On West Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
This is the site of the first Walker Brothers store and bank. Samuel Sharp Walker, Joseph Robinson Walker, David Frederick Walker, and Matthew Henry Walker immigrated from England with their family in 1850. After spending a bit of time in St. . . . — — Map (db m249505) HM
Camp Floyd was established in 1858 by order of President James Buchanan. During its three years of operation, Camp Floyd was the site of the largest assembled troop concentration in the United States prior to the Civil War. No buildings remain in . . . — — Map (db m249508) HM
The Camp Floyd Cemetery was established in 1858 and abandoned three years later as the troops stationed at Camp Floyd returned to fight in the Civil War. The actual number, location and identities of soldiers buried in the cemetery is not known . . . — — Map (db m249513) HM
On West Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Established in 1858, Camp Floyd was the largest military post in the United States. It was created to put down a Mormon rebellion which never took place.
With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, soldiers were recalled and Camp Floyd was . . . — — Map (db m249509) HM
On West Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Col. Philip St. George Cooke
June 13, 1809 March 20, 1895
Impartial friend, humanitarian, soldier dedicated to the west unequivocally loyal to the Union, Col, Cooke commanded the Mormon Battalion on the greater part of its historic . . . — — Map (db m249504) HM
On West 1540 North at 18040 West, on the right when traveling east on West 1540 North.
Upper Marker:
Fairfield - Camp Floyd - Fort Crittenden
In 1855 Fairfield was settled by John Carson, William Carson, David Carson, William Beardshall and John Clegg. A rock fort 4 rods square was erected in 1856-57, this monument . . . — — Map (db m149983) HM
Fairfield was established in the spring of 1855 by five Carson brothers, John, William H., David, George, and Washington along with William Bearshall, John Clegg, and others. The settlement was named in honor of Amos Fielding, the founder. The . . . — — Map (db m249510) HM
Near North Center Street, on the left when traveling north.
This one-room, Victorian Eclectic style school building was constructed in 1898, replacing an earlier adobe school that sat on the property. The builder was Andrew Fjeld, a brick and stone mason from Lehi. In addition to serving as the town's only . . . — — Map (db m249500) HM
On North Center Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Fairfield District School was built in 1898, replacing Fairfield's original adobe school built in 1870. Richard C. Watson, the school's architect, also designed the Peteetneet School in Payson, Maeser School, and the Knight Block Building in . . . — — Map (db m249501) HM
On West Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1858 by John Carson as a family home and inn. Used as a Pony Express and Overland Stage stop during the 1860's.
Division of State History N-26 — — Map (db m249486) HM
On West Main Street at N 75 W, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Valley Tan (Nov. 6, 1858 - Feb. 22, 1860) Utah's first non-Mormon newspaper, was conceived and had its major circulation in Camp Floyd. Kirk Anderson, its founder, made it an "opposition paper," but eventually under another publisher it gave . . . — — Map (db m249487) HM
Built in 1858 by Mormon pioneer John Carson, the Stagecoach Inn was built next to Camp Floyd Military camp. The inn served as a hotel and a rest stop on the Overland Trail. Passengers and mail were delivered by horse-drawn carriages, on a route . . . — — Map (db m249512) HM
