Pioneer Cabin

27 Tuesday May 2014

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Delta, DUP, historic, Historic Markers, Millard County, utah

This pioneer cabin was built in December 1907 by Henry J. McCullough and was the second house in the town of Melville. One month later January 18, 1908, the first Post Office was established and the name changed to Burtner. Adjoining this cabin, on March 5, 1908, the first store was opened for business. The first Sunday School of the vicinity was organized in this building on September 8, 1908.

This historic marker is #119 of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers markers and is located at the city park in Delta, Utah

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McCullough Log House and Post Office

Constructed November 1907 – January 1908 by Henry McCullough, his two sons and son-in-law, of logs hauled 30 miles from Fillmore. Delta’s first Post Office – January 1908 – March 1912.

Pioneer Fire Station

27 Tuesday May 2014

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Pioneer Fire Station
This building is erected in commemoration of the valiant services of the volunteer firemen of Ogden. Organized October, 1874; disbanded, 1916. Joshua Williams was its first Chief, and it was known as the “Bucket Brigade.” Two fire stations were built in Ogden under their direction. Funds for the erection of this building given by the Ogden Pioneers Days Celebration.

This is Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #116.

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Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #116 located at 340 Washington Blvd in Ogden, Utah.

Update:
This has been moved to 450 North Street in Ogden, Utah.

Gunnison

24 Saturday May 2014

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DUP, Gunnison, historic, Historic Markers, Sanpete County, utah

No. 110
Erected 1947
Gunnison

Gunnison, Utah, was settled in 1859. As a precinct, Gunnison was granted weekly U.S. Mail service in 1862. The Black Hawk War began in 1865. A bastion was erected in 1865, 362 feet southeast of here. It was used by General Pace and 1,500 militiamen to help protect people and property of Gunnison and the surrounding settlements from warring Indians. The old fort surrounded a four block square running west and south from the Gunnison Ward chapel and Washington School block.

Santaquin

23 Friday May 2014

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The town of Santaquin was settled in the spring of 1851. At that time it was called Summit Creek, as it was located on a ridge between Utah and Juab counties. Due to Indian hostilities in 1853, the settlers were forced to leave their homes and move to Payson. In 1856, Summit Creek was permanently settled. The name was changed to Santaquin in 1875, after an Indian chief who befriended the settlers.

This is D.U.P. historic marker #109, located in Squash Head Memorial Park at about 45 East Main Street in Santaquin, Utah.

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Pioneer Cabin

23 Friday May 2014

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Cabins, DUP, historic, Historic Homes, Historic Markers, Plain City, utah, Weber County

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Plain City was settled in 1859 by a group of pioneers from Lehi. The city was laid out in five-acre squares of four lots each, the work being done at night with the North Star as a guide to mark the blocks accurately. This was the second cabin built here and the builder was John Carver, Sr. It was typical of other pioneer homes used here at that time.

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English Fort

23 Friday May 2014

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Cemeteries, DUP, Forts, historic, Historic Markers, Salt Lake County, Taylorsville, utah, West Valley

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In 1853 the settlers west of the Jordan River were advised by President Brigham Young to build a fort, to protect them from Indians. Thick walls of rock and adobe, with one gate surrounded two acres of land. Adobe partitions separated dwellings that faced a central area containing a combined church and school and a well of brackish water. The fort was located north of the present site of Taylorsville Cemetery. The foundation of this marker is built of rock from pioneer homes of this community.

Above: The historic marker that was there from 1941 until at least 2007 when I took the photos.

Below: I returned in 2017 and the plaque is replaced with a new look and slightly rearranged wording.

Upon the advice of Brigham Young, the first settlers west of the Jordan River built English Fort in 1853 for protection from Indians. Thick walls of rock and adobe with one gate surrounded the two acres of land. Adobe partitions separated the dwellings within which faced a central area containing a combined church and school and a well of brackish water. The fort was located north of the present site of Taylorsville Cemetery. The foundation of this historic marker is built of rock from the original pioneer homes of this community.

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Charleston Pioneers

22 Thursday May 2014

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In 1859 George Noakes and William Manning and families came to Provo Valley and settled near the Noakes Spring, where they built the first homes (2 blocks North and 2 blocks West). Other settlers soon followed and a church and school were erected. George Noakes became a leader among the settlers and won the friendship of the Indians. Many of the old landmarks are now covered by the Deer Creek Reservoir. The Kettle on the top of this marker was brought across the plains in 1847.

Las Vegas Fort

22 Thursday May 2014

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In 1855 Pres. Brigham Young appointed a company of men under the leadership of William Bringhurst to establish a colony at Las Vegas. The company left Salt Lake May 10 and arrived at Las Vegas June 14, 1855 and camped near this site. William Bringhurst was appointed President. Wm. S. Covert and Ira S. Miles, counselors. Sunday, June 17 they built a bowery and held their first religious services. The next day they began to build the fort, 150 feet square, with walls 14 feet high, 2 feet wide at base and 1 foot at top.

The text above is from Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #40, located at Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park at 500 E Washington Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada

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First Icelandic Settlement in USA

22 Thursday May 2014

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First Settlement of
Icelanders
in the United States

Leif Eriksson, an Icelander, discovered America in 1000 A.D. Eight centuries later 1855-1860 sixteen pioneers from Iceland established in Spanish Fork the first permanent Icelandic settlement in the United States. They were: Samuel Bjarnson & Wife Margret; Thordur Didriksson & wife Helga; Gudmundur Gudmundsson; Loftur Jonsson & wife Gudrun; Jon Jonsson & wife Anna; Gudrun Jonsdottir: Magnus Bjarnson & wife Thuridur; Vigdis Bjarnadottir (Holt); Gundy E. Haflidiason; Ragnhildur S. Hanson and Mary H. Sherwood.

The Manti Pioneers

21 Wednesday May 2014

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MANTI PIONEERS
The Manti Pioneers under the direction of Bishop Isaac Morley, 224 Pioneers, arrived in this vicinity November 22, 1849 in response to an invitation from Indian Chief Walker to President Brigham Young. Their first homes were dugouts in the south side of Temple Hill. That winter heavy snows, loss of animals, famine and serious Indian trouble taxed their endurance. The following spring, they found they had settled in a rattlesnake den. Hundreds of reptiles were killed. The city of Manti was surveyed and named in 1850.

No. 32
Erected June 17, 1938
Manti Camp D.U.P.