mines. Samuel was later joined by his brothers, Chester and George. The settlement came to be known as Snyderville.

The family chose this prominent knoll on Chester Snyder's homestead

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for their cemetery. In 1874, the first person to be buried here was Samuel Snyder's grandson, Robert, the six month old son of Ephraim and Susannah Fullmer Snyder. Chester Snyder, his wife Electa, and twenty- seven of Samuel's and Chester's descendants are buried here overlooking the Snyder Basin. The last burial was in 1920. Many of the markers were made of local sandstone, cut and carved by a loving hand, and tell the story of a typical family who lost many children to disease and the rigors of pioneer life.

Erected 1997 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 503.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 40° 41.872′ N, 111° 32.725′ W. Marker is in Park City, Utah, in Summit County. It is on Roffe Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1916 Roffe Road, Park City UT 84098, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 20, 2025

2. Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery Marker

marker is in Utah’s Uinta Mountains,

in the Wasatch Front,

and in Greater Provo.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and on the 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Park City Pioneers (approx. 3.3 miles away); City Park (approx. 3.8 miles away); Park City Miners Hospital (approx. 3.8 miles away); John C. Green, Jr. (approx. 3.8 miles away); The Roger Harlan Memorial Skate Park (approx. 3.9 miles away); Library & Education Center & Park (approx. 3.9 miles away); Union Pacific Depot (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Park City.

Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 20, 2025

3. Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 20, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.