On this site John Morgan, noted Civil War Veteran, Educator, L.D.S. Missionary and Church Leader, established the first successful educational institution in the Territory of Utah.
Here was established the Morgan College in 1870, Utah’s first . . . — — Map (db m152852) HM
The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company finished the first two stories of this building in 1939. The additional four stories were added in 1947 as the demand for telephones boomed after World War II. This building is one of the . . . — — Map (db m146597) HM
Colorful, inlaid tiles and a wide, bracketed cornice adorn the New Grand Hotel. John Daly built the hotel in 1910. Daly owned several lucrative silver mines in Park City, including the Daly-West, and was influential in Salt Lake City’s . . . — — Map (db m146598) HM
When first constructed in 1906, the New York Hotel provided luxurious accommodations for travelers. The building offered steam heat and electric lights in every room while advertisements assured all guests of excellent service. The hotel . . . — — Map (db m146586) HM
The International Order of Odd Fellows wsa one of the many secret fraternal organizations popular in 19th-century America. These organizations engaged in a variety of social and charitable activities. They also offered "fraternal insurance" . . . — — Map (db m146593) HM
The Park Hotel is significant for its association with the early 20th-century development of Salt Lake City’s transportation and industrial district. Built immediately after the completion of the nearby Rio Grande and Union Pacific railroad stations . . . — — Map (db m34996) HM
This building has housed the same business since its construction in 1914. The Decker-Patrick Company, which advertised itself as "Wholesale dealers in dry goods, notions, and men's and women's furnishing," later changed its name to the Patrick . . . — — Map (db m146858) HM
Built just three blocks east of the Denver & Rio Grande Depot, the Peery Hotel was well-placed to take advantage of Salt Lake City's rail traffic. The building has functioned continuously as a hotel since its construction in 1910. The E-shaped . . . — — Map (db m146859) HM
This monument marks the site of the "Old Fort" in which the Mormon Pioneers wintered in 1847-48 and in which some of the settlers resided for several years. Brigham Young laid the foundation stones on August 10, 1847, for 4 of the 17 houses . . . — — Map (db m161604) HM
At this location on October 18 1861 stood the telegraph pole, shown on above plaque, on which telegraph wires were joined which spanned a continent and united two oceans.
On that date the first two telegrams transmitted were as follows: . . . — — Map (db m35085) HM
The Oregon Shortline Railroad Company built the lower, eastern section of this building to house its offices in 1897. Shortly therafter, the Salt Lake City School Board contracted with the railroad to build the small annex and larger, more elaborate . . . — — Map (db m35714) HM
The Salt Lake Herald Building's U-shaped plan is unusual. Many 19th and early 20th- century buildings have a U-shaped plan to allow light and air to reach interior offices. Most often, however, the "U" opens to the rear or the side of the . . . — — Map (db m35543) HM
Built 1909 of sandstone & brick.
Exchange organized 1888.
Played essential part in
development of nation’s
resources as financial center
for mining activities
of the west. — — Map (db m132147) HM
This street is named Exchange Place after the Salt Lake Stock and Mining
Exchange Building. As part of his efforts to make south downtown the financial center of Salt Lake City, Samuel Newhouse donated this site to the Salt Lake Mining and . . . — — Map (db m35610) HM
This monument marks the site of the Social Hall, the first recreation center in the intermountain west. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the direction of Brigham Young. Made of plastered adobe walls with native wood . . . — — Map (db m35756) HM
This glass enclosure marks the site of Social Hall, Utah’s first theater. Mormon
settlers built the Social Hall in 1852, just five years after their arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. The simple adobe building was evidence of the strong . . . — — Map (db m35753) HM
In the summer of 1847, this site, known then as the "Old Fort," was the first permanent Anglo-Saxon settlement in the west. It was here that the American Flag was first raised. This Sesquicentennial Flag Pole is raised as a tribute to the pioneers . . . — — Map (db m35269) HM
Friends and business partners, Roy Simmons and I. J. "Izzy" Wagner spent more than half a century building businesses - including Zions Bank - and improving their communities. The time they devoted to enhancing beauty, culture, and history in . . . — — Map (db m35325) HM
Pony Express Division Headquarters
Here, Ben Ficklin, General Superintendent, and Major Howard Egan and James C. Bromley, Division Superintendents, had their headquarters.
The Following Were Honored Utah Riders
Howard Egan • . . . — — Map (db m200662) HM
Long, long be my heart with such memories filled; like the vase in which roses have once been distilled.
You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will,
but the scent of the roses will hang ’round it still.Thomas Moore
. . . — — Map (db m35755) HM
On this ten acre square during the years 1847-1849 stood the first fort, historic Mormon bastion, sometimes called the "Plymouth Rock of the West." Homes were erected of logs or adobe, side by side, with the rear walls forming a protective . . . — — Map (db m35280) HM
Utah's first pioneer burial site was located just thirty feet west and two hundred feet south of
this point. Here, thirty-three Utah pioneers were buried beginning with three year-old Milton Thirlkill. This youngster from Mississippi drowned on 11 . . . — — Map (db m35194) HM
Aaron Keyser constructed this building in 1901 and leased it to Emmanuel Kahn for his grocery business. Kahn was among the first Jewish settlers in Utah. In 1913, the Kahn Grocery Company moved to a new location and the N. O. Nelson . . . — — Map (db m146592) HM
One of Utah‘s oldest financial institutions
Brigham Young founded Zion Savings Bank and Trust Company in 1873 to promote thrift and generate savings for investments in the wake of a financial panic. For the first few years the bank . . . — — Map (db m245953) HM
In the early 1860's George and Mary B. Calder built one of the first amusement parks on this spot. They cleared the land with oxen, planted grass and trees and converted a natural spring of water into a lake for boating. It was spanned by a . . . — — Map (db m40229) HM
The foundation work on the Salt Lake Temple was nearing completion and soon would be ready for the granite upper walls. The four day trip from the quarry with oxen-drawn wagons could not possibly provide stone as quickly as it was needed. To . . . — — Map (db m1420) HM
Home of one of the earliest efforts toward the creation of local industry in Utah. At these crossroads, in 1853-55, a structure was erected which stood for many years as a symbol of pioneer enterprises and courage. Its site was approximately two . . . — — Map (db m1436) HM
Formed in 1856 to accommodate rapid growth in the area, the 20th Ward originally met in a meetinghouse on 2nd Avenue between D and E streets. By 1884 when the need for a larger facility and the desire of the school board to use the location for a . . . — — Map (db m1560) HM
Built by Brigham Young for his own children stood on this corner lot 1860-1903 This early school was directed by Eli B. Kelsey, who in soliciting additional students announced in the Deseret News, December 12, 1860, as follows:
. . . — — Map (db m35005) HM
Anderson Tower was built in 1884 by Robert R. Anderson (1848-1935) a pioneer of 1867, and one of the original settlers on the north bench of Salt Lake City. The tower was patterned after similar towers Mr. Anderson had seen in Scotland as a young . . . — — Map (db m124173) HM
Honored here for his roles as pioneer, colonizer, governor, and religious leader, Brigham Young was best known as simply "Brother Brigham". A beloved leader and wise counselor, he served as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day . . . — — Map (db m132637) HM
Canyon quarries provided stone for many pioneer structures. Much of the sandstone used in homes, civic buildings, and the temple's first foundation came from Red Butte Canyon, just east of here. Little Cottonwood Canyon, to the south, supplied . . . — — Map (db m234528) HM
When Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp graduated from Women's Medical College in Philadelphia with a specialty in obstetrics and diseases of women and children, she returned to Salt Lake City to practice medicine and open her School of Obstetrics and Nursing . . . — — Map (db m123640) HM
The Eagle Gate marked the entrance to the homes of Brigham Young. During the early settlement of the valley, Brigham Young was aloted the land lying athwart the mouth of City Creek Canyon. His New England heritage prompted him to desire the privacy . . . — — Map (db m35161) HM
The well-known Mormon hymn, O My Father, has lifted millions of hearts through generations with its sublime message on man's eternal journey. Words to the hymn were written by Eliza R. Snow. Born in Becket, Massachusetts in 1804, she was . . . — — Map (db m234341) HM
Construction of this English Gothic Revival Style Church began in June 1903 and was completed May 1906. Architect was W. E. Ware. Built of local red sandstone. — — Map (db m121760) HM
Pioneer gardeners made "the desert blossom as the rose." Brigham Young, in his vision of their new communities, urged immigrants and missionaries to bring plants from around the world. All kinds of flowers; fruit and vegetable crops; medicinal . . . — — Map (db m234527) HM
Born June 1, 1801, at Whitingham, Vermont
Died August 29, 1877, at Salt Lake City, Utah
Brigham Young, second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints succeeded Joseph Smith, founder of the Church, who was martyred at . . . — — Map (db m62788) HM
On this site in 1857, the Twentieth Ward or Twentieth District School was erected, John Toone builder. The one large room served for school, church and recreation. In 1860 a two-story addition was constructed. Pupils came from all parts of Salt Lake . . . — — Map (db m43559) HM
Waterwheels commonly powered pioneer mills. The first mill on City Creek was a gristmill, built by hand in October of 1847 to grind wheat that the pioneers had brought across the plains. The energy harnessed from canyon streams in the area powered . . . — — Map (db m234529) HM
The hymn Come, Come, Ye Saints, has become a rallying song of Mormons everywhere. Its words were penned by William Clayton, born in Penwortham, Lancashire, England in 1814. He came to America as a convert of the Church of Jesus Christ of . . . — — Map (db m234340) HM
Wooden flumes often had to be built to harness the power of streams and rivers. Flumes took water from a stream's natural channel and directed it to the waterwheel. Branch flumes were used to control the water flow that bypassed the waterwheels. . . . — — Map (db m234530) HM
Running as fast as the mustang pony could run, Pony Express riders raced across nearly 1900 miles of wilderness carrying the U.S. Mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. With nostrils flaring, lungs gasping for air, and . . . — — Map (db m171340) HM
Lucy Loomis Tuttle, the wife of Milo Andrus, directed the
construction of this home while her husband was serving
a mission in England. The Andrus home served as an inn,
providing food and lodging for travelers. It was known as a
“Halfway . . . — — Map (db m172042) HM
In 1846, camped mainly on the shores of the Missouri River, Mormons were already exiled from the United States, bound for a refuge in the west. Then, a call to arms came from the US Government to serve in the Mexican War. US President James K. Polk . . . — — Map (db m173256) HM
The oldest building on Fort Douglas, constructed in 1863 of wood and adobe. Originally built as Post Commander's Quarters it served as housing for Officer and Enlisted families until 1879. — — Map (db m223088) HM
National Register
U of U Circle Historic District
David P. Gardner Hall
This Neoclassical stone building, constructed 1930-31, originally served university students as their Union Building. It was paid for with student fees and was . . . — — Map (db m240557) HM
Due to a lack of doctors in Utah, Brigham Young sent
a number of women to medical schools in the East. In 1882,
the Deseret Hospital was opened under the direction of
the women's Relief Society. In 1884, the hospital moved to
a building . . . — — Map (db m172759) HM
In 1861, the transcontinental telegraph line ran directly
through Salt Lake City. Though it provided a line of
communication from east to west, it did little to connect
the isolated communities in the Intermountain region.
This led Brigham Young . . . — — Map (db m172211) HM
Skilled craftsmen like woodworker Henry Dinwoodey
learned to adapt their work to the softer woods and different
conditions that existed in Utah. They imitated the styles
of the eastern hardwoods and even marble in native pine,
aspen, cottonwood, . . . — — Map (db m173390) HM
In the early settlements of Utah, the pioneer ideal was to be
self-sufficient. The potter filled an important role in achieving
this by helping produce the much-needed resources in the
communities for kitchen, table and bedroom . . . — — Map (db m172757) HM
Edward Snelgrove's original store was located near the
corner of Main Street and 200 South in Salt Lake City.
Though not an exact replica of the original boot shop
operated by Snelgrove, this building provides an example
of a shoe maker's . . . — — Map (db m172212) HM
This gathering place for students, faculty and the community pays tribute to educator and philanthropist Emma Eccles Jones (1898-1991), whose landmark contributions - made in loving memory of her father during the last year of her own life - . . . — — Map (db m239567) HM
This unusually large house with its ornamental detailing
indicates the upper middle class status achieved by the John
and Sarah Fairbanks family, after years of living in their
covered wagon and log cabin. Located in Payson, Utah,
the upper . . . — — Map (db m173192) HM
Fort Douglas
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1970
National Park Service
United States Department Of . . . — — Map (db m223091) HM
Founded Oct. 22, 1862 by Brevet Major General Patrick Edward Connor and U.S. Volunteers ordered to defend western mail routes. Quartered first in tents and dugouts. Soon stone buildings were erected, some of which are standing. Named Camp Douglas by . . . — — Map (db m223087) HM
The Fort Douglas Cemetery was established in December 1862 under the direction of the commanding officer, Colonel Patrick Edward Connor. On 25 February 1863 the first funeral services were held for those soldiers who fell during the battle of Bear . . . — — Map (db m223418) HM
Restored and renovated through the generosity of the
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
First constructed at Fort Douglas in 1875 using native red sandstone from the nearby quarry in Red Butte Canyon, this building originally . . . — — Map (db m225327) HM
Restored and renovated through the generosity of the
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
First constructed in 1825 as Fort Douglas Post Headquarters, this historic structure built of Red Butte sandstone was converted into an . . . — — Map (db m225323) HM
Restored through the generosity of the
Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation
with additional support from alumni and friends of the
University of Utah Honors College
First constructed as barracks for soldiers at Fort Douglas in . . . — — Map (db m225328) HM
Mining and Fort Douglas have been linked historically since 1863. Colonel Patrick E. Connor was the first commanding officer of the post newly established by President Abraham Lincoln to maintain contact between the East and West during the Civil . . . — — Map (db m225325) HM
Restored through the generosity of Kay Winston and Allan M. Lipman Jr. and Nancy Lipman and Clark P. Giles
The Post Bandstand has stood as the centerpiece of Fort Douglas for over 125 years. Soldiers, families, and Salt Lake City's citizens met . . . — — Map (db m223090) HM
Restored through the generosity of
The Reverend Cannon Frederick Quinney Lawson and Janet Quinney Lawson
with additional support from other individuals and faith groups
The historic Fort Douglas Post Chapel was built in 1884 at a cost of . . . — — Map (db m225322) HM
Restored and renovated through the generosity of the
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
With additional support from other donors
Since its construction in 1932, the Post Theater has drawn crowds for films as well as military . . . — — Map (db m225329) HM
Many medicines in the pioneer era were made from herbs
planted and grown by settlers around their homes. People
also relied on commercial drugstores, like Godbe-Pitts &
Company, for more exotic herbs not found in the area.
Processed medicines . . . — — Map (db m172632) HM
A center for social and cultural events, the Social Hall was
built from local sandstone. The first floor included a dining
area with tables, benches, and a fully equipped kitchen.
The upper story had a 20 x 40 foot stage and a large dance
floor. . . . — — Map (db m173125) HM
After the first Mormon pioneers came to Utah, thousands more came west each year to join them. Because some pioneers could not afford a covered wagon or oxen, they built simple handcarts to take their belongings in on the long trek to Utah. They . . . — — Map (db m171350) HM
Built of red sandstone from the mountains near Heber City,
this building was used for school and church meetings.
The year 1890 brought about Utah's Free School Law, but
before 1890, teachers received their salary as a result of
students' . . . — — Map (db m172174) HM
This is a replica of the original Bank of Deseret that later
became the First Security Bank and then Wells Fargo
Bank. As Utah's first bank, it was established around 1866,
and located on the corner of 100 South and Main Street
in Salt Lake . . . — — Map (db m172246) HM
In 1845, it took six months to get a message from the east coast of the United States to California—by the time it arrived, the news was old. In the late 1850s, a half million people had migration west, and they wanted up-to-date news from . . . — — Map (db m171235) HM
In 1847 the first band of pioneers built a small dam across City Creek near the present
site of the Mormon Temple. Before the day was over, the first ditch brought water to
irrigate five acres of land. This was the beginning of western irrigation. . . . — — Map (db m172248) HM
English immigrant Samuel Jewkes operated a sawmill and
a gristmill in Fountain-Green, Utah. His middle class home
is constructed of heavy pine timbers connected with
mortise-and-tenon joints and wooden pegs. He insulated
the interior walls by . . . — — Map (db m172251) HM
John Gardiner and his wife Harriet Dyer built this one-room,
13 by 22 foot cabin in Pleasant Grove, Utah. In 1883, John
took a second wife, Annie Nichols. They had ten children,
seven boys and three girls. A lean-to of rock and adobe was
added . . . — — Map (db m173252) HM
Pony Express Monument and Station Trail When we started out we were never to
turn back, no matter what happened, until
the mail was delivered at the next home
station. We had to be ready to start back at
a half-minute's notice, let it . . . — — Map (db m172181) HM
This store was founded by Hans and Louise Madsen,
immigrants from Denmark, whose forefathers were
furniture craftsmen famous for their “perlemorkiste”
(handcrafted chests inlaid with mother-of-pearl). The
Madsen's arrived in the Utah . . . — — Map (db m173080) HM
The Manti Gristmill, which ground grain into flour, was originally constructed at the mouth of Manti's City Creek Canyon in 1850. Three years later after a fire burned the mill down, surviving parts were moved and installed in a new mill built . . . — — Map (db m171348) HM
The relative seclusion of this home within the Park is to symbolize its original location several miles southeast of Salt Lake City. After spending the winter of 1848, in a Salt Lake Valley fort, Mary Fielding Smith, widow of LDS . . . — — Map (db m173312) HM
Niels and Josephine Overlade Anderson had nine children,
seven of whom survived to adulthood. A Swedish immigrant,
Niels was renowned for his skills as a marksman, storyteller,
ox trainer, puppeteer and leather braider. Their home was
one of the . . . — — Map (db m172586) HM
On September 30, 1869, George W. Dean of the U.S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey established this building as an
observatory for meridian line placement. Originally located
on the southeast corner of Temple Square, this building
also contained . . . — — Map (db m173496) HM
Ottinger Hall was built as a social hall for the members
of the “Veteran Volunteer Fireman's Association,” which
was organized in 1890 under the city's first paid fire chief,
George Ottinger. Another important contribution was
made . . . — — Map (db m172601) HM
This is a replica of a meetinghouse that still stands in
Pine Valley, north of St. George, Utah. It was built by
Scottish immigrant and shipbuilder, Ebenezer Bryce. Using
traditional shipbuilding techniques, Bryce first crafted the
log walls on . . . — — Map (db m172040) HM
From 1847-1869, over three
hundred companies of
immigrants, refugees, and
travelers of all ages trekked
over eleven hundred miles
across the vast American Plains
to the Salt Lake Valley. Included
among these courageous
pioneers were children . . . — — Map (db m173494) HM
The pioneers built a bowery on Temple Square in single
day, three days after their arrival in 1847. Constructed of
native timbers and willows, it provided a gathering place for
the community.
The bowery was rebuilt several times until it was . . . — — Map (db m172014) HM
In anticipation of the 2002 Winter Olympics hosted by Salt Lake City, the National Pony Express Association (NEPA) offers to build a replica Pony Express station for placement in the "Western Experience Olympic Village" at Soldier Hollow near Heber, . . . — — Map (db m173079) HM
(150 Years). Winter Quarters, Nebraska to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake,
April 21, 1997 to July 22, 1997.
On a cold rainy morning in April 1997, modern day pioneers left Florence, Nebraska, the old winter quarters, to re-enact the . . . — — Map (db m1449) HM
This is a reproduction of a typical small wood-frame barber
shop. Barber shops offered shaves, haircuts, and even minor
medical and dental services. Though medical duties and
bloodletting had been a part of a barber's duties since the
11th . . . — — Map (db m172309) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m238456) HM
