Sly Park

Sly Park, located 40 miles east of Sutter’s Fort and 10 miles east of Pleasant Valley, California, was one of the gathering places for discharged members of the Mormon Battalion. These men were preparing to travel to the Salt Lake Valley to join leader Brigham Young and the pioneers who were arriving there. In July 1846, 500 men, all members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), had volunteered in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to serve 1 year in the United States Army under the leadership of General Stephen W. Kearney and to help the United States in the war with Mexico. These men of the Mormon Battalion marched 2,000 miles from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to California-the longest infantry march within the United States. They arrived on January 29, 1847. By then, the war with Mexico was over, and they were discharged in Los Angeles on July 16, 1847.

About 100 ex-soldiers traveled north and remained to work for Captain John Sutter on various projects around the Sacramento Valley. Some of them discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in January 1848, which began the western gold rush.

The men, who were anxious to leave California to join their families and friends in the Salt Lake Valley, searched for a suitable site during the summer of 1848 where everyone could meet and plan the trip. They found a spot named Pleasant Valley, about 8 miles southeast of Placerville, where they assembled wagons and made other preparations to travel.

While traveling further east, several of the men found a pleasant mountain meadow with a stream near Pollack Pines that was ideal for grazing cattle. One of the men, James Calvin Sly, carved his name on a tree trunk, which became a landmark and gave the area its name, Sly Park. Sly Park became the final rendezvous point for the group. The party included 43 men, 1 woman, 1 small cannon, 17 wagons, 150 horses, and 150 head of cattle.

These former members of the Mormon Battalion turned their backs on the rich gold fields for their families and their church. They pioneered the first road over the Sierra Range at Carson Pass.

This is Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #547, erected by the James Calvin Sly Camp and Placer Company DUP in 2008 at the Jenkinson Lake Trail Head and Waterfall Trail Head off Mormon Immigrant Trail at Pollock Pines, California.

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2162 Monroe Boulevard in the Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

From Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District:
Due to the growing development in the bench neighborhood, and as people started to live more and more in the eastern part of the district farther away from town, local grocers and meat markets started to rise up in the area to cater the community. Several started to be built in the 1910s, including the Sawyer Bros. Grocery at 1012 22nd Street, c. 1912; Farnsworth Grocery at 2162 Monroe Boulevard, c. 1914; and the Mollerup Grocer at 2669 Jackson Avenue, c. 1915. Some precursors were the Kasius Grocery at 743 23rd Street, c. 1905; and the Poulter Grocery and Dry Goods Store at 2570 Gramercy Avenue, c. 1893. The Kasius Store was built in 1905, a small commercial block constructed in front of Andrew Kasius’s home. Mr. Kasius, a Holland native, moved to Ogden, with his family, during the boom years to run an umbrella market on Washington Boulevard. In the early 1900s he then moved to the Central Bench District, where he then opened up the grocery store. Mr. Kasius is a good example of a common story in Ogden and the Central Bench District. As many newcomers made their way to Ogden they usually stayed in the industrial/commercial sector of town west of the district. As they continued to live in Ogden, they often worked their way up to the more stable and peaceful community that was the bench.

Cousin’s Row

What is now 6000 S. was called Cousin’s Row. Original members of Cousin’s Row include:

• William E. & Celestia Baker
• Henry & Sarah Field
• Henry & Hannah Field
• Justin T. & Sarah R. Cole Grover
• Richard & Elizabeth B. Jones

Each settler was allowed 80 acres by US Government Homestead Act.

2968 West 6000 South in Roy, Utah

This cross-wing house consists of two wings placed at right angles so that the floor plan resembles an “L.” After 1880, the cross-wing style of house replaced the hall-parlor style as the most common Utah house type. The stylistic emphasis of the house is divided equally between the façade of the projecting wing and the porch fronting the main entrance in the flanking wing. Houses of this type are typically one and a half stories tall, as seen here. The cross-wing house was initially developed in association with the Gothic Revival and Italianate styles, but during the late nineteenth century it became a popular plan for Victorian dwellings as well. This home features Italianate decoration such as the arched pediment over the 300 South entrance.

The history of this home is difficult to trace because of the two addresses. In 1930 Charles H. and Lenore Taylor lived at 192 East 300 South. In 1924 Joseph Buttle and Leland Buttle, the chairman of Columbia Steel, lived at 140 South 200 East, but by 1939 several Buttles had moved into this home. Leland B. and Faye J. Buttle were in the home. Leland B. taught at Dixon Junior High School. Grant Buttle was a clerk at the Lewis Ladies Store and Mrs. Mary Buttle was a county welfare clerk. In 1953 Faye J. Buttle is listed as an instructor at BYU. Mary B. Buttle is listed as the widow of Joseph. Lewis and Faye Buttle still lived in the home in 1978.

185 East 300 South in Provo, Utah (or 292 S 200 E )

This is where they filmed the scene from the TV Mini-Series “The Stand” which was released in1994.

It was filmed at 590 Border Station Road in Coalville, Utah

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Stevens Cannery

2757 West 6000 South in Roy, Utah

Ole Peterson House

Constructed c. 1872, this early adobe hall-and- parlor type house features simulated-stone plasterwork and a Victorian-style porch. Ole Peterson built the house and lived here until 1882, when he sold it to Hans Nielsen. Nielsen was a farmer and stockholder in the Young Men’s Co-op store. Nielsen also built the stone bunkhouse and a livery stable (demolished c. 1970). Joe Schofield purchased the house in 1906. Joe delivered the town’s mail to the D&RGW rail depot and also ran, a livery.

15 East 200 North in the Spring City Historic District in Spring City, Utah