On West 2000 North east of 1500 W Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Ashley Post Office was established in the center of Ashley Town on December 27,
1878. At that time there were about 300 settlers in Ashley Valley. Wilbur Carlton Britt and Finley Britt used logs from nearby mountains, wooden pegs, and square . . . — — Map (db m277102) HM
On West Main Street at S Vernal Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
The Bank of Vernal was built with bricks
shipped from Salt Lake City to Vernal in
1916. Bank officials wanted hard-fired
bricks for their enduring building.
Because Vernal was in Salt Lake City's
second postal zone, mailed bricks cost
half the . . . — — Map (db m306719) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at Vernal Avenue (U.S. 191), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
What is now a vacant lot, located diagonally from you, was in 1930 the premium in elegance and service to the traveler.
The Cobble Rock Gas Station offered friendly service to your road-beaten auto and was touted to be the only women's restroom . . . — — Map (db m114424) HM
On South Vernal Avenue at E Main Street, on the right when traveling east on South Vernal Avenue.
Cobble Rock Station
As manager of Vernal Auto Company, T.G. Alexander was responsible for constructing the Cobble Rock Station, a complement to the company's new
showroom, garage, and automobile storage facility, two doors down South
Vernal . . . — — Map (db m278826) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at South Vernal Avenue (U.S. 191), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Diagonally across the street is the First Security Bank building. When it first opened on August 10, 1910, it was called the Uintah State Bank.
The local Mormon population did not like the loan policies of the Catholic-managed Bank of Vernal, . . . — — Map (db m114433) HM
On South 500 West at W 200 S, on the right when traveling south on South 500 West.
He came by wagon train from Nebraska to Salt Lake City in - 1859
At his death he was the oldest Civil War veteran and oldest and longest LDS Member
Homesteaded in Ashley Valley 1883.
The first Physician in the Uintah Basin County . . . — — Map (db m276980) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 40) east of 200 West Street, on the left when traveling east.
"They didn't have a lot of money, but they
didn't know that they were poor."
-Rebecca Kunz's (1892-1985) impressions of the Great Depression
Built of concrete because it was considered fire proof, the building across from . . . — — Map (db m114423) HM
On North 1500 West, on the right when traveling north.
In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln established by proclamation the Uintah Indian Agency. Brigham Young held the office of Supt. Indian Affairs. Lieut. Pardon Dodds, civil war veteran, came to Utah Sept. 7, 1866 and in 1867 was appointed first Indian . . . — — Map (db m277103) HM
On South 500 West, on the right when traveling south.
This rock building was erected in 1887 by Uintah Stake of the L.D.S. Church on ground
contributed by Jeremiah Hatch Sr. for $1.00. Men hauled rock from which Harley Mowery
and John Jacob Slaugh, experienced stone masons, constructed this office. . . . — — Map (db m277097) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at North 100 West, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Jeremiah Hatch came to Ashley Valley in 1878 as an Indian agent. Following the Meeker, Colorado massacre of 1879 he was instructed to build a fort as protection for white settlers. Their cabins, with cedar post buttresses between, formed part of . . . — — Map (db m114422) HM
Near South Vernal Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
"Fort Scared-to-Death"
During the Meeker (Colorado) Incident of September 1879, provoked and infuriated White River Utes killed a dozen soldiers and Indian Agency employees. The incident so badly frightened the white settlers scattered . . . — — Map (db m279041) HM
On North 2500 West north of 1000 Street N, on the right when traveling south.
Fort Thornburgh Military Reserve was located one half mile west and one mile north of this
marker and named in honor of Major J. N. Thornburgh who was killed in the Meeker Massacre in 1879. During the summer of 1881 the military troops were . . . — — Map (db m277128) HM
On South 500 West at W 200 S, on the right when traveling south on South 500 West.
During the hard winter of 1879 flour was scarce in the valley. Flour was hauled from outside towns at great risk. A way to grind flour for the settlers was desperately needed. Two small crude burrs were hand hewn by Moroni Taylor for W. G. Reynolds. . . . — — Map (db m277098) HM
On South 100 West at North Vernal Avenue, on the right when traveling west on South 100 West.
The prominent building located diagonally from you is the Zions First National Bank, originally, the Bank of Vernal. Did you know that this building was shipped to Vernal through
the US Post Office brick by brick?
All of the decorative brick, . . . — — Map (db m276970) HM
On East Main Street at South Vernal Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Diagonally across the street from you was the Ashley Cooperative Mercantile. It began in 1881 as a small, one-story log and rock building. By 1900, a new two-story general merchandise store with groceries, meat, dry goods, hardware, shoes, and a . . . — — Map (db m276976) HM
On North Vernal Avenue (National Route 191), on the left when traveling north.
Constructed in 1912, the Manfred and Ethel Martin House is a 1-1/2 story
brick and wood-shingled crosswing-type house on a sandstone foundation with a
gabled roof. The house is significant as an early health care facility in Vernal and for
its . . . — — Map (db m286277) HM
This reservoir was named for Matt Warner (1864-1938), a complex figure of the American West.
Matt Warner was born Willard Erastus Christianson in Ephraim, Utah on April 12, 1864. Early in his life, he was forced to flee east towards Vernal . . . — — Map (db m264680) HM
On U.S. Highway 40 west of N 100 E, on the right when traveling west.
The Shiner brothers, Deward and Alson, opened the luxurious Vernal Theatre, across from you, in March 1946. Patrons stepped on beautiful carpets as they chose between three sizes of "body-form" seats. Plush draperies hid the giant screen. A marimba . . . — — Map (db m276961) HM
On West 2000 North, on the right when traveling east.
Ashley Valley, settled in 1873, had its first postoffice in this structure, built in 1879 by Wilbur C. Britt, the first postmaster. Logs hauled from nearby forests were put together with wooden pegs and square nails to erect one large room. A . . . — — Map (db m277100) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 40) at South Vernal Avenue (U.S. 191), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
September 1886 Samuel R. Bennion was sent here to establish a banking institution called the 'Ashley Co-op.' In 1903 the first pioneer bank was opened for business. In 1916 W.H. Coltharp erected this building with Salt Lake City brick. A full car . . . — — Map (db m114421) HM
On South 1500 East, on the right when traveling south.
In 1893 Ephraim H. Roberts, a war veteran, built a pottery here. He and his sons made churns, jars, jugs, and flower pots, which were exchanged for produce. Five hundred samples of clay were tried before a suitable one was found. Lead for glazing . . . — — Map (db m276951) HM
On West 1500 North at N 2500 W, on the right when traveling east on West 1500 North.
In 1860 Wm. G. (Bill) Reynolds and Moroni Taylor cut and faced two rough stone burrs which were set up in the "Old Fort" for mill purposes. They were turned by a horse attached to a sweep, later these burrs were used to grind feed for livestock. In . . . — — Map (db m277126) HM
On West Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1901, St. Paul's Episcopal Church was the first building constructed in Vernal by the Episcopal Church and the second to be built in the Uintah Basin; the first was the Indian Mission church at Randlett. Designed by John P. Hill, an . . . — — Map (db m276972) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 40) west of South 100 East, on the right when traveling east.
The first business to occupy the corner across from you was Acorn Mercantile, a leading grocery and dry goods store.
In 1915 Acorn boasted a shipment to Salt Lake City of 12,000 fresh eggs, which provided a solid market for the Ashley Valley . . . — — Map (db m114440) HM
On South 500 West at W 200 S, on the right when traveling south on South 500 West.
The Uintah Stake Tabernacle was built from 1898-1907 under the direction of Uintah Stake President Samuel R. Bennion and counselors Reuben S. Collett and James P. Hacking. The architect was T. T. Davies with William Cook as the builder. Fathers and . . . — — Map (db m276981) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at 100 West Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
"If the gable end of old Hell would blow out, it wouldn't melt the snow in six months!"
…exclaimed a frustrated and tired U.S. mail contractor who was late with his deliveries during the hard winter of 1879.
His was the disagreeable job . . . — — Map (db m114428) HM
On South 500 West, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1887, the Vernal Tithing Office is historically significant as one of 32 well preserved tithing buildings in Utah that were part of the successful "in kind" tithing system of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) between . . . — — Map (db m277095) HM
On South 100 West at S Vernal Avenue on South 100 West.
Today it would be difficult, but in 1946 you could have ordered one of these soft drinks at a soda fountain. Vernal's most popular soda fountain was part of Vernal Drug which was located in the building across the street. At the marble counter, soda . . . — — Map (db m276978) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at South Vernal Avenue (U.S. 191), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Former Pony Express rider and ferryboat operator William Ashton brought his family to Vernal in 1879.
William's sons and grandsons, all of whom engaged in retail trade, consolidated their businesses in 1922, opening Ashton Brothers Mercantile . . . — — Map (db m276963) HM
On Main Street at N 100 E, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
This tablet is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the World War
Raymond Bates
Herbert Burns
Alton Calder
Clive Couple
Fred Demming
Alfred Hall
Amos Hoeft
Seth McConkie
Ralph Perry
George . . . — — Map (db m276959) WM
