Fountain Green in Sanpete County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Uinta Springs Settlement

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 15, 2014

1. Uinta Springs Settlement Marker

Inscription. This location, later called Fountain Green, was a favorite camping place for travelers. Sept. 30, 1853, James Nelson, Wm. Luke, Wm. Reed and Thos. Clark, while camping here with their ox teams, were killed by Indians. Under direction of Brigham Young in July, 1859, George W. Johnson, his son, Amos, and a group of pioneers established a settlement. Big Spring, one mile west, supplies this city with water and power and the major part of the electricity for Moroni, Wales and Levan.

Erected 1951 by Uinta Springs Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 172.)

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 month for this entry is July 1859.

Location. 39° 37.697′ N, 111° 38.419′ W. Marker is in Fountain Green, Utah, in Sanpete County. It is at the intersection of West Center Street and 300 West Street, on the left when traveling west on West Center Street. Marker is on the southwest corner. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fountain Green UT 84632, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Central Utah Valleys. It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fountain Green (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lewis Lund (approx. 0.3 miles away);

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Salt Creek Canyon Massacre (approx. 6.3 miles away); ZCMI Building (approx. 7.7 miles away); Moroni Fort and Bastion (approx. 7.8 miles away); First Coal Mine in Utah (approx. 9.8 miles away); Fairview Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 10 miles away); Niels P. Hjort House (approx. 10.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fountain Green.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 15, 2014

2. Uinta Springs Settlement Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 15, 2014

3. Uinta Springs Settlement Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,157 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.