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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8G_gardeners-club-hall_St-George-UT.html
Built just five years after St. George was settled, the Gardeners' Club Hall is considered to be the oldest public building standing in the city. This small, unassuming adobe building predates the courthouse, the Tabernacle and the Temple by sever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8F_south-rim-of-the-great-basin_Cedar-City-UT.html
The low ridge at the south end of this valley forms the south rim of the Great Basin, which in prehistoric times was the bed of a vast body of water now referred to as Lake Bonneville. It was so named in honor of Captain Benjamin L. E. Bonneville,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8E_old-brickyards_Cedar-City-UT.html
It is believed that the first fired bricks in Utah were made in Cedar City in connection with the attempt of the Deseret Iron Company to manufacture iron in 1852. The blast furnace was located in the vicinity of 400 North 100 East. Fired brick was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8C_legacy-of-the-black-pioneer_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
In 1824-26 the first black man came into Utah Territory. He was a trapper for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. His name was James Beckworth. In succeeding years many black people would follow to contribute to the development of Utah, socially and e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8B_modern-irrigation_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
Commemorating the beginning in America of Modern Irrigation in this vicinity on July 23 and 24, 1847, by the "Mormon" pioneers. —————————————"Encamped near the bank of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8A_iosepa-settlement-cemetery_Grantsville-UT.html
Mormon Church converts from Polynesia settled in Skull Valley in 1889-1917, working for the Church-owned Iosepa Agriculture and Stock Company.
Their settlement located ½ mile to the southwest, and named Iosepa (Joseph) after Joseph F. Smi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84_the-town-of-bingham-canyon_Bingham-Canyon-UT.html
The history of the town began in August 1848 when two young Mormon pioneers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham, settled in this narrow wilderness canyon to herd cattle. Within a few years the area became a supplier of timber for local saw mills. Much of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83_primary-childrens-hospital_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
The Primary Association, a children's organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, operated a children's hospital near hear for 30 years, from 1922 to 1952.? Located at 44 West North Temple Street.? Founded by Sarah Louise "Lou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7W_atomic-mission-hangar-1831_Wendover-UT.html
This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base. Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. With offices in the side wooden ?lean-to' buildings, there are 53,400 square feet total in the hangar. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7V_control-tower_Wendover-UT.html
Standing watch for years, this original tower is a historic landmark for the airport, Working with only radio and runway lighting, air controllers directed the heavy air traffic of the airfield. This tower did not have radar installed during the w…