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
1st City Council:
J. Frank Smith - Mayor
Council Members:
Laban Burt • Arch Hoopes • Philo Boyter • Levi Howd
Burnett Swindlehurst • Sadie Patterson - City Recorder
2nd City Council:
Homer D. Thompson - Mayor
Council Members:
Laban . . . — — Map (db m286683) HM
Dedicated to the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the United States of America and sponsored by the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Beaver Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Determined to preserve this historic courthouse, the Beaver . . . — — Map (db m274182) HM
The Beaver Opera House, built between 1908 and 1909, helped mark the beginning of the local citizens’ desire to build a “New Beaver” that would be the envy of other communities. The board of directors of the opera house were quoted as saying . . . — — Map (db m1429) HM
Built in 1896, the Beaver Relief Society Hall is one of only two buildings in Beaver associated with the Relief Society, the organization for women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The building was used for general gathering . . . — — Map (db m75580) HM
On this site in 1865-66 a tabernacle was erected by the pioneers. Built of local brick, lumber and stone. It was of pioneer architecture with a large assembly hall, gallery, full basement, a tower and large bell. This building was used for church . . . — — Map (db m75614) HM
Beaver Territorial Courthouse is considered one of the finest examples of Pioneer architecture. The architect, K.A. Kletting, designed the building in the Queen Ann style with Victorian overtones. The courthouse was constructed under the direction . . . — — Map (db m75581) HM
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
The Enoch E. Cowdell house, named after the original owner, was constructed around 1873 with a hall parlor type floor plan. Although the hall parlor was one of the earliest housing types in Utah, it continued to be a popular floor plan (particularly . . . — — Map (db m75572) HM
Established as the post of Beaver, May 15, 1872, by the 8th U.S. Infantry, Major John D. Wilkins, commanding. The military reservation, declared May 12, 1873, comprised two and two-thirds square miles. The name was changed July 1, 1874, to Fort . . . — — Map (db m75575) HM
In 1872-73 a two and two-thirds mile square, protective military reservation was established following the request of C.M. Hawley, Associate Justice, Utah Territory. Built of native rock and lumber, it received 250 troops Sept. 7, 1873, Major John . . . — — Map (db m75578) HM
Built By:
Duckworth Grimshaw, 1877
Registered By:
The Harley Fotheringhams,
1/12/72
Construction Notes
Original Portion Built
of Black Volcanic Rock
— — Map (db m75574) HM
The house was built c. 1877 for Joseph Tattersall, an early settler of Beaver City. It is a one-and-a-half-story tall building constructed of black rock--a hard, dense volcanic stone that is commonly found in the nearby foothills in small . . . — — Map (db m75573) HM
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
Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born August 19, 1906 in a log cabin near Beaver, Utah. At an early age, he became familiar with the various components of the telephone and the gramaphone. By age 12, he had a thorough understanding of electronics. In . . . — — Map (db m1421) HM
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
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
This house was built circa 1883 for Robert and Sarah Stoney. The Stoneys were natives of England, immigrated to the United States in 1860, and made their way to Beaver in 1880. Robert worked as a silversmith, helped start the First Brass Band in . . . — — Map (db m274191) HM
This monument erected by the people of Beaver County to honor the men from this county who served their country during the World War
The funds were contributed by Beaver County and popular subscription
In the lists of names on these . . . — — Map (db m274188) WM
On this site in 1870, in a three story building, 60 x 120 feet, the first Woolen Mills in Southern Utah operated. Machinery was brought here from New England by railroad and wagon. John Ashworth and others schooled in England in the art of wool . . . — — Map (db m75577) HM
This house was constructed in three sections by Thomas Frazer, the local stonemason, as his own home. The middle section (1870) and the east section (1872) are built of black basalt. The west section (c. 1890) is constructed of pink tuf. Thomas . . . — — Map (db m75570) HM
This wagon is a reproduction of the wagons used by the Mormon Settlement to travel from Omaha Nebraska to Salt Lake City Utah. It traveled the entire trail in 1997 being navigated by Vern & Carol Condie sponsored by the Beaver County Travel Council . . . — — Map (db m274186) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m75519) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m75518) HM
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
In 1884 this building was built by local craftsmen, carpenters, and brick masons
using local materials.
It was used as a school, church, and town meeting house.
The building was used for education, church services, weddings, funerals, . . . — — Map (db m274194) HM
In 1860 Samuel Edwards, George Horton, William Richards and David Miller with their
families came from Parowan and Cedar City and settled on Dry Creek. Soon others followed. Homes were built of logs, rock, and adobe. The meadows were covered with . . . — — Map (db m274195) 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
Milford’s Historical Park
1974-2022
Milford's beautiful Historical Park had its beginning in 1974 when Milford's Historical Society was formed with Gladys Whittaker as its founder and first president. The Historical Society as soon as it . . . — — Map (db m240536) HM
In appreciation of all those who have served, and continue to serve, to defend and preserve peace and democracy throughout the free world.
(names not transcribed) — — Map (db m274197) WM
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
In honor and memory we proudly pay tribute to our boys who answered their country's call in World Wars No. One and Two
World War No. One
Alonzo Black · Nelo Brindley · Loril Carpenter · Glen Crabb · Wilford Davis · Gus Lambson · David . . . — — Map (db m260603) WM
In 1873, Albert Guiser and others located in a fertile meadow which they named Grass Valley. Surveyors camped on a stream, lassoed a young coyote and called the place Coyote Creek. The first L.D.S. settlers were Isaac Riddle and family who took up . . . — — Map (db m137023) HM
“To a life that accepts Nature’s hand in sculpting an individual expression — Nothing is exempt. From the mellifluous rhythm and tone of the wind chime, to the traditional form of the cloud — Nothing exists alone. All things . . . — — Map (db m146683) HM
Coping with Isolation
Rolling smoothly over Highway 12, it can be hard to grasp just how isolated the town of Boulder was until very recently. Picture, if you can, a time here before pavement and electricity. A time when a wagon ride to . . . — — Map (db m285942) HM
Boulder's Ranching Heritage
If you stood here in 1980, you would have looked down at the irrigated hayfields of local ranches, bright green and often dotted with cattle. From 1889, when the first settlers arrived in Boulder, until the early . . . — — Map (db m285941) HM
Last Link in Highway 12 Pavement Torrey lies just 37 miles from Boulder over Highway 12. But if this mountain route was closed, you'd have to drive more than 200 miles to get there by way of Panguitch. Before the Boulder Mountain section of . . . — — Map (db m146684) HM
This area has been home to many people, including the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) and Fremont cultures, who coexisted in the region between A.D. 700 and 1300.
There is a prehistoric village behind the museum, which was built around A.D. 1160. . . . — — Map (db m285944) HM
On June 14, 2009, a lightning strike started the Bridge Fire that burned 3,947 acres in Bryce Canyon National Park and Dixie National Forest. Years of fire suppression had created a crowded, diseased, and less diverse forest. As the fire, a natural . . . — — Map (db m272573) HM
In 1933, during the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), providing employment for young married men. From 1934-41, at Bryce Canyon National Park the CCC planted trees and shrubs, built . . . — — Map (db m287076) HM
Return of Our Fastest Animal
Though its genus name, Antilocapra, means "antelope goat", the pronghorn is neither antelope nor goat. It is, instead, the sole surviving member of its genetic family, an American original. The fastest animal in . . . — — Map (db m260547) HM
Gilbert Stanley Underwood, the master architect hired by Union Pacific Railroad, helped pioneer the National Park Service rustic style. Here at Bryce Canyon, his artistry, vision, and utilization of local timber and stone, created structures that . . . — — Map (db m260442) HM
Bryce Airport's Vital Role
In this remote region, with major hospitals and airfields hundreds of miles away, Bryce Airport provides critical emergency support. Built in 1936 as an emergency landing strip for commercial airlines, the airport . . . — — Map (db m74765) HM
Starting in the 1920s, the Union Pacific Railroad and their subsidiary, the Utah Parks Company, played a key role in the development and popularization of Bryce Canyon and many other western national parks. They provided first-class train and bus . . . — — Map (db m260441) HM
On August 25 and September 6, 2018, lighting strikes ignited two separate fires that merged, creating the Lonely / Riggs Fire. Over 2,000 acres in Bryce Canyon and Dixie National Forest burned. Thanks to a proactive forest management program, the . . . — — Map (db m287109) HM
The California condor, with a nearly ten-foot wingspan, is the largest land bird in North America. Its range once stretched across the west, south to Baja California, and north to British Columbia. By 1940, this magnificent bird was on the verge of . . . — — Map (db m259839) HM
A testament to the courage and perseverance of the early Mormon settlers who built a home where they could raise their families and sustain their lives in this remote part of Southern Utah.
The Historic Tropic Ditch delivers life-giving . . . — — Map (db m272570) HM
In July 1915, Joseph William (J.W.) Humphrey, a US Forest Service supervisor, visited this place for the first time. He wrote, “You can perhaps imagine my surprise at the indescribable beauty….It was sundown before I could be dragged from the canyon . . . — — Map (db m260274) HM
People have been living in Bryce Canyon for over 10,000 years. Spearpoints and arrowheads, grinding stones, pottery shards, baskets, and oral histories of indigenous cultures – Paleo Indians, Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan – tell the story of their . . . — — Map (db m260276) HM
Scottish-born Ebenezer Bryce apprenticed as a shipwright. In 1850, the 18-year-old converted to Mormonism, moved to Utah, and married Mary Ann Park. At the direction of church officials, the Bryces became serial homesteaders – moving from place to . . . — — Map (db m260389) HM
Before there were any Indians, the Legend People, To-when-an-ung-wa, lived in that place…
~ Paiute Indian
Paiute Indians inhabited this region for hundreds of years before the arrival of European Americans. A sacred oral tradition . . . — — Map (db m260391) HM
"Tail is going out. We may get down..."
"...and we may not." On October 24, 1947, Captain Everett L, McMillan of United Flight 608 relayed these chilling words. The mid-section of his DC-9 engulfed in flames, McMillan was attempting to steer . . . — — Map (db m260548) HM
Southern Paiutes call this place Unka-koh-vah-wong-weents, which means “Red Face Standing”. Within these bowl-shaped areas – amphitheaters – stands the world’s greatest concentration of irregular rock spires, called “hoodoos”. The word is a . . . — — Map (db m259840) HM
"Before there were any Indians, the Legend People, To-when-an-ung-wa, lived in that place. There were many of them. They were of many kinds - birds, animals, lizards and such things - but they looked like people....For some reason, the . . . — — Map (db m40537) HM
Union Pacific Railroad served Bryce Canyon well as it grew to national park status. The railroad's vision of the site's potential for tourism culminated in the creation of the "Grand Circle Tour", a tour that traveled to several parks in one trip. . . . — — Map (db m40550) HM
In 1924, when the park was first established, visitors for that year totaled 17,213. A remote locale, poor access, limited on-site accommodations, and few car owners allowed only the elite and the adventurous to come to Bryce Canyon. Twenty years . . . — — Map (db m40533) HM
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m40524) HM
In the early 1920s, the Union Pacific Railroad, the National Park Service and the National Forest Service worked together to develop Bryce Canyon as a national park. This collection of cabins and the Bryce Canyon Lodge are a product of that . . . — — Map (db m40558) HM
Before Bryce Canyon was a national park, the Union Pacific Railroad conceived the "Grand Circle" of parks; an area that encompassed Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. In order for the "Circle" to . . . — — Map (db m40534) HM
Making do with limited resources, pioneers built rip-gut fences. After cutting hundreds of junipers, they laid the "riders", the longer pieces of timber, against the "stakes", the shorter pieces that hold the "riders" up. They didn't need nails or . . . — — Map (db m286059) HM
Before pioneers dug irrigation ditches to reach houses and gardens, they used horses to haul their water from the nearby muddy Paria River - 400 pounds at a time - in a water lizard, a barrel on skids like the one behind you. One household needed . . . — — Map (db m286122) HM
"This was the country the Mormons settled. Its distances were terrifying, its cloudbursts catastrophic, its beauty flamboyant and bizarre and allied with death. Its droughts and its heat were withering. Nobody else wanted it, nobody but a . . . — — Map (db m286123) HM
To the Paiute, home was not only a shelter made from juniper, but the entire landscape. Through this immense place the Paiute moved as if from room to room, gathering a certain plant here, another there. Lingering where the land offered its precious . . . — — Map (db m286066) HM
In the winter, settlers went without fresh fruits and vegetables for months at a time, surviving on buckwheat as they worked in the fields, dug miles of irrigation ditches by hand, or traveled a week by wagon to get salt, cloth, or nails. In the . . . — — Map (db m286125) HM
The western region of the Monument is known as the “Grand Staircase”. This area consists of a series of benches and cliffs that progressively step up in elevation from south to north, resembling a giant staircase.
These colorful “steps” rise . . . — — Map (db m287049) HM
A Land and Its People: An Intricate Dance
The grand and rugged landscape of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument influences all that lives within its boundaries. Beginning Over 10,000 years ago with the arrival of the first people, . . . — — Map (db m287014) HM
It is as if each human culture is a translucent veil draped across the landscape. Each can be seen through the other, but each changes the color of he whole. Each culture found something different to value in this landscape.
- Thomas Lowe . . . — — Map (db m286061) HM
One horticultural technique the Paiutes handed down through millennia was "coppicing", a form of pruning that encouraged the re-growth of young branches that were straight, long, and flexible - properties they valued highly for basketry, . . . — — Map (db m286126) HM
From dripping seeps to flash floods, water shapes landscape and all life. The Paiute tuned their lives to its music, moving from sandstone seeps to springs in a complex seasonal rhythm.
The Paiute possessed an intimate knowledge of plants, . . . — — Map (db m286069) HM
Archaeology reveals that the Southern Paiute, a Numic-speaking people from the Southern Great Basin, arrived in this region about 800 years ago. The Southern Paiute say they have always been here. They call themselves Nuwuvi, or The People, meaning . . . — — Map (db m286064) HM
In 1876 Cannonville was settled by Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), who came to the Utah Territory in 1847 seeking religious freedom. Most towns in southern Utah were colonized by missions directed from . . . — — Map (db m286124) HM
Dependent on food plants brought from the wetter eastern United States and Europe, pioneers established a different lifestyle than the Paiute Indians. Rather than moving between water sources, pioneers moved water to their crops. Settlements like . . . — — Map (db m286121) HM
On November 8, 1901, the Salt Lake Tribune reported, "Butch Cassiday [sic] has more lives than a dozen cats, and his ubiquitousness is more than a match for his multitudinous lives. He has been killed time and again within the past five years, and . . . — — Map (db m272247) HM
It all began in the small community of Circleville, Utah, back in the summer of 1988. Two lifelong friends were sitting on a pick up tail gate, enjoying a Coke, and speculating about the recent closure of Hwy 53 to OHV's. With this closure, they . . . — — Map (db m272244) HM
Robert Leroy Parker, A.K.A. Butch Cassidy, lived here with his family from 1880 to around 1884.
He was 14 when his family moved here and about 18 when he left. Research about Parker's life here is ongoing. Information uncovered so far shows he . . . — — Map (db m272246) HM
You are standing near the Old Spanish Trail, a 2,700-mile route that facilitated trade between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California in the early to mid-1800s. While woven goods, horses, and mules were the primary items of commerce, trade . . . — — Map (db m272241) HM
Just prior to the creation of Lake Powell, a party of 49, including
Explorer Scout Post 36 from LDS Pleasant View 3rd Ward, Provo, Utah,
set out on an expedition to run the Colorado River rapids between
Hole-in-the-Rock and Glen Canyon. Riding in . . . — — Map (db m300544) HM
Skill, Sweat, and Dynamite Before the Highway 12 route was built, traveling through this region was slow, hard work. As late as 1940, Boulder still received its mail by mule train for part of the year. The Civilian Conservation Corps had . . . — — Map (db m146682) HM
A Place for Solitude In this vast landscape, you can immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and textures of the natural world. Listen to a penetrating silence, broken only by the rasping call of a raven overhead. Walk amid rock formations that . . . — — Map (db m146599) HM
Gathering in celebration, members of the Hole-in-the-Rock Expedition found the smooth floor, sheltering alcove, and natural acoustics of this beautiful sandstone amphitheater perfect for fiddle music and dancing. From mid-November to early January . . . — — Map (db m300539) HM
In 1866, a group of Mormon Cavalrymen noted this valley, while in pursuit of Indians during the Black Hawk War.
In February, 1875, a company of men came from Beaver, Utah and explored the valley. The first permanent settlers came from Beaver, . . . — — Map (db m74744) HM
In 1876-77 Escalante Pioneers erected a log building, 36 x 18 feet, located 20 feet west of this marker. The logs 18 inches in diameter came from Cyclone Lake Mountain by ox team. They were hewn by hand, fastened with oak pins, morticed ends and . . . — — Map (db m74745) HM
Homeland for Many Cultures People have lived in, named, and known this landscape for more than 11,000 years. Artifacts of their lives surround you. Ancient Puebloan peoples came to and through here from many places speaking many languages. . . . — — Map (db m286032) HM
This structure, the second public building in Escalante, was erected in 1884 of native stone by Mormon pioneers under the direction of Bishop Andrew P. Schow, Edwin Twitchell and Thomas Heaps. The stone mason was Morgan Richards. It was used to . . . — — Map (db m74746) HM
The isolated trails between Boulder and Escalante, Utah, were important in the history of the two towns. The foot trail, used by Indians for centuries, connected the two areas and was known as the Death Hollow Trail. Mules, horses, or people . . . — — Map (db m74759) HM
Escalante's first church stood on or near this spot. It was a two-story building made of white sandstone. The upper floor was used as the LDS Chapel and for recreational purposes; the lower floor provided classrooms for church organizations and at . . . — — Map (db m74748) HM
One Wild Wagon Trip to Remember
In March 1879, Mormons from Cedar City were called by their church to settle the San Juan River basin in southeastern Utah. Since no direct wagon routes connected the two regions, leaders of the San Juan . . . — — Map (db m285948) HM
The Last Frontier ”No animal without wings could cross the deep gulches in the sandstone basin at our feet. The stream which we had followed and whose course soon became lost in the multitude of chasms before us was not the one we were . . . — — Map (db m146681) HM
About 1872 Joseph Asay with his family settled about 3/4 mile west and a little south of this spot. Soon other homesteaders settled in the locality. Tom Jessup and Dan LeRoy erected a water power saw mill. A shingle mill was also placed on the . . . — — Map (db m74676) HM
In 1904 the Hatch L.D.S. Ward building was erected on this lot. A vestibule was added in 1910 and the bell was purchased with donations from ward members. For many years it hung in the tower and rang out for all civic, social and church activities. . . . — — Map (db m74679) HM
In 1872 Meltiar Hatch settled at the head of the Sevier River, near the junction of Mammoth and Asay Creeks. He engaged in stock raising and operated a water-power saw mill. Soon other settlers came. Land was surveyed and irrigation ditches dug. . . . — — Map (db m74677) HM
Dakota Formation’s Coal and Clay While the rock formations in this region often presented formidable travel obstacles for early settlers, they also supplied many useful natural resources. Locally, a rock layer known as the Dakota Formation (the . . . — — Map (db m146737) HM
In 1871, this region was part of the last uncharted territory in the continental United States. That year, Major John Wesley Powell launched the Second Powell Expedition to explore and map this frontier, continuing the work he had begun three years . . . — — Map (db m74763) HM
Sheep by the Thousands ”I'd imagine there'd be 100,000 sheep sheared down there... I think they had about twenty sheep shearers — good, fast sheep shearers — and they was going all the time there..." —Jim Smith of Henrieville, recalling . . . — — Map (db m146720) HM
Visitors to Panguitch, Utah will enjoy the opportunity to view many of the historic structures in this community which was settled by Mormon pioneers.
Famously creative survival skills are not the only heritage the early settlers left behind. . . . — — Map (db m146764) HM
A Modern Handcart Company
65 N Main
Constructed of Panguitch-kilned brick, this building has housed numerous proprietors over the past 100 years. Vee Foy’s Scenic Café served up delicious food here during the 1930s and 1940s and shared . . . — — Map (db m260564) HM
Bronco Bobbi’s
37 N Main
In 1906 this building was the Dixie Photo Company. As automobiles became more available, Sargent and Cherrington Garage opened here. Harry Langdon operated a photography business for several years during World . . . — — Map (db m260567) HM
Outlaw or Hero?
"My father, he carried the mail, and he always stopped and had dinner at a certain place [in Red Canyon]. While he was having dinner, old Butch Cassidy came to his camp. He told about these fellows following him. He got up . . . — — Map (db m40513) HM
Cowboy Collectibles
57 N Main
James and Tillie Clark owned and operated the first café in Panguitch from this location. The on June 1, 1925 the Bryce Canyon Café opened its doors. Leased from the Clarks by Fred and Eleanor Bruhn, the . . . — — Map (db m260566) HM
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