201 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Fort Douglas Officers' Quarters —

On Officer's Circle west of Fort Douglas Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.

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

202 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Fort Douglas Post Bandstand —

On Fort Douglas Boulevard west of Potter Street, on the right when traveling west.

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

203 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Fort Douglas Post Chapel — Interfaith Center —

On Fort Douglas Boulevard west of Lewis Street, on the right when traveling east.

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

204 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Fort Douglas Post Theater —

On Fort Douglas Boulevard near Stover Street, on the right when traveling west.

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

205 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — N-4 — Fort Douglas, Utah — Utah Historic Site —

On Fort Douglas Boulevard east of De Trobriand Street, on the right when traveling west.

Founded 1862 by Brevet Major General Patrick Edward Connor. Most buildings constructed of red sandstone in 1874-1876. — — Map (db m223089) HM

206 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 33 — Godbe-Pitts & Company Drugstore — Salt Lake City, Utah, late 1850's — Replicated in 1996 —

Near First North.

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

207 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 15 — Great Salt Lake Social Hall — Salt Lake City, Utah 1853 — Replicated in 1980 —

Near Main Street.

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

208 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Handcarts —

Near East Sunnyside Avenue.

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

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209 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 21 — Heber East Ward School — Heber City, Utah 1865 — Replicated in 1996 —

Near Main Street south of First N, on the right when traveling south.

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

210 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 18 — Hooper and Eldredge Bank — Salt Lake City, Utah 1866 — Replicated in 1996 —

On Main Street at First Avenue North on Main Street.

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

211 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — In Ten Days or Less... —

On Sunnyside Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

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

212 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Irrigation Station —

On Main Street near First Avenue North.

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

213 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 14 — Jewkes-Draper Home — Fountain Green, Utah, mid 1860’s — Relocated in 1980 —

On Main Street at Brigham Street on Main Street.

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

214 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 6 — John Gardiner Cabin — Pleasant Grove, Utah 1864 — Relocated in 1979 —

Near Main Street at Brigham Street.

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

215 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Learn About The Pony Express —

Near Sunnyside Avenue South.

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

216 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Madsen Furniture Company — Salt Lake City, Utah 1875 — Replicated in 2002 —

Near Main Street.

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

217 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 42 — Manti Fort Gristmill — Manti, Utah 1854 — Replicated in 1997 —

Near Sunnyside Avenue South.

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

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218 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 47 — Mary Fielding Smith Home — Millcreek area, Utah 1850 — Relocated in 1972 —

Near First South, 0.1 miles east of First East, on the right when traveling west.

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

219 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 38 — Niels and Josephine Anderson Home — Ephraim, Utah 1868 — Replicated in 1996 —

Near First North at First East.

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

220 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 5 — Orson Pratt Observatory — Salt Lake City, Utah 1869 — Replicated in 2001 —

Near Main Street.

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

221 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 50 — Ottinger Hall and Firehouse — Salt Lake City, Utah 1900 — Replicated in 2000 —

Near Second North near Main Street.

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

222 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 8 — Pine Valley Chapel — Pine Valley, Utah 1868 — Replicated in 1998 —

Near Main Street north of First Street.

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

223 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Pioneer Children’s Memorial —

Near First South at First East.

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

224 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 7 — Pioneer Pavilion — Built in 2018 —

On Main Street near First South, on the right when traveling south.

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

225 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Pony Express Goes to the Olympics —

On First South, on the right when traveling east.

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

226 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Sesquicentennial Mormon Trail Wagontrain —

Near Sunnyside Avenue.

(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

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227 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 17 — Shaving Parlor — Representational Building 1860's — Replicated in 1996 —

Near Main Street near First North.

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

228 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 4 — Smoot Hall at Brigham Young Academy — Provo, Utah 1884 — Replicated in 2004 —

Near Main Street at First South.

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

229 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — The Spanish Explorers —

Near East Sunnyside Avenue.

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

230 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — This is the Place Monument —

Near Sunnyside Avenue.

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

231 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 65 — Thomas Phillip White Cabin — Salt Lake City, Utah 1860 — Relocated in 1986 —

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

232 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — Unsung Heroes —

Near Sunnyside Avenue.

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

233 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 14 — William Atkin Home — Atkinville, Utah 1877 — Replicated in 2001 —

On First North.

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

234 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, University — 32 — Z.C.M.I. (Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution) — Manti, Utah 1860's — Relocated in 1996 —

On Main Street at First N, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

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

235 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, Yalecrest — 73 — Pioneer Silk Industry —

On Herbert Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

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

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