1224 1st Avenue

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1224 East First Avenue in The Avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah

Detective Green B. Hamby Memorial

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Salt Lake City Police Department
Honoring Our Fallen

Detective Green B. Hamby
Killed in the Line of Duty
February 8, 1921


Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across the street from this site. Acting on a tip, Hamby and other officers went to the Nord Hotel at 59 1⁄2 East 200 South. While attempting to gain access to a room where the men had been staying, Detective Hamby was shot in the head by a
fourth suspect hiding inside. The suspect was killed by return fire from the other officers.
Hamby, 49, was married and had three children. Detective Hamby is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.


Learn more about all of SLCPD’s fallen officers at http://www.slcpd.com.
Proudly Sponsored by the John W. Gallivan Utah Center Erected by the Police History Project, April 2013

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This marker is located at the Gallivan Center at 239 South Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah

Mattie Henshaw Home

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539 Third Avenue

Mattie D. Henshaw had this Victorian Eclectic-style house constructed in 1905, the same year her husband Joseph died. Mrs Henshaw lived in the house until 1907. Since that time it has had several owners including the president of a mining company, a sheep raiser, a market owner, and a lawyer.
Several Victorian elements that add to the house’s eclecticism are combined in the design; these include an asymmetrical facade, multiple gables, and a variety of materials. The house contributes architecturally to the Avenues Historic District.

539 East Third Avenue in the Avenues Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Early Settlers of Emery County

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Early Settlers of Emery County

In 1877 Brigham Young called for 50 families from Sanpete Stake to settle Castle Valley. As a result, Orange Seely was called by the Mormon Church to lead the colonization of the valley. On October 20, 1877, Orange Seely, John Jorgensen, Aaron Oman, Erastus Curtis, Neils Miller, Jasper Peterson, James Wilcox, George Bruno, Joseph Burnett, and Chris Peel left Mount Pleasant to begin the colonization of Castle Valley.

This historic marker was erected July 23, 1983 by the Mountain Charlie Chapter No. 1850 of E Clampus Vitus and is located at Castle Dale City Hall at 90 East Main Street in Castle Dale, Utah.