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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKA_hyland-hotel_Monticello-UT.html
This Home was constructed by Joseph Henry Wood between 1916-18 in the Arts and Crafts style of wood and sandstone quarried from a site near south Creek four miles southwest of Monticello. The stone cutting, dressing, and laying was supervised by E…
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March 12, 1887 Frederick I. Jones, Farley R. Butt, Charles E. Walton and George A. Adams came here to start the L.D.S. Blue Mountain Mission. After their families arrived they camped at Verdure the first summer. In 1888 the families of M. Peterson…
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This original log cabin is representative of the housing of the early pioneers in the area. It was first occupied by three brothers, Warren, John, and Scotty Williamson during the 1880s in Dry Valley., Utah. It is believed that the Williamson brot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK7_old-log-church_Monticello-UT.html
This log church is a replica of the first church in Monticello. The original church, built in 188 for religious worship, also became the core of community activities. It was a school, a refuge for the homeless, a place to dance, a site for public …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK6_sod-roof-cabin_Monticello-UT.html
Hispanics have a very long history in the Southwest, dating back to the early 1600s. The Old Spanish Trail trade from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to California, passed through San Juan County near Monticello. There were no supply stations nor permanent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK5_cowboy-tack-shed_Monticello-UT.html
The first white settlers of the region were cattlemen. Cattle were first introduced into the San Juan County-Blue Mountain area during the 1870s. Large numbers of the animals were placed on the thousands of acres of lush grasses which grew in the …
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The oldest Mormon settlement in the Blue Mountain Region was first known as South Montezuma. Later the name was changed to Verdure after the lush green growth along the stream bed. Verdure was settled by men of the Blue Mountain Mission March 11, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0W_wooden-shoe-arch_Monticello-UT.html
Wooden Shoe Arch, visible on the horizon, has been here for thousands of years. But the rock it's made of is much older. During the Pennsylvanian age (300 million years ago) this area was inundated by an inland sea. As the water evaporated, it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2I1_newspaper-rock_Monticello-UT.html
Newspaper Rock is a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone that records approximately 2,000 years of early man's activities. Prehistoric peoples, probably from the Archoic, Basketmaker, Fremont and Pueblo cultures, etched on the rock from B.C. to A.…
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