Cove Fort in Beaver County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Cove Fort

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

1. Cove Fort Marker

Inscription. Completed April 12, 1867, by direction of Brigham Young, with L.D.S. Church funds, as a travelers way station and refuge from Indians. Ira N. Hinckley built and maintained it as a hostelry and residence until 1877. A well within the fort provided culinary water. Cove Creek supplied irrigation. One of its 12 original room s was used as a telegraph station. Early in 1861 Charles Willden built 3 rooms and a dugout, known as Willden's Fort. This was a convenient campsite for President Young and other travelers.

Plaque below marker:
Cove Fort
The Cove Fort Marker was originally mounted in 1935 on the outside wall of the fort near the entrance. It was removed and kept in storage in the 1990s when Cove Fort was restored. The marker was relocated here in 2007 by the Sally Kanosh Camp.

Erected 1935 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 6.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Forts and Castles. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 12, 1849.

Location. 38° 36.087′ N, 112° 34.824′ W. Marker is in Cove Fort, Utah, in Beaver County. It can be reached from Utah Route 161 one mile north of Interstate

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70. Marker is at the north entrance to the parking lot for Cove Fort visitor center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beaver UT 84713, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Color Country and in the West Desert.

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 5 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Salt Lake to Southern California Road - Cove Fort (a few steps from this marker); Fort Willden (a few steps from this marker); Kanosh (approx. 15 miles away); a different marker also named Kanosh (approx. 15.9 miles away); 1867 Chief Kanosh Memorial 1976 (approx. 15.9 miles away).

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

2. Cove Fort Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

3. Cove Fort Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

4. Cove Fort Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

5. Cove Fort

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

6. Cove Fort

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 16, 2014

7. Cove Fort

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,267 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on July 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.