Talmage in Duchesne County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Moonlake

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 27, 2025

1. Moonlake Marker

Inscription. First called Lake Fork, this area was homesteaded 1905. Settlers platted sites for Mountain Home, Boneta and Talmage, hauled water from Lake Fork River, dug irrigation canal, built homes, threshed first crops of wheat with flail for seed and flour, carried mail weekly from Duchesne, opened post office in Andrew Madsen's home, 1908. Mountain Home residents fired brick for schoolhouse, Margaret Moffitt teacher. The three towns were combined into Moonlake Ward, Aug. 27, 1972.

Erected 1977 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 399.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.

Location. 40° 21.325′ N, 110° 22.892′ W. Marker is in Talmage, Utah, in Duchesne County. It is on Utah 87, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20681 UT-87, Talmage UT 84073, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Uinta Basin

and in the Uinta Mountains.

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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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Altamont Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); Moon Lake Electric Association (approx. 5 miles away); Lake Fort (approx. 10.1 miles away); Local Highlights (approx. 13.3 miles away); Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (approx. 13.3 miles away); Father Escalante (approx. 13.3 miles away); Duchesne (approx. 13.3 miles away); Over Almost Impassable Terrain (approx. 13.9 miles away).

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 27, 2025

2. Moonlake Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 113 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.