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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIJ_cedar-city-historic-pioneer-cemetery-wall_Cedar-City-UT.html
The reconstruction of the historic pioneer cemetery wall was completed in August 1994 as a memorial to the stalwart Mormon pioneers who settled this part of the American West and who originally built and dedicated the wall in the year 1886. It was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QA_jones-iron-works-park_Enoch-UT.html
IN MEMORY OF JOHN P. AND JOHN LEE JONES & SONS
MANUFACTURERS OF IRON
1856
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GQ_johnsons-fort_Enoch-UT.html
During the summer of 1851, a small company of men was exploring this area and discovered the springs on the bench one-fourth mile to the east. Joel H. Johnson was so impressed with the spot, that he sought and received permission from George A. Sm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GO_enoch-schoolhouse-and-tithing-office_Enoch-UT.html
Schoolhouse - The second schoolhouse in Enoch was a two-story structure built on this site in 1917-1918. It was a brick building containing two classrooms, two libraries, two bathrooms and a furnace room. Only one room served as a classroom, and o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GM_cedar-city-railroad-depot_Cedar-City-UT.html
Built in 1923, the Cedar City Railroad Depot is historically significant for its direct association with the railroad and its impact on Cedar City. In addition to stimulating the local iron ore and livestock industries, the railroad connection to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GL_heroine-of-china_Cedar-City-UT.html
Born and raised in Cedar City, Helen Foster Snow was a journalist, traveler, thinker, and activist who was present during the revolutionary period leading up to the establishment of the People's Republic of China and became a heroine to the people…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G5_first-cedar-encampment_Cedar-City-UT.html
Iron ore having been discovered at Iron Springs, Brigham Young called missionaries to Iron County to make iron. A militia of 35 men was organized in Parowan, Nov. 5, 1851, under Captain Henry Lunt. Part of the company left Nov. 10th in 11 wagons a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G4_pioneer-iron-works-blast-furnace_Cedar-City-UT.html
To satisfy an urgent need for manufactured iron products, a small group of English, Welch, Scotch, Irish and American pioneers answered a call from Brigham Young to become "Iron Missionaries" to settle Iron County and to make iron. They arrived in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FF_fort-cedar_Cedar-City-UT.html
In November 1851, thirty-five men from Parowan settled Cedar City. A unique temporary encampment, composed of their wagon boxes and sage brush walls, sheltered them through the first winter. In 1853, a fort 100 rods square was built on this site. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FE_the-casting-of-the-lots_Cedar-City-UT.html
On July 29, 1776, Fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante led an exploration party of ten horsemen from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to establish an overland route to Monterey, California, while spreading the Catholic faith …