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Historical Markers in Morgan County

 
Clickable Map of Morgan County, Utah and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Morgan County, UT (8) Davis County, UT (104) Rich County, UT (16) Salt Lake County, UT (560) Summit County, UT (86) Weber County, UT (164)  MorganCounty(8) Morgan County (8)  DavisCounty(104) Davis County (104)  RichCounty(16) Rich County (16)  SaltLakeCounty(560) Salt Lake County (560)  SummitCounty(86) Summit County (86)  WeberCounty(164) Weber County (164)
Morgan is the county seat for Morgan County
Adjacent to Morgan County, Utah
Davis County (104)  
Rich County (16)  
Salt Lake County (560)  
Summit County (86)  
Weber County (164)  
 
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1 Utah, Morgan County, Morgan — 155 — Early Morgan Pioneers
Charles Shreeve Peterson - helped carve road through Weber Canyon, 1st Probate Judge. *George Washington Taggart - helped build 1st grist mill, Mormon Battalion member. Thomas Jefferson Thurston - builder of roads and canals, 1st bishop . . . Map (db m277829) HM
2 Utah, Morgan County, Morgan — 187 — Morgan Pioneer Memorial Building
In pioneer days the block on which this building stands was used for all community out door gatherings. On the northwest corner the first school house in south Morgan was built, when in 1866 the people taxed themselves to erect the building. In . . . Map (db m276654) HM
3 Utah, Morgan County, Morgan — 375 — Morgan Stake Tabernacle
In 1867-68 a building used for church and school was erected. Morgan Stake, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized July 1877, in a bowery built for that purpose, Willard G. Smith, Stake President. In 1878 John K. Hall helped . . . Map (db m276657) HM
4 Utah, Morgan County, Morgan — 19 — Pioneer Cabin
This log cabin is the birthplace of Charles R. Stevens, the first white boy born in Morgan County, Sept. 23, 1857. The cabin was moved from its original site in Peterson by the Morgan County Chapter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. It was . . . Map (db m276656) HM
5 Utah, Morgan County, Morgan — 118 — Richville Cemetery
This monument was erected by the National Society of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, Morgan Utah Chapter, to remember those buried here in unmarked graves. This is the final resting place for early residents who settled in Richville, Morgan County, . . . Map (db m277832) HM
6 Utah, Morgan County, Morgan — 36 — Votes for Women — Road to the 19th Amendment — National Votes for Women Trail —
On June 22, 1889 local women met in school house on this site. Organized Morgan County Woman Suffrage Association to regain right to vote in Utah.Map (db m206209) HM
7 Utah, Morgan County, Mountain Green — Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden - mountain man and trapper, for whom Ogden City, North Ogden, Ogden River, Ogden Valley and Mount Ogden were named. Mormon colonizer Brigham Young first proposed that Ogden City be named for Ogden in the year 1850 Encounter at . . . Map (db m277835) HM
8 Utah, Morgan County, Porterville — 433 — Porterville
Porterville was settled by the members of the Porter Family. Sanford Porter Jr., while on duty as a scout in the winter of 1857-58, rode into a canyon so rocky and difficult to travel that he named it Hardscrabble. Here he found a stream of water . . . Map (db m48980) HM
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Sep. 9, 2026