In 1875, Brigham Young established the Brigham Young
Academy with Abraham O. Smoot as president of the
Board of Trustees. This building is a replica of Lewis Hall,
where the first class of 1876, consisting of just 70 students,
were housed. . . . — — Map (db m173261) HM
First white men to explore the intermountain region were Catholic fathers
Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Francisco Valez de Escalate
accompanied by Don Juan Pedro Cisneros. Don Bernardo Miera y
Pacheco. Don Joaquin Lain, Lorenzo Olivares, . . . — — Map (db m173392) HM
This is the Place Monument, dedicated July 24, 1947, commemorates the arrival of the Mormon pioneers into the valley of the Great Salt Lake one hundred years before, and also the role of others—Spanish Catholic fathers, trappers and fur traders, . . . — — Map (db m1525) HM
Thomas Phillip White built this cabin in 1860 where he
lived with his wife, Alice Potts White, and their two young
children. The family lived in this cabin until 1869, when they
moved to a larger adobe house that Thomas built nearby. — — Map (db m172070) HM
Strategically placed relay stations across the western frontier proved to be a major contributing factor to the early success of the Pony Express mail service. “Station keeps,” assigned to these outposts readied swift horses, fresh and . . . — — Map (db m171233) HM
William Atkin built this home after he was assigned to go
south to strengthen the southern Utah settlements. The
house was located eight miles south of St. George, on a
160 acre farm that later became the one-family town of
Atkinville. A flood . . . — — Map (db m172588) HM
This general merchandise business was owned by Luther
Tuttle and Edward Fox. It carried a variety of goods
including fabric, household utensils, foodstuffs, and
farming equipment. After several years of operating this
general store, Tuttle and . . . — — Map (db m172184) HM
In 1867 Paul A. Schettler, an ardent supporter of the silk industry in Utah, acquired this land and planted five acres in mulberry trees, the leaves of which were used to feed silk worms. He built two cocooneries near this location. Elizabeth Von . . . — — Map (db m176751) HM
The Amos and Ida Jensen House, built c. 1908, is significant for its association with Sandy's historical development. This house is located in one of the first subdivisions in Sandy, a development practice that would eventually dictate the growth of . . . — — Map (db m238452) HM
Church Takes Root in Sandy
This monument recalls the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Sandy area, and the three pioneer chapels that were located across the street to the east.
A few Church members . . . — — Map (db m246515) HM
In the 1860's, a town named Granite was located at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon by ore miners of Alta, Silverton, and Tannersville. Its desertion began as the mines closed about 1882. The surrounding country had been settled by Latter-day . . . — — Map (db m37468) HM
This one-and-one-half story Victorian Eclectic house was built in 1907 by John and Elizabeth Brown Oldham. They met while John was working in a grocery store in Sandy, married in 1895, and had six children. John owned Oldham and Powell's general . . . — — Map (db m238454) HM
Built in 1907, the Anderson house in one of the best remaining examples of the crosswing house type in Sandy. It represents an important period in Sandy's development known as the Mining, Smelting, and Small Farm Era (1871-c.1910). This development . . . — — Map (db m238455) HM
The John and Myrtle Ostler house, built c. 1922, is a one-story frame and clapboard bungalow. It is signficant for its association with Sandy City's historical development. The house is architecturally significant as a rare and relatively . . . — — Map (db m238451) HM
The Mary Ellen Parmley House, built c. 1898, is significant for its association with Sandy's historical development. The Parmley house is a typical example of a residence for the earliest working-class citizens of Sandy. This house is a simple . . . — — Map (db m238450) HM
The Mingo Smelter was the largest single producer in Utah of metals such as gold, silver, and lead. When it began in 1873, it was known as the Mountain Chief Smelter and was renamed the Mingo smelter in 1876 when it was expanded. By 1881 it produced . . . — — Map (db m35765) HM
This central-block-with-projecting -bays Victorian Eclectic house with Classical detailing was built in 1911, probably by August Nelson, a local builder who constructed similar houses in the Sandy area. The house uses the same yellow brick and . . . — — Map (db m238453) HM
Rushing water turns on your reading lamp! The force of
the rushing water is harnessed to generate hydroelectric
power. This creek is dry because the water is diverted
upstream to propel generators that produce electricity.
Whout this water, many . . . — — Map (db m171347) HM
The Twin Peaks Wilderness Area to the north and the Lone Peak Wilderness Area to the south are home to approximately 150 Rocky Mountain goats. Although native to North America, few Rocky survived at the time of Utah's settlement. The Rocky Mountain . . . — — Map (db m172127)
This one-part block commercial structure was built in 1907 in the Second Renaissance Revival style inspired by various Italian buildings and often employed to convey a sense of simplicity and order. Such a design was considered appropriate for . . . — — Map (db m246472) HM
The flagpole is the site of the original sandy school, built in 1908. Today's building was erected in 1951 with a major addition in 1972. A complete renovation of the school took place in 2005 because of a fire in 2004. As a result of an automobile . . . — — Map (db m246473) HM
Built in 1906, the Sandy Tithing Office is one of 28 well-preserved buildings in Utah that were part of the successful "in kind" tithing system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon church) during the 1850s-1910s. Tithing . . . — — Map (db m238449) HM
In 1871, Utah Southern Railroad from Salt Lake was finished and station built here. Wasatch & Jordan Valley Line ran east to Granite Quarry to bring to this junction, huge rocks for constructing S.L. Temple. Later, a narrow-gauge, completely covered . . . — — Map (db m222696) HM
The granite used in the construction of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City was quarried from a large field of huge boulders covering this area broken by nature's forces from adjacent cliffs.
The quarrying of these boulders was begun about . . . — — Map (db m44176) HM
Chevron and the Forest Service
constructed the Temple Quarry
Amphitheater in 1996 to honor Utah’s
Centennial and to provide a meeting
place for sharing the area’s rich
history. Chevron’s role in natural
resources education is appreciated. — — Map (db m171346)
Stones for the walls of the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church came from this area. As construction began on the temple, Church authorities selected the rock in this canyon as the “best material that can be furnished in the mountains of North . . . — — Map (db m44180) HM
The Sandy Community honors its veterans of these wars and conflicts as well as all those who have served in our Armed Forces
We recognize their distinct service to our country and their devotion to our flag. We say "thank you."
Spanish . . . — — Map (db m238458) WM
History has left its mark on Little Cottonwood Canyon.
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, this was a busy place!
Mining, lumbering, and quarrying drew hundreds, even
thousands of people to towns that have since died.
Graniteville, Wasatch, . . . — — Map (db m172175) HM
History has left its mark on Little Cottonwood Canyon.
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, this was a busy place!
Mining, lumbering, and quarrying drew hundreds, even
thousands of people to towns that have since died.
Graniteville, Wasatch, . . . — — Map (db m172176) HM
Tragedy Strikes Small Farming Communities
December 1, 1938 dawned as a snowy, foggy, eerily quiet day. While a school bus headed through the dense winter storm toward Jordan High School, a loaded Denver and Rio Grande freight train rolled . . . — — Map (db m222703) HM
The coal shed was located near the back door of the house and was used to store coal for cooking and heating. Each room on the ground floor of the house had a small "monkey" (one or two hole) stove that used crushed coal. The stoves sat on a . . . — — Map (db m230375) HM
Constructed in 1898, the Garside/McMullin House reflects the restrained Queen Anne style that was common in rural Utah during the late nineteenth century. Architectural components such as turrets, projecting bays, balcony, porches, and corbelled . . . — — Map (db m222700) HM
The granary had a unique use and function on the farm and therefore had a unique design. The structural framing members are on the outside of the barn and are heavy to withstand the weight of the grain. The sheating or planks of the barn were on the . . . — — Map (db m230376) HM
Harkening back to the days of the wild-west, cowboys and cowgirls would temporarily tie up their horses to wooden hitching posts. They had to be sturdy so the horses could not pull away. A hitching post is a vertical column with one or more rings . . . — — Map (db m230379) HM
Water was critical for the success of Utah pioneer families and their farms. As early as 1850, Brigham Young spoke at meetings about the need for irrigation for the area west of the Jordan River. In addition to many individual wells, the settlers . . . — — Map (db m230373) HM
Family members of all ages took part in the sheep shearing each year. After the older ones sheared the wool from the sheep, the children's job was to fill long cloth bags with handfuls of the thick fibers. The bags were 8 to 10 feet long. The . . . — — Map (db m230377) HM
Every day, fresh milk from the Holt farm was stored in large metal cans, which stood in the cement vat inside this building. Outside the west wall of the milk house was an underground well and pump, which was used to pump cold water though a small . . . — — Map (db m230380) HM
The Samuel Elijah Holt Farm, with its buildings dating from 1907 to c. 1930, is one of the last surviving examples of an active homestead built by early settlers of South Jordan. Mr. Holt, born August 30, 1868, purchased this farm from his father, . . . — — Map (db m230411) HM
Samuel Elijah Holt was born on August 30, 1868, five years after his family arrived from England. The family lived in a one-room log cabin on the bank of the Beckstead Ditch (east of the South Jordan cemetery). Samuel's childhood days were spent . . . — — Map (db m230381) HM
Henry Beckstead selected land immediately west of the first meetinghouse in South Jordan for use as a "burying ground." The land was donated by James Oliver, an early settler in South Jordan, and is the site of the south Jordan cemetery at 1055 West . . . — — Map (db m222705) HM
In 1859, George A. Smith sold his Mexican Land Grant to Alexander Beckstead, who, with others, settled ½ mile to the south. They dug a five mile ditch from Jordan River, in operation since completed in 1863. Adobe Community House built, 1864. . . . — — Map (db m34679) HM
In the 1870s with the coming of the new irrigation canal, Matthew Holt, Samuel E. Holt's father, gave permission to have the canal run through the west end of his property. This allowed him easy access to two water weirs off the canal for . . . — — Map (db m230378) HM
The Samuel Elijah Holt Farm, with its buildings dating from 1907 to c. 1930, is one of the last surviving examples of an active homestead built by early settlers of South Jordan. Samuel Elijah Holt, born August 30, 1868, purchased this farm from his . . . — — Map (db m230374) HM
In the 1850’s and 1860’s, three brothers, Joseph, John, and Richard Carlisle, settled in this location between 700 West and Jordan River. Their endeavors included farming, dairying, and planting mulberry trees to raise silk worms. They developed a . . . — — Map (db m124303) HM
"Left camp late this day on acct. of having to find a good road or pass through the Swamps of the utah outlet finally succeeded and encamped on the East Bank of Utah outlet making 5 [miles]"
James F. Reed, August 23, 1846 — — Map (db m154074) HM
In commemoration of Major General George P. Holm, who served his country with great distinction in the United States Army from 1938 to 1971. He fought in three wars: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
After retirement, General Holm worked . . . — — Map (db m124307) WM
This eclectic Chateauesque style building was constructed in 1899 by the Roman Catholic church. It was designed by Carl M. Neuhausen, architect of the Thomas Kearns Mansion and the Cathedral of the Madeleine, both located on South Temple Street. . . . — — Map (db m35608) HM
Upon the advice of Brigham Young, the first settlers west of the Jordan River built English Fort in 1853 for protection from Indians. Thick walls of rock and adobe with one gate surrounded the two acres of land. Adobe partitions separated the . . . — — Map (db m137520) HM
In 1855, upon the counsel of Brigham Young, Joseph Harker, with John and Samuel Bennion, hand-dug the lower ditch to irrigate the farmland on the river bottoms west of the Jordan River.
A small rock dam was constructed on the Jordan River at . . . — — Map (db m123573) HM
On this site, 6200 South and Redwood Road, in the year 1905 stood the 64th District School House. It was a red brick building consisting of two large rooms on the west side and a single large room on the east side.
The name of the school was . . . — — Map (db m41348) HM
Gardner Mill and Mill Pond, 1915.
The Garder Mill was built next to a natural pond which was a much used pioneer and later day picnic and recreation area until it was drained in the 1950’s. Note Midvale Smelter in the background.
Utah’s . . . — — Map (db m123571) HM
The Salt Lake and Utah Railroad—better known in Utah as the “Orem Line”—extended from Salt Lake City through the city of South Jordan, at this location, and to Payson, a distance of 67 miles. A branch line of 9 miles in . . . — — Map (db m35549) HM
In 1849 Governor Brigham Young sent Apostle John Taylor on a mission to France to investigate industries that could be successfully established in the New Mountain Empire. There he met Philip De Lamare, a man of exceptional talents and substantial . . . — — Map (db m35548) HM
Garfield Beach Railroad Junction was built in 1905. In 1908, its post office was named Welby in honor of Rio Grande Railroad Superintendent. The R.G.R.R. Company drilled water wells, built soft water treatment plant, a round house, machine and . . . — — Map (db m35033) HM
In 1848, Samuel Egbert, Horace Ensign and Thomas Butterfield and families settled here. In 1849-1850 the settlers built the first canal from the Jordan River, in 1851 Samuel Mulliner tanned the first leather, in 1851 Matthew Gaunt built the first . . . — — Map (db m35035) HM
Early settlement centered around the West Jordan Mill built by Archibald and Robert Gardner. They established a saw mill in 1850 and a grist mill in 1854 near the Jordan River at 7800 South. A bridge over the Jordan River was built in 1852-1854. . . . — — Map (db m123572) HM
In 1859, to replace a log church house, Bishop Archibald Gardner chose Elias Morris as architect of this red sandstone and granite church. On May 15, 1861, the cornerstone was laid. Proceeds from a military ball attended by L.D.S. authorities . . . — — Map (db m35952) HM
When the Mormon Pioneers first came to the Salt Lake Valley, the river running west of the city was called the Western Jordan. All the area south of Big Cottonwood Creek was known as West Jordan. Thomas Butterfield, Samuel Egbert, and others were . . . — — Map (db m123569) HM
The settlement of the valley west of Salt Lake City was linked to the availability of water. The first settlers to the area came in the fall of 1848. Joseph Harker built a dugout in bluffs along the west bank of the Jordan River at about 3300 South. . . . — — Map (db m222707) HM
When Joseph Harker crossed Jordan River at 3300 South in 1848, he luckily found springs. By 1870 pioneers had sparsely settled the Granger area. School was held in homes until 1882 when the 16 x 24 foot West Granger was built at 3500 South and 4000 . . . — — Map (db m231232) HM
Homesteaders and settlers came in the 1870's to the area 4700 South to 7200 West, north to the Great Salt Lake, northeast along it's shore and the Davis County line to 4800 West and south to 4700 South. This area became Hunter Precinct in 1880 from . . . — — Map (db m35101) HM
There was a large bell in the belfry of the Old Monroe School. It rang out over the valley, and unified the entire Granger community. Children came from all directions to beat its last clang. Some walked, others came in white topped horse drawn . . . — — Map (db m231237) HM
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