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 became associated with Parley P. Pratt, who had the squatter's right to the green mountain plateau which the pioneers named "Parley's Park." In 1850, Samuel Snyder bought out Parley P. Pratt's claim for a yoke of oxen. Samuel Snyder and his oldest son, Ephraim Stockwell Snyder, became the first pioneers to build homes there and settle the basin. The land was fertile for farming, the grass plentiful for stock grazing, and the mountainsides were heavily forested. They built a reservoir, a sawmill, and a gristmill on Spring Creek. Snyder's Mill produced much of the lumber used to build the first homes, mines, and businesses in the new territory as well as the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. Ephraim, who became a freighter, constructed the first road over Parley's Summit and later hauled the machinery used in the Park City mines. Inevitably, the settlement became known as Snyderville.

The settlers chose this prominent knoll on Chester Snyder's homestead for their cemetery. Chester was a brother to Samuel. The first child buried in the little. cemetery was six-month-old

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Robert W. Snyder, son of Ephraim and Susannah Fullmer Snyder. Chester and his wife, Electa, and twenty-seven of Samuel and Chester's descendants are buried in this cemetery which overlooks the Snyderville basin.

Erected by Sons of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 88.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 40° 41.876′ N, 111° 32.734′ W. Marker is in Park City, Utah, in Summit County. It is on Roffe Road, on the right when traveling west. Located a short distance up the hill from the parking area. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1916 Roffe Rd, Park City UT 84098, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this 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,

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 20, 2025

2. Snyderville Pioneer Cemetery Marker

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 153 times since then and 29 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.