Cedar City in Iron County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

First Cedar Encampment

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012

1. First Cedar Encampment Marker

Inscription. Iron ore having been discovered at Iron Springs, Brigham Young called missionaries to Iron County to make iron. A militia of 35 men was organized in Parowan, Nov. 5, 1851, under Captain Henry Lunt. Part of the company left Nov. 10th in 11 wagons and camped overnight in Summit Creek. Late in the afternoon of Nov. 11th, after driving in a snowstorm, they took refuge in the cove of this knoll. They set their wagon boxes on the ground in a line, protected them with brush enclosures, and began building a stockade. Within two weeks, the remainder of the company arrived. They lived in the encampment throughout the winter, made many explorations and preparations necessary to manufacture iron, built a fort and homes on the Wm. H. Dame Survey to the west of the knoll and moved there April 1852. Other contingents of hand-picked immigrants were called periodically from England, Scotland and Wales to assist them.

Erected 1981 by Camps: Iron Mission, Coal Creek & Aunt Margaret Pryor - Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 418.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.

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In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 37° 42.022′ N, 113° 3.82′ W. Marker is in Cedar City, Utah, in Iron County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and West 1325 North, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cedar City UT 84721, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Color Country. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cedar City Historic Pioneer Cemetery Wall (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Caboose (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Ore Shovel (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pioneer Cabin (approx. 0.8 miles away); Legacies of Iron County (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Hay Derrick

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012

2. First Cedar Encampment Marker

(approx. 0.8 miles away); Cedar City's Iron Heritage (approx. 0.9 miles away); Utah Parks Company Bus Garage (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cedar City.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2012

3. First Cedar Encampment Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,063 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 16, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.