On West 1100 South, on the right when traveling west.
No. 255
Erected 1959
The Grist Mill
Minersville was settled in 1859 for the purpose of opening lead mines. Nelson S. Hollingshead built a grist hill on this site in 1871. It was operated by water diverted from the Minersville . . . — — Map (db m240540) HM
On East Center Street (Utah Route 21) east of Main Street (Utah Route 160), on the right when traveling east.
This early sawed log farm cabin (circa 1890-1900) was relocated to this site from the small hamlet of Manderfield located 5 miles north of Beaver. Manderfield was known as Indian Creek in pioneer days. The Beaver Chapter of the sons of The Utah . . . — — Map (db m127201) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 91), on the left when traveling south.
Hostile Indians raided a small settlement in this vicinity Oct. 27, 1866, centering their attack on the house where Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Lee, their two daughters, and eight year old son, a young Miss Hall and Joseph Lillywhite were barricaded, fighting . . . — — Map (db m75616) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Near this site, Feb. 6, 1856, in zero weather, Beaver pioneers made their first camp. Prior to this, the land had been rejected as unfit for cultivation, but the amount of water available gave courage. At a mass meeting in Parowan some of the more . . . — — Map (db m75615) HM
On North 400 East Street south of East 400 North Street, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to the memory of the valiant pioneers who erected the first woolen mills in Southern Utah in 1870. It was a busy mecca, with wagons coming and going from all over the State with their goods to trade. — — Map (db m75576) HM
Near Utah Route 164, 1 mile north of Interstate 70.
The first settlers in this area were the family of Charles W. and Eleanor Willden. They were English converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had come to Utah in 1849. Because Charles was an iron worker, Brigham Young called . . . — — Map (db m75518) HM
On Ely Highway (Utah Route 21), on the left when traveling north.
A typical mining town at the foot of the San Francisco Mountain was fed by the fabulously rich Horn Silver Mine. By 1885 over $60,000,000 in zinc, copper, lead, silver, and gold were hauled away by mule train and the Utah Central Railroad. Water was . . . — — Map (db m78264) HM
The Milford stamp or A.G. Campbell mill was erected in the fall of 1873 at a cost of $45,000. It was designed to work the ores of the Old Hickory Mine. In 1873-74 the mill ran successfully for five months. They used a 60 horse power engine, two . . . — — Map (db m240533) HM
On Main Street at N 100 W Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The Lincoln Mine
No. 17
Erected March 20, 1937
First lead mine in Utah
Five miles N.E. of here, discovered 1858, by Isaac Grundy, Jesse Smith, Tarlton Lewis and Wm. Barton. These men and Sidney Tanner,
John Blackburn, Edwin . . . — — Map (db m240538) HM
On West Beaver Dam Road, on the left when traveling west.
The Box Elder Cooperative Association was established in 1867 -68 by Lorenzo Snow, under direction of Brigham Young. In 1871 a dairy, said to be the first in Utah, was built south of Beaver Dam, near a cold water spring, Christian Hansen, operator. . . . — — Map (db m44467) HM
The Knudsen cabin, built by Porter Squires for Wilhelm and Laura Amelia Knudsen in 1855, was one of the first permanent structures in Brigham City. Located on the corner of First East and First South, the original cabin was 14' x 18'. It had a loft . . . — — Map (db m240501) HM
Site number 55
In July 1853 Brigham Young ordered the people settled in the Brigham City vicinity, construct another fort to provide protection from the Indians. This fort extended North and South about 15 rods and East and West about 8 rods. . . . — — Map (db m240494) HM
SITE NUMBER 74
Brigham City was the first important Mormon community to organize fistle for cooperative activity under a system later incorporated in the United Order of 1874. Approximately 30 or 40 industry branches were established with the . . . — — Map (db m240503) HM
This monument marks the S.E. corner of fort built by Anson Call and associates in 1855 under direction of President Brigham Young as protection against Indians. The fort was the most northerly outpost in Utah. It was one hundred twenty feet . . . — — Map (db m152317) HM
In commemoration of the outstanding service he rendered the intermountain west as Patriot, Pioneer, Colonizer, Church leader, and Statesman on this plot of ground Aug 19th, 1877 he delivered his last public address when he organized the Box Elder . . . — — Map (db m152538) HM
On East 100 North at North 400 East, on the right when traveling east on East 100 North.
In 1876, Harriet Snow, Box Elder Stake Relief Society President, was asked by the LDS General Relief Society President, Emmeline B. Wells, to join with women's groups throughout the LDS Church to gather and store wheat against a time of need from . . . — — Map (db m240493) HM
Lorenzo Snow was born 3 April, 1814, in Mantua, Ohio, a son of Oliver and
Rosetta Snow. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in June of 1836 at the age of 22. He crossed the plains, captained his wagon company, and arrived . . . — — Map (db m240492) HM
On South 200 West, on the left when traveling south.
The same sun, moon and stars shone over these everlasting hills when old Lake
Bonneville's waters reached midway up these mountains. Later, native American
hunters roamed these lands which they called Woebequachee. Here they fished Pe-
Ogway . . . — — Map (db m240491) HM
On 400 West 700 North at 400 W 700 N, on the right when traveling east on 400 West 700 North.
Soon after the first white families settled at Box Elder, they built a temporary fort to protect themselves from Shoshone Indian attacks.
The Davis Fort was named after their leader, William Davis and consisted of a row of simple log . . . — — Map (db m240496) HM
On Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway, on the right when traveling west.
"We now skirted the north end of the lake, sometimes traveling in a valley and again along the shore of the lake where the mountains jutted down nearly to its shores." -- Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson, narrative, August 26, 1841 — — Map (db m105300) HM
On Promontory Road (Utah Route 13) 0.1 miles south of North 3900 West, on the right when traveling south.
Looking toward the immediate completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad, Corinne Townsite was laid out in the Spring of 1869.
Railroad Financiers, Real Estate Promoters, Businessmen & Gambling Sharks, launched a boom to make Corinne the . . . — — Map (db m117001) HM
To settle a wager among the trappers who were making their first winter rendezvous in Cache Valley, Bridger floated alone in a bull boat down Bear River to its outlet to determine the river's course in the late autumn or early winter of 1824, thus . . . — — Map (db m152315) HM
On Grouse Creek Road, 0.2 miles north of Tucoma Road, on the left when traveling south.
When the railroads were first moving across the country, they needed water for their steam engines. The Lucin ponds were developed in the 1800’s for this purpose. The water to fill the ponds comes through a pipeline from the Pilot Mountain range, . . . — — Map (db m136325) HM
On Elm Grove Dr. south of W 2400 S, on the right when traveling north.
Three Mile Creek, later named Perry, originated in 1853 with the arrival in the Three Mile Creek Valley of the William Plummer Tippetts family and Lorenzo and May Perry. They were soon joined by William Walker, Thomas C. Young, Alex Perry, and . . . — — Map (db m240481) HM
On North Stone Road, on the left when traveling south.
Curlew Valley, named after the curlew snipe that nests here, extends from Snowville, Utah, to the Idaho towns of Stone and Holbrook. The first recorded White men were Peter Skene Ogden's large party of trappers, who camped on Deep Creek . . . — — Map (db m240521) HM
On S 100 W at South Street, on the right when traveling north on S 100 W.
Settled March 31, 1851 by five families followed by six families in the fall. It was first called North Willow Creek and changed to Willard in 1857. The fort was built in 1853 to 1855, constructed of dirt and rock. The first grist mill was begun . . . — — Map (db m240488) HM
On North Main Street at W 300 N, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Willard Pioneer Cemetery's first burial was August 1854 with the death of five-day-old John Memorial, Jr., son of John Memorial (Memory) and Samantha Wells
McCrary. This site, selected by Willard's first settlers, is located one block east . . . — — Map (db m240482) HM
On Center Street at 200 West, on the left when traveling east on Center Street.
Erected in honor of those pioneers who helped settle Hyde Park. This Settlement was founded in 1860 by the following list.
William Hyde, William Higgensen, Robert Daines, Lydia Wilkinson, Anthony Metcalf, James Hancey, Armenius Neeley, Thomas . . . — — Map (db m44498) HM
On West Main Street (Utah Route 101) west of South Center Street, on the left when traveling west.
To commemorate an important episode in the early history of the west and to honor the scouts and explorers of earlier days, this monument was erected. In this vicinity in the winter of 1825-26 a cache containing 75 bales of furs, mostly beaver, . . . — — Map (db m149775) HM
On Main Street at Center Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Wells Fargo Bank now occupies the site of the Thatcher Brothers Bank & Opera House, which was constructed in 1890. The Thatcher Brothers Bank was the first one to open in the valley. The Opera House was located on the second floor and could seat 800 . . . — — Map (db m44426) HM
This property was owned in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s by Luna Young Thatcher, a daughter of Brigham Young by his first wife. Luna Young Thatcher owned the entire corner and, by all reports, had the area beautifully landscaped. In 1912 the . . . — — Map (db m44447) HM
Erected in 1861 by Hezekiah Thatcher, assisted by Robert Crookston, Robert Murdock and John Hill, who quarried the building stones in Green Canyon and place them in these walls, hand made shingles covered the roof, the building was originally used . . . — — Map (db m44436) HM
On W. Center Street at S 300W on W. Center Street.
Built in 1914 - 15 by Charles W. Nibley for his third wife, Julia Budge, this two story house is an excellent example of the Prairie School style popular in Utah during 1905-25. The house was reportedly designed by Pope and Burton, architects. C.W. . . . — — Map (db m44427) HM
Thirty feet east of this spot was built, in the winter of 1865-1866, under the leadership of Benget P. Woolfenstein, the first community center of the Logan Fifth Ward. Consisting of but one room, 16 by 20 feet. It served, nevertheless, as church . . . — — Map (db m154443) HM
In 1860 two grist mills were built and operated in this valley. One at Wellsville by Daniel P. Hill and the other at Millville by Esias Edwards and Leroy Kent. The first burrstones obtained from Black Rock, Utah proved to be too soft for grinding so . . . — — Map (db m44471) HM
The Thatcher - Young Mansion was built in 1878 for the banker and industrialist George W. Thatcher and his wife Eunice Caroline (Luna) Young Thatcher. Her brother Brigham Young Jr. lived in it from 1883 - 1885 while he supervised the Brigham Young . . . — — Map (db m44440) HM
The first settlers of Logan encamped near this spot on the bank of the Little Logan early in May 1859
Heads of Families: John R Blanchard, Abraham Caldwell, Griffith Charles, Israel J. Clark, Ann Davis, William Dees, James Demino, Sidney Dibble, . . . — — Map (db m44437) HM
On North 100 West (Utah Route 23) at West 100 North, on the right when traveling south on North 100 West.
Originally built around 1865, the 1½ story rock home of James G. Willie is typical of the over 40 stone homes that were built in Mendon prior to 1880. Brigham Young encouraged early settlers to use native rocks for home construction as he felt . . . — — Map (db m44482) HM
On 206 W 100 S at 100 S, on the right when traveling east on 206 W 100 S.
In the spring of 1860, Apostle Ezra T. Benson and Peter Maughan advised the people living at the Elkhorn Ranch to locate near a sawmill built by Esais Edwards and Roy Kent. This was done to provide better protection. In that same year, Apostle . . . — — Map (db m44456) HM
On West 3200 South west of South 600 West, on the right when traveling west.
In July, 1855, the first settlers in Cache Valley, 23 men and 2 women under the leadership of Martin Ensign and Bryant Stringham came to Willow Valley with about 2000 cattle, established Elk Horn Ranch near some fine springs, located about one mile . . . — — Map (db m149769) HM
This marker honors the first settlers of Providence, who camped near here early in May 1859, and those who followed in the years 1860,1861,1862. Included in the groups who pioneered this section are the following families: Alder, Bowen, . . . — — Map (db m44477) HM
On 10 S Main St. at Center St., on the left when traveling south on 10 S Main St..
Symbol of Heritage
Listed on the National Register of Historical Places in recognition of its architectural and historical significance, and to encourage its preservation.
The 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad ended an era, that . . . — — Map (db m46302) HM
On Main Street at Center Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Pioneer dramatic players entertained early Cache Valley audiences in this rock building. When erected, 1868 - 70, the only assembly hall in Providence. It has the finest dance floor, stage, proscenium, paintings, curtain in the valley. Among the . . . — — Map (db m44435) HM
On South 200 West (U.S. 91 at milepost 40) near West Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
In July 1859 under the leadership of John Bair, (interpreter and guide) sixteen families settled here, built log cabins and dugouts between City Creek and Brower Springs. The following Spring other families arrived and a permanent fort was built for . . . — — Map (db m105497) HM
First person buried in the Smithfield Cemetery, was born at Alder, Erie County, New York, in 1835, the son of Austin and Laura Wilder Harris Merrill, He was killed in an Indian attack July 29, 1880 as he and his brother Solyman were returning from . . . — — Map (db m44449) HM
On U.S. 6 at Utah Route 123, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 6.
Early settlers in Whitmore Canyon, later called Sunnyside, were Jefferson Tidwell, his family and a brother John, who grazed cattle in the area prior to building their home in 1897. They located a vein of coal, sold it to the Utah Fuel Company for . . . — — Map (db m148001) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
This valley was originally settled in 1881 by Teancum Pratt. The original Pratt Survey still predominates on maps of this area. He sold land to the Rio Grande Western Railroad for a right of way. By the fall of 1887 the railroad had built 27 frame . . . — — Map (db m148214) HM
On U.S. 6 at milepost 217.5, on the right when traveling west.
Pleasant Valley Junction about 1/2 mile So. of this site, began in the early 1880's when the Rio Grande R.R. extended the main line from Tucker over the summit into Carbon County. A round house was built and a branch line extended to the Pleasant . . . — — Map (db m148616) HM
On North Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Rainbow Inn is located at 305 N Mains St, Helper, Utah and was built in 1922. Originally owned by Lena Fodero, the building was used as a hotel, bar, and sporting house. It was known for the bordello on the upper floor. The railroad which . . . — — Map (db m106558) HM
Vincent Paul Anella Troop 296
Eagle Scout Project
Reestablished marker recognizing the first cabin built in Price by Abraham Powell in 1877. Original marker was at 600 South Carbon Avenue.
December 22, 2011
Price Centennial . . . — — Map (db m72728) HM
On East Main Street at North 200 East, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
The settlement of Price began in 1877 when Caleb B. Rhodes and Abraham Powell arrived here. Two years later a number of Later Day Saints and their families strengthened the settlement. A branch of the church was organized in 1881 and in 1882 George . . . — — Map (db m148009) HM
Harding School was named after President Warren G. Harding. Classes started August
1925 with George Fox as the first principal.
It was used as an elementary school until May 1968 when Principal James L. Jensen
called classes to order for the . . . — — Map (db m101032) HM
We hold in sacred memory those sturdy and brave pioneer women, who left their homes in the Eastern United States or sailed from the foreign lands; that trekked across hills, plains, and mountains, forded streams and rivers, birthed and buried loved . . . — — Map (db m148118) HM
The road through Nine Mile Canyon was constructed in 1886 by the Buffalo Soldiers of the U.S. 9th Cavalry to connect Fort Duchesne to the railroad in Carbon County. Most of the stagecoaches, mail and freight passed through Nine Mile into the . . . — — Map (db m72729) HM
On State Street (Utah Route 6), on the left when traveling east.
In 1919 the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad decided to move their operations from Helper to Soldier Summit to cut their operating costs. This proved to be a horrible idea. The first housing provided by the railroad was nothing more than thin . . . — — Map (db m124086) HM
On U.S. 6 at milepost 234, on the right when traveling south.
This monument pays tribute to Frances Marion Ewell and the sturdy pioneers who settled here.
Mr. Ewell was born November 3, 1935, the son of William Fletcher and Mary Bland Ewell. William was a member of the famous Mormon Battalion which helped . . . — — Map (db m148294) HM
On Main Street at 100 East, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
In 1877, President Brigham Young called on Jefferson Tidwell to explore the country east of the Wasatch Range: which is now Carbon, Emery, and Wayne Counties. President Brigham Young, told him that if he would settle on White River, now Price River, . . . — — Map (db m148006) HM
On Main Street at 100 East, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
In 1877 Jefferson Tidwell was called by Brigham Young to find a location for settlement east of the Wasatch Mountains. By 1879 the first pioneers came, built homes, later irrigated their farms with Price River water. This log cabin, built by Robert . . . — — Map (db m148004) HM
Near U.S. 191, 7 miles north of State Route 44, on the left when traveling north.
The Ashley National Forest, of which Flaming Gorge National Recreation area is a part, was named after William H. Ashley, an early fur trader and trapper. In 1825, Ashley and his party set out to join Jedediah Smith and other mountain men who were . . . — — Map (db m149084) HM
On North Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Bountiful City
Incorporated December 14, 1892
Perrigrine Sessions drove his wagon north to this area in September of 1847. Here Sessions Settlement had its beginning, the second settlement in the territory of Utah. In 1855, . . . — — Map (db m245966) HM
On Orchard Drive at Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on Orchard Drive.
Daniel Davis was born on December 18, 1808, in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, the third child of Wells Davis and Mary Kelly Davis. As a young man Davis traveled to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he was converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of . . . — — Map (db m127586) HM
On South 500 West, on the right when traveling south.
Born Oct. 16, 1800 in Dutchess County, New York. Died Apr. 15, 1892.
Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Feb. 20. 1833, Errestown, Canada by Brigham Young. Persecuted with Saints in states of Ohio Missouri and . . . — — Map (db m245944) HM
On South 500 West, on the right when traveling south.
This small private cemetery, once known as Nathan's Burial Ground, is the final resting place of the early pioneer settler Daniel Wood and many of his relatives. It is one of the oldest burial plots in Davis County.
Daniel Wood emigrated . . . — — Map (db m245931) HM
On Orchard Drive at Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on Orchard Drive.
Heber C. Kimball was born on June 14, 1801 to Solomon Farnham Kimball and Anna Spaulding Kimball in Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont. He married Vilate Murray on November 7, 1822.
Kimball was converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of . . . — — Map (db m127584) HM
On North Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Jeremiah and Samantha Call Willey built this cabin in 1854 on land they owned at 495 East 500 South in Bountiful. In 1860 William and Fanny Burgess Gorringe became the owners, and in 1880 sold the cabin and part of the land to Daniel and Mary . . . — — Map (db m246339) HM
On North 200 East, on the right when traveling north.
Ozias Kilbourn built this two-story Classical style rock house with the
help of the skilled Scottish stonemason Charles Duncan in the late 1860s. The sandstone quoins or cornerstones, characteristic of Duncan's work, are believed to have been . . . — — Map (db m246343) HM
On North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Centerville, also known as Deuel Creek and Cherry Creek in the early days, was first settled in 1848 by Thomas Grover and Canys and William Devel. They, along with other early settlers of Centerville, were converts to The
Church of Jesus . . . — — Map (db m246351) HM
On East 100 South, on the left when traveling west.
In 1854 Anson Call of Bountiful erected a Grist Mill on the south side of Deuel Creek, just southeast of this marker. The mill was a three-story building made from Centerville Canyon rock, with the machinery on the top floor. The people brought . . . — — Map (db m246340) HM
On North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
The original one-and-one-half-story stone portion of this house was built
c.1862-66 by Charles Duncan, a skilled Scottish stonemason known for building rock structures throughout Centerville and Farmington, and Thomas Whitaker, who did the . . . — — Map (db m246348) HM
On North Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
In memory of Captain Daniel C. Davis in whose honor Davis County was named at its formation Oct. 5, 1850.
Joined L.D.S. Dhurch at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and enlisted in the Mormon Battalion in 1846, where he was Captain of Company E. After . . . — — Map (db m246358) HM
On West State Street at North 200 West, on the right when traveling west on West State Street.
The first Historic District in Davis County to be listed on the National Register, the Clark Lane National Historic District encompasses the homes on State Street (formerly Clark Lane) between 200 West and 400 West. This neighborhood is significant . . . — — Map (db m225332) HM
In 1847 Hector C. Haight settled in North Cottonwood, now Farmington, followed by
others and a ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized
1849, Joseph L. Robinson, Bishop. In 1861 this cabin, built for Charles W. . . . — — Map (db m246363) HM
Near North Eastside Drive (U.S. 89), on the right when traveling north.
Born 18 Feb 1792, Vermont. Died 17 Feb 1886, Layton, Utah.
Married Almira Cadwell 1823 and had 7 children.
Married Malinda Railey 1837 and had 7 children.
Elias was a War of 1812 veteran serving in Colonel Forsyth's regiment of riflemen and . . . — — Map (db m133561) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
On this spot stood the Layton Stage Coach Station on the Utah Idaho Montana (Virginia City) trail. It was established in 1857 by Ben Holladay, and carried mail and passengers between Salt Lake and points north and west. Isaac Brown was the keeper. . . . — — Map (db m154484) HM
A close look around this area will reveal what remains of the foundation of the Frary's little home. This modest home was the center of life
for the family. Because of their remote island location, this is where the children
received their . . . — — Map (db m172634) HM
Explorers John C. Fremont and Kit Carson observed several antelope on the island during their 1845 journey, thus giving Antelope Island its name. This was the beginning of the island's recorded history.
An Island of Interest
Herdsman, . . . — — Map (db m243429) HM
Near 1700 South, on the right when traveling east.
“On March 4, 1905 we moved to Syracuse with all our possessions laoded in an old iron tired wagon. Our furniture consisted of a new bedstead and dresser, and our other household needs. A cupboard, table, chairs, and kitchen stove were all . . . — — Map (db m123765) HM
Despite living four miles from their nearest neighbor and having no church, school or town, the Frary children lived very happily on Antelope Island. With imaginations as wide and wild as the landscape around them, they found much to explore. . . . — — Map (db m172637) HM
Near Antelope Island Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1891 George Frary built a house on this 160 acre homestead. Six years later his wife Alice died and lies
at rest in this burial site.
Frary Family
Father-George Isaac Frary B. Nov. 18, 1854 in Madison, Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m172272) HM
About 1872 the first soil was plowed in this community and in 1876-77 homes were erected. The people attended church services in Kaysville and Farmington prior to 1882 when Pres. Wm. R. Smith of Davis stake organized a branch of the L.D.S. church . . . — — Map (db m123767) HM
Among those who homesteaded Antelope Island were George Issac Frary, his wife Alice Eliza Phillips Frary, and five of their seven children Guy, Grace, Lottie, Dora and Frank. This spot is where the family lived, worked and played from 1891 to . . . — — Map (db m172304) HM
On North 4000 W, 0.2 miles south of Lake Park Court, on the right when traveling north.
"Following the bluff closely, it [the Hensley Salt Lake Cutoff] intersects Gentile Street, ... from this point the old road is on the location of what is designated as the 'Old Bluff Road'. ... it will continue through lower Syracuse and . . . — — Map (db m169277) HM
On 1800 North (Utah Route 37 at milepost 4), 0.2 miles east of 4325 West, on the right when traveling west.
East side:
The only existing ruts on the Hensley/Salt Lake Cutoff between Salt Lake City and Tremonton are in the field north of this marker. The easterly route went into Brownsville [Ogden] while the westerly Bluff Road, and center . . . — — Map (db m169180) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at N 100 West Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Explorers, trappers and traders were here before Brigham Young sent a group, in 1861, to prepare the way for Mormon colonization. But in October 1861 the U.S. Government set apart Uintah Valley for Indian Reservation. In 1905 a portion was opened . . . — — Map (db m44051) HM
On U.S. 40, 0.1 miles east of East Third Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In commemoration of the Catholic Priest, Father Escalante, who in 1776 came into Utah. He crossed the Green River at Jensen and camped two days at that place. His diary shows that he camped at the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers . . . — — Map (db m72764) HM
On U.S. 40, 0.1 miles east of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
According to one tradition, the Duchesne River was named after Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne.
Mother Duchesne and the Catholic Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, had started schools in Missouri. The children of many of the early pioneer . . . — — Map (db m72766) HM
On East Main Street, 0.1 miles west of South 100 East, on the right when traveling east.
In 1866-7, U. S. Army made road to Price and Bridge across Duchesne River. At this point Henderson’s Indian Trading Post, Caldwell’s Stage Station and a blacksmith shop were erected. 1905, Army surveyed townsite named for H. P. Myton, Supt. Indian . . . — — Map (db m72760) HM
On Main Street at 300 East, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Responding to a call from Brigham Young, Orange Seeley organized groups in Sanpete County to settle Castle Valley. Sheep and cattle men had been here earlier. In 1879 the first settlers located in Castle Dale building their first dugouts under a . . . — — Map (db m147917) HM
On West Main Street west of South 300 West Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1884 Henry H. Oviatt, Sr. and Samuel N. Alger with their families homesteaded here. When others came, they built a 15 mile irrigation canal, surveying by spirit level and using hand tools. Cleveland Canal & Agricultural Co. organized 1889, to . . . — — Map (db m147925) HM
On North Desert Lake Road, 1 mile east of County Route 211, on the left when traveling east.
1981 In Memory Of
Charles William “Bill” Winder and Caroline Elizabeth Mills
William was the 1st boy born in Desert Lake, Utah, June 28, 1888, to Charles Henry Winder & Helen Pilling. Grandparents: Thomas Harrison Winder & . . . — — Map (db m147926) HM
On East Main Street east of South 100 East, on the right when traveling east.
In 1908 the townsite of Elmo was laid out. Each summer a bowery was erected east of
this site where social events were held. In 1911 a group of men purchased the Cleveland
schoolhouse, dragged it with teams and logs to the bowery lot. It was . . . — — Map (db m147941) HM
On South 100 East south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
Before 1890 Thomas E. Davis filed on land in this vicinity. Others followed, erected homes, a schoolhouse and meeting place. June 16, 1912, a branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, George H. Oviatt presiding elder. . . . — — Map (db m147940) HM
Near Interstate 70 at milepost 106, on the right when traveling west.
When the Mormons fled to Utah in 1847, they were looking for a place nobody else wanted. From Salt Lake City, Brigham Young “called” them to colonize towns and cities all over the great West. The last call came August 22, 1877, when . . . — — Map (db m147829) HM
Near Interstate 70 at milepost 105, on the right when traveling east.
In the 1870s, the Mormon Settlers came east across the Wasatch Plateau to the high mountain deserts of Castle Valley and the San Rafael Swell. It was the last place Mormon colonizer Brigham Young called his people to settle. They were seeking new . . . — — Map (db m147828) HM
On West 100 North west of State Street, on the right when traveling west.
The first permanent settlers of Ferron arrived Dec. 6,1877. They were Swen Larsen and son Niels Christian Larsen, Nicholas Larsen and wife Helena, Peter F. Peterson and wife, Caroline. The first woman with a family of children, Ann Singleton . . . — — Map (db m147842) HM
Desert Lake, about 8 miles east of here, was first settled in 1885 by settlers building an irrigation ditch from Huntington Creek to the townsite and a reservoir to store the water for farming. In 1896 the dam broke, nearly drowning the small town. . . . — — Map (db m129608) HM
On State Highway 31, on the left when traveling south.
In 1875 Leander Lemmon and James McHadden seeking a good range for their horses, found feed plentiful at the mouth of Huntington Canyon and vicinity. Mr. Lemmon brought sheep and cattle from Cottonwood, Salt Lake County. In the autumn of 1876,he . . . — — Map (db m240517) HM
On West Center Street at South 100 West, on the left when traveling west on West Center Street.
On this site in December 1880, a primitive meeting house was built - a log building which served the community for church, school, dramatic and recreational purposes. Orangeville had been a part of Castle Dale, but in 1882 it was organized as a Ward . . . — — Map (db m147919) HM
On Horse Canyon Road, on the left when traveling east.
Woodside
The area's first resident was a local prospector named Henry H. Hutchinson, who settled there in 1881. Other homesteaders arrived the next year and started digging an irrigation canal. Attracted by relatively abundant water and an . . . — — Map (db m131511) HM
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