Hillside Letters

Mountain monograms, hillside letters, letters on the mountain, whatever you call them they’re pretty common in the west. They started in 1905 with C for California Berkeley and U for University of Utah, then the Y for BYU in 1906 and it quickly spread to many, many Universities and High Schools adding letters above their city or town.

Growing up in Utah the hillside letters were very common, I decided to start another list here for the letters I come across.

— A’s —

• A – Alton
• A – Angel’s (Beatty, NV)
• ANETH

— B’s —

• B – Beatty, NV
• B – Beaver
• B – Bingham High (Bingham High)
• B – Bountiful
• B – Brigham City
• B – Brighton High (Cottonwood Heights)
• B – Henderson, Nevada (Basic)
• BL – Ben Lomond High (Ogden)
• BR – Bear River High School (Garland)
• BV – Bryce Valley High (Tropic)

— C’s —

• C – Carbon High School (Price)
• C – Cedar City
• C – Cleveland
• C – Cyprus High School (Magna)
• C – East Carbon
• CV – Cedar City
• CALICO (Calico Ghost Town, California)

— D’s —

• D – (Dixie – St George)
• D – Duchesne
• D – Henderson, Nevada
• DIXIE (St George, Utah)

— E’s —

• E – Elsinore
• E – Emery
• E – Enterprise
• E – Escalante
• E – Evanston
• EC – East Carbon

— F’s —

• F (Roosevelt)
• FG – Fountain Green
• FREMONT COUNTRY (Beaver area, Utah)

— G’s —

• G – Glenwood
• G – Goldfield, NV
• G – Green River
• G – Gunnison
• G – Moab
• G – Pleasant Grove
• GREEN VALLEY (St George, Utah)

— Hs —

• H – Henefer
• H – Highland High School (Salt Lake City)
• H – Hurricane
• H – near Lapoint
• HOLE N’ THE ROCK (Moab area, Utah)

— I’s —

• I – Independence HS (Provo)
• I – Intermountain Indian School (Brigham City)

— J’s —

• J – (Juab) Nephi

— K’s —

• K – Kanab
• K – Kingston

— L’s —

• L – (near Burrville)
• L – Lapoint
• L – La Verkin
• L – Leeds

— M’s —

• M – Mammoth
• M – Manila
• M – Manti
• M – Marysvale
• M – Millard HS (Fillmore)
• M – Moapa Valley (Overton, NV)
• M – Morgan
• M – Moroni
• M – Mountain Home
• MC – Mountain Crest HS (Hyrum)
• MV – Mountain View, WY

— N’s —

• NC – North Cache Jr. HS (Richmond)
• NR – North Rich Jr. HS (Laketown)
• NS – North Sevier HS (Salina)
• NS – North Summit HS (Coalville)

— P’s —

• P – (Parowan)
• P – Payson
• P – Peterson
• P – Piute HS (Junction)
• PC – Park City

— Q’s —

• Q – Henderson, Nevada (Quinton Robbins)

— R’s —

• R – Richfield
• R – Roosevelt

— S’s —

• S – Shivwits
• S – Skyline HS (Holladay)
• S – Snow College (Ephraim)
• S – Sterling
• SJ – San Juan HS (Blanding)
• SS – South Sevier (Monroe)
• SS – South Summit (Kamas)
• SV – Sky View HS (Smithfield)
• SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY

— T’s —

• T – Tabiona
• T – Tintic HS (Eureka)
• T – Tooele
• T – Tropic
• TRIDELL (Tridell)

— U’s —

• U – Uintah
• U – Uintah HS (Vernal)
• U – (University of Utah)

— V’s —

• V – Valley HS (Orderville)
• V – Venice
• V – Viewmont HS (Centerville)
• V – Virgin Valley High in Mesquite, NV

— W’s —

• W – Wayne High School (Bicknell)
• W – Wendover
• W – West High (Salt Lake)
• W – Whitehorse HS (Montezuma Creek)

— Y’s —

• Y – BYU