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Historical Markers in Salt Lake City, Utah
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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
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