Wellsville in Cache County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Wellsville Pioneers

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 22, 2025

1. Wellsville Pioneers Marker

Inscription. This monument erected in honor of these pioneer men and their families who on September 15, 1856 founded the first white settlement in Cache Valley then known as Maughan's Fort now known as Wellsville Utah

Peter Maughan · Mary Ann Weston Maughan · Charles W. Maughan · Joseph W. Maughan · Hyrum W. Maughan · Willard W. Maughan

George W. Bryan

Zial Riggs · Eveline Knox Riggs · Egbert Z. Riggs · Celia k Riggs · Robert K. Riggs · Delia K. Riggs

John Maughan · Sarah M. Davenport Maughan · Sarah A. Maughan · Mary A. Maughan · William H. Maughan · Barbara Morgan Maughan · Ruth Maughan

Francis W. Gunnell · Polly Ann Edwards Gunnell · Francis C. Gunnell · Sarah E. Gunnell

O.D. Thomson

Dedicated Founders Day 1931

Erected 1931.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is September 15, 1856.

Location. 41° 38.312′ N, 111° 56.045′ W. Marker is in Wellsville, Utah, in Cache County. It is at the intersection of South Center Street and East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South Center

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Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 30 S Center St, Wellsville UT 84339, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Cache Valley.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mountain Man (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wellsville Tabernacle (about 600 feet away); Wellsville Schools (approx. 0.2 miles away); Soren Hansen Castle (approx. 3.9 miles away); Elite Hall (approx. 4 miles away); Hyrum Smith (approx. 4 miles away); The Great Fur Cache (approx. 4.1 miles away); Old Hyrum First Ward Meetinghouse (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wellsville.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 22, 2025

2. Wellsville Pioneers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 30 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.