Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sandy, Utah
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The Amos and Ida Jensen House, built c. 1908, is significant for its association with Sandy's historical development. This house is located in one of the first subdivisions in Sandy, a development practice that would eventually dictate the growth of . . . — — Map (db m238452) HM
Church Takes Root in Sandy
This monument recalls the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Sandy area, and the three pioneer chapels that were located across the street to the east.
A few Church . . . — — Map (db m238456) HM
In the 1860's, a town named Granite was located at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon by ore miners of Alta, Silverton, and Tannersville. Its desertion began as the mines closed about 1882. The surrounding country had been settled by Latter-day . . . — — Map (db m37468) HM
This one-and-one-half story Victorian Eclectic house was built in 1907 by John and Elizabeth Brown Oldham. They met while John was working in a grocery store in Sandy, married in 1895, and had six children. John owned Oldham and Powell's general . . . — — Map (db m238454) HM
Built in 1907, the Anderson house in one of the best remaining examples of the crosswing house type in Sandy. It represents an important period in Sandy's development known as the Mining, Smelting, and Small Farm Era (1871-c.1910). This development . . . — — Map (db m238455) HM
The John and Myrtle Ostler house, built c. 1922, is a one-story frame and clapboard bungalow. It is signficant for its association with Sandy City's historical development. The house is architecturally significant as a rare and relatively . . . — — Map (db m238451) HM
The Mary Ellen Parmley House, built c. 1898, is significant for its association with Sandy's historical development. The Parmley house is a typical example of a residence for the earliest working-class citizens of Sandy. This house is a simple . . . — — Map (db m238450) HM
The Mingo Smelter was the largest single producer in Utah of metals such as gold, silver, and lead. When it began in 1873, it was known as the Mountain Chief Smelter and was renamed the Mingo smelter in 1876 when it was expanded. By 1881 it produced . . . — — Map (db m35765) HM
This central-block-with-projecting -bays Victorian Eclectic house with Classical detailing was built in 1911, probably by August Nelson, a local builder who constructed similar houses in the Sandy area. The house uses the same yellow brick and . . . — — Map (db m238453) HM
Rushing water turns on your reading lamp! The force of
the rushing water is harnessed to generate hydroelectric
power. This creek is dry because the water is diverted
upstream to propel generators that produce electricity.
Whout this water, many . . . — — Map (db m171347) HM
The Twin Peaks Wilderness Area to the north and the Lone Peak Wilderness Area to the south are home to approximately 150 Rocky Mountain goats. Although native to North America, few Rocky survived at the time of Utah's settlement. The Rocky Mountain . . . — — Map (db m172127)
Built in 1906, the Sandy Tithing Office is one of 28 well-preserved buildings in Utah that were part of the successful "in kind" tithing system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon church) during the 1850s-1910s. Tithing . . . — — Map (db m238449) HM
In 1871, Utah Southern Railroad from Salt Lake was finished and station built here. Wasatch & Jordan Valley Line ran east to Granite Quarry to bring to this junction, huge rocks for constructing S.L. Temple. Later, a narrow-gauge, completely covered . . . — — Map (db m222696) HM
The granite used in the construction of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City was quarried from a large field of huge boulders covering this area broken by nature's forces from adjacent cliffs.
The quarrying of these boulders was begun about . . . — — Map (db m44176) HM
Chevron and the Forest Service
constructed the Temple Quarry
Amphitheater in 1996 to honor Utah’s
Centennial and to provide a meeting
place for sharing the area’s rich
history. Chevron’s role in natural
resources education is appreciated. — — Map (db m171346)
Stones for the walls of the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church came from this area. As construction began on the temple, Church authorities selected the rock in this canyon as the “best material that can be furnished in the mountains of North . . . — — Map (db m44180) HM
The Sandy Community honors its veterans of these wars and conflicts as well as all those who have served in our Armed Forces
We recognize their distinct service to our country and their devotion to our flag. We say "thank you."
Spanish . . . — — Map (db m238458) WM
History has left its mark on Little Cottonwood Canyon.
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, this was a busy place!
Mining, lumbering, and quarrying drew hundreds, even
thousands of people to towns that have since died.
Graniteville, Wasatch, . . . — — Map (db m172175) HM
History has left its mark on Little Cottonwood Canyon.
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, this was a busy place!
Mining, lumbering, and quarrying drew hundreds, even
thousands of people to towns that have since died.
Graniteville, Wasatch, . . . — — Map (db m172176) HM
