When exploring Provo I’ve come across a series of historic plaques Provo City put up around town that say “One in a Series of Events from Provo’s History” across the top and then describe some of Provo’s history and are numbered.  I’d like to eventually locate them all and have them listed here so I’ll create this and add to it as I find them.

 

• 001 – The City of Provo was founded in 1849 by Mormon pioneers.
• 002 – Provo’s North Park Was Once an Adobe Yard for Its Early Settlers.
• 003 – Memorial Park at 800 East Center Street Was an Unsightly Swamp until 1924.
• 010 – Utah County’s Early Courthouses.
• 011 – Provo’s Early Carding Mill and Machine Shop Were Vital to the City’s Growth.
• 012 – The Excelsior Flour Mill Was Crucial to Provo’s Early Settlers.
• 013 – Provo’s First Bank was Late in Coming but Didn’t Last Long.
• 014 – Choosing the Site of Provo’s First Tabernacle Caused Some Controversy.
• 015 – Provo’s First Tithing Office was South of Provo’s Town Square, Now Pioneer Park.
• 016 – Provo’s Early Colonists Were Caught Between Two Warring Indian Bands.
• 017 – Provo’s First Colonizers Soon Moved from a River Site to Higher Ground.
• 023 – Creating the “Y” on the Mountain.
• 024 – Carp Not Native to Utah Lake; Introduced in 1882.
• 025 – Utah Territory’s Deseret Telegraph Line Connected Provo to the Rest of Utah.
• 026 – Several Brick Manufacturing Companies Once Operated in Provo.
• 027 – A Tragedy at the Site of the Provo Lime Kiln.
• 028 – Fire Destroys Brigham Young Academy Building.
• 037 – Provo’s Two Oldest Existing Homes Are Neighbors in Pioneer Village.
• 044 – Provo’s First Jail Was Built in 1871.
• 047 – Provo’s North Park had a Community Ice Skating Rink in the 1930s.
• 048 – Utah Territorial Insane Asylum Came to Provo in 1885.
• 049 – Early Residents of Provo lacked Land Titles.
• 052 – Provo Had a “Pest House” for Those with Communicable Diseases.
• 052 – Proctor Academy Helped Educate Provo’s Youth.
• 053 – Army Troops Caused the “Provo Riot” in 1870.
• 058 – A Wheelbarrow Parade in 1888 Helped Bring Political Parties to Provo.