Ibapah, also known as Deep Creek, is an Indian name which means deep, clay-colored water.
Mail service, mining, grazing, freighting, traveling, missionary service to the Indian people, and ranching were reasons for settlement at Ibapah. An abundance of lush pastureland, water, timber, and minerals was appealing to pioneers in search of a home.
James Worthington, Harrison Severe, and Wilford Hudson established a church farm in 1859 in order to teach farming skills to the Indians. The same year, Major Howard Egan homesteaded at Deep Creek. Early postmaster John C. Devine subsequently operated a general store adjacent to Egans. Rufus Burrington was a Pony Express station manager at nearby Eight Mile, Nevada. These early founders were forerunners of the following pioneers and their families:
- John Bach
- Owen H. Barrus
- Sheldon D. Bates
- Edgar and Elizabeth Bonnermort
- Benjamin L. Bowen
- Fred Boyd
- Wade P. Calloway
- William Chastain
- N. Peter Christiansen
- John, William, and Abraham Cook
- Charlie Dale
- Joseph Everill
- John and Hilda Erickson
- Henry J Faust
- Charles Felt
- Egerton R. Ferguson
- James C. Ferguson
- Frances J. Gash
- Gentile Georgetta
- Henry T. Goldsmith
- Samuel Hall
- George Hendry
- M. C. Hibbard
- John U. Hicks
- Tom Irvin
- John F. Jacaway
- John Jackson
- William Kelley
- Isaac Lee
- Joseph Lee
- William Lee
- Samuel Littledike
- Miles H. McBride
- William McCurdy
- Alexander Miller
- S. Ephraim Mulliner
- Alexander Noble
- James H. Larkins
- Wade H. Parrish
- William Probert
- Owen Sheridan
- James W. Skinner
- Frederick Snively
- Charles Stewart
- Stephen C. Symonds
- Edwin Tadlock
- John Thomas
- David Weaver
- James Weaver
- William F. West
This historic marker is located in Ibapah, Utah
