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Black Rock Station

28 Saturday Mar 2020

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Blackrock Station
Pony Express 1860-61
St. Joseph, Mo. – Sacramento, Cal.
Also Overland Stage & Freight Route 1858-1868

This monument constructed by enrollees of U. S. Grazing Division, C. C. C. Camp G-116, Company 2529.

Note: The above is a replica of the marker placed in 1940 (replica placed in 2017). However, no records prior to 1862 show a station here. This includes the 1861 Pony Express Schedule. In 1862, this new station was built by the Central Overland Stage & Freight and used by others.

This is Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association historic marker #90 and Sons of Utah Pioneers historic marker #236, located along the pony express trail in Utah’s west desert and erected August 23, 1940.

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The First Statewide Pioneer Day Celebration

03 Friday Jan 2020

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The First Statewide Pioneer Day Celebration Was held in this Basin July 23-24, 1857

Headed by Brigham Young, the company reaching here July 23d numbered 2,587 persons, with 464 carriages & wagons, 1,028 horses & mules, and 332 oxen & cows.

A program of addresses, six brass bands, singing, athletic events, drills by six companies of militia, and dancing, was punctuated by salutes from a brass howitzer. U. S. flags were flown from two highest peaks and two highest trees, the flag tree in front of Brigham Young’s campsite being 70 feet N. W. of here. At noon July 24, Judson Stoddard and A. O. Smoot, 20 days from the States, with Elias Smith and O. P. Rockwell, arrived with news of the advance of Johnston’s army against the “Mormons”. The company returned in orderly formation on July 25th.

UPTLA Marker #14 in Brighton, Utah

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In Tribute to the Utah Pioneers

06 Tuesday Nov 2018

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2018-09-01 11.51.57

In Tribute to the Utah Pioneers

In Tribute to The Utah Pioneers – The founders of Utah, stalwart empire builders, led by Brigham Young, entered the valley of the Great Salt Lake as its first permanent settlers July 24, 1847. This was then Mexican Territory. By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848, the area was ceded to the United States.

As the first organized government in the Rocky Mountain Region, the provisional State of Deseret was created March 5, 1849, to function under its Constitution until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise provide. The Territory of Utah was established September 9, 1850. Brigham Young, who had been elected governor of Deseret, was appointed governor of the Territory of Utah by Millard Fillmore, the President of the United States.

Utah became the 45th State in the Union January 4, 1896.

With loyalty to high principles and unwavering trust in God, the “Mormon” Pioneers established this commonwealth framing its government according to the orderliness of their lives, thus gaining for themselves and their posterity the inspiring freedom assured to all citizens of our Republic.

U.P.T.L.A. # 19 is located at the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Pioneer Square

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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  • 2018-05-26 17.46.27

Pioneer Square

First Pioneer Fort in the Salt Lake Valley where the Mormon Pioneers wintered in 1847-48 and in which some of the settlers resided for several years.

(The monument is still in the center of the park but the plaque is missing)

Located in Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City.  

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In 2020 the monument was moved from the center of the park to the northeast corner and a new plaque was added to it.

The plaque reads:

Pioneer Sqaure

This monument marks the site of the “old fort” in which the Mormon pioneers wintered in 1847-48 and in which some of the settlers resided for several years. Brigham Young laid the foundation stones on August 10, 1847, for 4 of the 17 houses erected of logs and sun-dried mud blocks. On August 11, 1847, the first adobe in the 9-foot wall was laid. The houses formed part of the wall that enclosed this 10 acre block, as protection against Indians. The fort was completed in November, 1847. On July 24, 1898, Pioneer Square was dedicated as a public park. The improved park was opened July 24, 1903.

Cache Valley

08 Monday Oct 2018

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  • 2018-04-20 12.03.37

Cache Valley

Known to the Indians as Willow Valley – was renamed by fur trappers and traders in the winter of 1825 – 1826.

James Bridger led the first trappers to a winter encampment near here in 1824. Towards December 1825, William Sublette, in charge of Gen. William H. Ashley’s mountain men, ordered many of the season’s furs cached in this vicinity.

Those interested in the furs stored to await Gen. Ashley’s merchandise caravan of 1826, and similar caravans in subsequent years, were William I. Sublette, James Bridger, Jedediah S. Smith, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Etienne Provot, Robert Campbell, James P. Beckwourth, David E. Jackson, Louis Vasquez, Jean Baptiste Gervais, Moses Harris, and many others.

This marker is located at the Logan Tabernacle in Logan, Utah.  Check out all of the historic markers placed by the Sons of Utah Pioneers and UPTLA at JacobBarlow. com/sup

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The First Settlers of Logan

08 Monday Oct 2018

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2018-04-20 12.05.20

The First Settlers of Logan

The first settlers of Logan encamped near this spot on the bank of the Little Logan early in May 1859
Heads of families

  • John R. Blanchard
  • Thomas E. Landers
  • Abraham Caldwell
  • John Nelson
  • Griffith Charles
  • George Peacock
  • Israel J. Clark
  • Jesse Pearson
  • Ann Davis
  • David Reese
  • William Dees
  • Joel Ricks
  • James Deming
  • Edward W. Smith
  • Sidney Dibble
  • Ralph Smith
  • Morgan S. Evans
  • Benjamin Williams
  • Morgan Evans
  • John E. Jones
  • John P. Wright

In memory of these pioneers and others who followed during that year. This monument was erected by the citizens of Logan May 6, 1909

This marker is located at the Logan Tabernacle in Logan, Utah.  Check out all of the historic markers placed by the Sons of Utah Pioneers and UPTLA at JacobBarlow. com/sup

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Sister of the Holy Cross

26 Wednesday Sep 2018

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2017-12-23 14.28.54

Sister of the Holy Cross

Catholic Pioneers in the Cause of Christian Education and Charity in Utah In June 1875 in answer to the appeal of the Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, two sisters of the Holy Cross, Mother M. Augusta and Sister M. Raymond, came to Salt Lake City. In August they were joined by Sisters M. Pauline, Anna, Josepha, Holy Innocents, and Petronella, and in September they opened St. Mary’s Academy at 152 South First West Street. In October of the same year Sisters M. Holy Cross, Bartholomew, and Bernard opened Holy Cross Hospital at 50 South Fifth East Street. The hospital was established on the present site in 1882. The College and Academy of St. Mary-of-the-Wasatch and Holy Cross Hospital stand today as monuments to mark the trail of these pioneer Sisters.

This is U.P.T.L.A. Marker #18, merged with the S.U.P. Markers listed here.  This marker is located at 1051 East 100 South in Salt Lake City in front of the Salt Lake Regional Medical Center.

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Paragonah Fort

05 Thursday Apr 2018

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2018-02-18 18.11.15

Paragonah Fort

Paragonah was founded in 1852. Indian troubles caused its abandonment a year later until 1855 when the Pioneer Fort was built. The site was selected and dedicated by President Brigham Young. The Fort was 105 feet square with walls 3 feet thick at the base. A second story was added in 1857. A large room served as Church, School and Amusement Hall. Homes were built around the inside of the wall. The public square includes the site of the Fort, which was torn down in 1879.

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Willow Spring Pony Express Station

31 Wednesday Jan 2018

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Willow Springs Pony Express Station

This station was established April 3, 1860 on the route of the Pony Express between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. It was discontinued October 27, 1861 when the transcontinental telegraph line was opened.

An overland stage station was operated here from 1859 to 1870.

Note: The Willow Springs Home Station, located at the Bagley Ranch on the western end of Callao, shows evidence of a well-used station. The monument and the buildings, which comprised the home station, are still standing and are in good condition. This station is one of the best-preserved stations in the U.S., and is the only existing home station maintained on private property. This station, because of its existing structures, is one of the most interesting and most frequently visited in Utah.

This is Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association historic marker #83 later adopted by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, located along the pony express trail in Callao, Utah and erected August 24, 1939.

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Utah’s First Indian Battle

29 Monday Jan 2018

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2017-11-25 15.04.55

In Commemoration of Utah’s First Indian Battle.

The first battle between Indians and the Utah Pioneers occurred in February 1849, two miles east of this monument, near the mouth of the canyon, between the Deseret Militia and the Indians. The stream and canyon were named “Battle Creek” from that encounter.

This is U.P.T.L.A. Marker # 56, see other SUP/UPTLA Markers on this page.  This historic marker is located in Downtown Park in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

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