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Margaret Wines Park

25 Wednesday Oct 2017

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Margaret Wines Park in Lehi, Utah.

In 1908, prominent Lehi businessman and former Pony Express rider, Ira D. Wines, donated 3.5 acres for this park to honor his late wife, Margaret. Centrally located, the park has hosted countless reunions, concerts, picnics, carnivals and chuckwagon breakfasts. Citizens have gathered here for decades for the start of Lehi’s famous Stock, Miniature and Grand parades.*

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Parks in Lehi

25 Wednesday Oct 2017

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Parks in Lehi, Utah.

  • Allred Park
  • Band Wagon Park
  • Centennial Park
  • Chappel Valley Park
  • City Recreation Facility
  • Dairy View Park
  • Dry Creek Park
  • Eagle Summit Park
  • Firehouse Park
  • Gateway Park
  • Greens Park
  • Jordan Narrows Park
  • Jordan Willows Park & Paths
  • Jordan Willows Mini Park A
  • Jordan Willows Mini Park B
  • Jordan Willows Mini Park C
  • Kensington Park
  • Joseph D Adams Memorial Park
  • Margaret Wines Park
  • Northlake Park
  • Olympic Park
  • Parkview Park
  • Pilgrim’s Landing Park
  • Pointe Meadow Park
  • Rodeo Grounds
  • Snow Springs Park
  • Sommerset Park (South)
  • Sommerset Park (North)
  • Sports Park
  • Stagecoach Crossing Park – Small
  • Stagecoach Crossing Park – Large
  • Summercrest Park
  • Veterans Ball Park
  • Willow Haven Park
  • Willows Nature Park

Nunns Provo Station

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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This plaque marks the site of the first 44,000 volt hydroelectric plant in America. Built in 1897 by Lucien L. Nunn at an estimated cost of just $50,000, this plant harnessed the power of the Provo River to generate electricity and transmit that power over a distance of 32 miles to mining operations in Mercur, Utah. This was almost three times the voltage of any existing line in the nation at that time, and was by far the longest.

Although Nunn sold his interests to Utah Power and Light Company in 1913, his innovative ideas and successes helped shape the future of electrical power for all of us.

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Nunns Park

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Nunns Park is named after L.L. Nunn, a pioneer in the field of hydroelectric power, who became the operator of the first 44,000 volt hydro-power plant in America harnessing the flows of the Provo River. Built on this site in 1897, the plant provided electricity for mining operations near Mercur, Utah. In time, Nunn sold his interests to Utah Power and Light, who eventually sold the ground to Utah County as a park site. Located alongside the Provo River Parkway and nestled in a grove of trees, Nunn’s Park offers overnight camping, picnicking, fishing, biking, jogging, and just plain escape from the traffic of life. There are plenty of family campsites on a first come, first serve basis; a pavilion can be reserved for family or group use; there are open areas just right for contemplating nothing but your favorite pastime. If you look, there are even a few reminders of the century old power plant that once turned the lights on in a remote Utah mining town and put Utah and the Provo River in the electrical history books. Public parking is limited and there is absolutely no parking on the state road or outside the county park. Groups with reservations cannot limit the public parking to only members of their group. Groups exceeding allowed parking will be asked to leave and no refund will be given.(text from utahcounty.gov)

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Carlisle Family Historical Marker

23 Monday Oct 2017

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In the 1850’s and 1860’s, three brothers, Joseph, John, and Richard Carlisle, settled in this location between 700 West and Jordan River. Their endeavors included farming, dairying, and planting mulberry trees to raise silk worms. They developed a gravel pit on the west side of the river.

They were family men of strong character, active in public schools and the community. The “Carlisle School” was built near here. It was a five-room brick building which served students in the area from 1905 until 1923.

Many of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren settled and remained in this area. Carlisle Lane was a popular access to the Jordan River for irrigating, fishing, bird hunting, swimming, and berry picking. From this Carlisle family, like many other families from the “3900 block,” came great men who fought for their country and honorable citizens who cared greatly about their community.

This SUP Marker is located in General Holm Park along the Jordan River Parkway Trail in Salt Lake City.

See other historic markers in the series on this page for SUP Markers.

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Shipp Park

23 Monday Oct 2017

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Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park

Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp 1847-1939 When Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp graduated from Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia with a specialty in obstetrics and diseases of women and children, she returned to Salt Lake City to practice medicine and to open her school of Obstetrics and Nursing in 1878. Dr. Shipp trained thousands of midwives and nurses and delivered over 5,000 babies not only in Salt Lake, but in many other parts of Utah as well. She was a member of the first Board of Directors of Deseret Hospital which was founded in 1882. For most of her life she lived and practiced medicine on Second Avenue, just a few blocks from this park.

Park name submitted by Meg Brady 1987

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Located at 579 East Fourth Avenue in the Avenues Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Union Cemetery

18 Wednesday Oct 2017

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Union Cemetery’s name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery’s beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti- slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secessionist sentiment that threatened the nation’s unity. Because of a controversy over the cemetery’s ownership, the state enacted its first cemetery legislation, although its provisions did not affect Union Cemetery. The law of 1859 allowed for the incorporation of rural burial grounds. The state of California owned Union Cemetery from 1859 until 1962 when it was deeded to Redwood City.

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Solari Windmill

18 Wednesday Oct 2017

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Located at the Historic Union Cemetery.  The Solari Family Windmill was built in the 1880’s on the Solari farm, located at Whipple Avenue and Old County Road in Redwood City.

It was move in the 1930’s to the new family farm located on Manzanita Street near Middlefield Road and the railroad tracks, two blocks east of its present day location. It was again moved in 1990 as the property had been sold. To save the windmill from being demolished, it was disassembled and reconstructed on the grounds of the Garfield School and later disassembled again and stored at a Redwood City maintenance yard.

In May 2007, through the efforts of the City of Redwood City, Redwood City Parks and Recreation Department, and Redwood Parlor No. 66 Native Sons of the Golden West, the windmill was reassembled and refurbished at its present location in Union Cemetery, Redwood City.

The Solari Family Windmill is the last known functional windmill of its kind on the Peninsula.

George Solari, the last owner of the windmill was born in Redwood City on January 14, 1904 and lived on the family farms his entire life. He was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, Redwood Parlor No. 66, being initiated on July 17, 1924. He as an active member for 65 years, serving as Parlor President in 1945. George Solari passed on the Grand Parlor on High on March 29, 1998.

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This reconstructed windmill was originally built in the 1890’s on the George Solari family farm which was located near Whipple Avenue and Old County Road in Redwood City. When the area was subdivided in the 1930’s, the windmill was moved to the new family farm located near Woodside Road and Middlefield Road.

In 1990, the windmill was relocated to Garfield School as part of a new agricultural program. In order to save the windmill from demolition, Jean Cloud and Jeri Joseph-Hover encouraged the city of Redwood City to relocate the windmill to the city’s maintenance yard in June 2000. In 2006, the Union Cemetery site was approved as the new home of the Solari Windmill. The final phase of reconstruction was started in early 2007. Redwood Parlor #66 of the Native Sons of the Golden West refurbished the water tank house which was moved to the Union Cemetery site on May 18, 2007. This project was completed with the support of a number of local volunteers and community donations.

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