This one-and-a-half story Victorian Eclectic style house was constructed in circa 1895 by James Perry Freeze. Freeze was an early LDS pioneer and active in local business, church, and civic affairs. He purchased 184 acres in 1881 for $7,800 and . . . — — Map (db m275743) HM
Swiss Immigrant, Christian Berger and his family, came to Utah in the John Ross Mormon Pioneer Company in 1860. Berger homesteaded 160 acres west of State Street between Poplar Street and 48th South. After living two years in a dugout, the family . . . — — Map (db m249475) HM
This house, built about 1900 for John P. Cahoon, is the finest example of residential Victorian architecture in Murray City. Cahoon was the principal founder of one of the first commercial brick manufacturing plants in Utah in 1878. Incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m272886) HM
Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon
July 26, 1834 - Jan. 24, 1888
Kirtland Ohio 1834
Reynolds Cahoon requested that Joseph Smith give his newborn son a name and a blessing. The Prophet named Reynolds son Mohonri Moriancumer Cahoon, explaining that . . . — — Map (db m250045) HM
Built in 1909, the Murray LDS Second Ward Meetinghouse is
significant for its use as a religious and social venue for Murray
residents between the railroad tracks and the Jordan River, and from the north to the south boundaries of the city. The . . . — — Map (db m249477) HM
Gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc were found at Alta, Park City, and Tintic in the years 1864 to 1869. Since no smelting was done in the state or the surrounding area, smelters had to be built. Billy Morgan built the first smelter at 5189 South . . . — — Map (db m124034) HM
As early as 1845 Brigham Young advised the Saints to store grain. December 14, 1876 Bishop Joseph S. Rawlins asked the sisters living in this vicinity to store wheat. February 8, 1877 the first donations were received. A temporary bin was built . . . — — Map (db m246474) HM
The pony express epoch began simultaneously April 3, 1860 with riders starting at St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, California. It was a 1966 mile journey and reduced the time of transmitting news across the country from approximately 21 to . . . — — Map (db m124033) HM
On this historic corner once stood the hub of the South Cottonwood community. The first settlers were principally Mormon convents from the southern states under the leadership of Amasa M. Lyman. On Thursday October 19, 1848 the company arrived in . . . — — Map (db m249468) HM
This area, 56th South and Vine Street, known as South Cottonwood, was one of the early religious and social centers for the Church in the Salt Lake Valley. To the north of here about 600 feet was a campground used by the stone haulers for the . . . — — Map (db m246475) HM
South Cottonwood Temple Granite Rest Camp
Since 1848 this area has been known as South Cottonwood and was one of the early religious and social centers for the pioneer in the Salt Lake Valley. Approximately 600 feet north of this site, was . . . — — Map (db m246477) HM
