The cemetery in Central, Utah in Washington County.

Just a placeholder until I can hike up and get some better documentation of the E above Enterprise, Utah.

See also, my collection of hillside/mountainside letters and words.

Built in 1911 with $10,000 donated by Andrew Carnegie, the Murray Carnegie Library later became part of the city office building and also Mount Vernon Academy and after that it sat empty for many years.

(update, it was demolished March 11th 2020)

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A plaque on the wall in the current library says:

As early as 1900, a collection of books was made by a women’s club. This club maintained a library reading room in a home until 1912

In 1912, with the donation of the women’s club’s 515 books valued at $1,000.00, and through a petition, one mill was levied for a public library. A room in the original city hall was used for this purpose.

In 1915, the Carnegie Foundation, together with the city furnished $21,129.00 for the building of the original library. The board of education had donated the ground and the building was built in 1915.

In 1970 through action of present and former library board members, city officials and a united community effort, funds were raised for the present addition.

The City Hall was erected in 1939. It was built through the Works and Progress Administration construction program.

It was dedicated August 23, 1939.

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The Consolidated Furniture building was erected in 1927 by F. C. Jensen, who used the building for manufacturing and selling furniture. The building was owned by the original tenant until 1973.

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Pioneer Sundial

Parowan was founded January 13, 1851 by settlers from northern communities under the leadership of George A. Smith. Among the early structures were a large liberty pole and a sundial.

This marker designates the site of the community sundial placed here in 1852. The base of this structure is a burr from the Pioneer Grist Mill.

This sundial is a reproduction of the original made by the pioneers of Parowan. The Liberty Pole was one block south.

Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association and the People of Parowan. No. 62 Erected May 10, 1936. (see others in the series here)

Todd Jay Christensen

(From FindaGrave) Professional Football Player. For ten seasons (1979 to 1988), he played at the tight end position in the National Football League with the New York Giants and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Born Todd Jay Christensen, he was raised in Eugene, Oregon where he attended Henry D. Sheldon High School. He played collegiate football at Brigham Young University and while with the Cougars under Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards, Christensen was a contributor to four Western Athletic Conference Championship squads. Individually, he earned first-team All-WAC status and received MVP honors at the Blue-Gray Football Classic in 1977. Selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 1978 NFL Draft, he ended up on the Giants’ roster one year later. He played only one game for New York in 1979, prior to being signed by the Raiders. Primarily a special teams player, he experienced a Super Bowl championship season in 1980, for which culminated with a victory in Super Bowl XV, as the Raiders defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27 to 10 in January 1981. His greatness as an offensive weapon came to fruition in 1983, as he led the NFL with 92 receptions and yielded career-highs with 1,247 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. He factored greatly in the Raiders’ Super Bowl year of 1983, for which resulted with a 38 to 9 defeat over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII in January 1984. In 1986, he topped the NFL once again in receptions with 95. In 137 regular season games, he compiled 461 receptions with 5,872 yards and 41 touchdowns. He earned Pro-Bowl honors five-times (1983 to 1987) and received First-Team All-Pro recognition twice (1983 and 1985). After retiring as a player, he served as a TV analyst for college and professional football games. He is a member of the Brigham Young Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Christensen had suffered from a variety of health issues including liver disease.

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