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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS5_desert-lake-victor-historical_Huntington-UT.html
Desert Lake, about 8 miles east of here, was first settled in 1885 by settlers building an irrigation ditch from Huntington Creek to the townsite and a reservoir to store the water for farming. In 1896 the dam broke, nearly drowning the small town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WRQ_birdseye-marble-quarry-historical_Fairview-UT.html
Looking east to the red ledges you can see the quarry, originally operated by the Mormon Church and others in the 1880's to the 1940's as the Nebo Rock Works, Thistle Rock Works and Birdseye Marble Quarry.
The stone polishes to a high degree and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WRM_robbers-roost-historical_Huntington-UT.html
Robber's Roost was a popular outlaw hideout located along the Outlaw Trail in Southeastern Utah. Sandwiched between the Colorado, Green and Dirty Devil Rivers, the roost is a savage stretch of land crisscrossed with steep-walled canyons, hidden ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WMJ_matt-warner-historical_Helper-UT.html
Matt Warner was born Willard E. Christiansen in Ephraim, Utah. He left home at the age of 14 after a fight in which he though he killed the town bully. He took the name Matt Warner, became a cattle rustler, bank robber and rode with Butch Cassidy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WMI_harding-school-historical_Price-UT.html
Harding School was named after President Warren G. Harding. Classes started August
1925 with George Fox as the first principal.
It was used as an elementary school until May 1968 when Principal James L. Jensen
called classes to order for the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WM2_mohrland-historical_Huntington-UT.html
Coal was first mined on Cedar Creek, about 9.4 miles N.W. of this location in 1906. Four men named Mays, Orem, Heiner and Rice bought the mines in 1908 and Castle Valley Fuel Co. was formed. In 1909 Castle Valley Fuel Co. became U.S. Fuel Co. and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WM1_hiawatha-historical_Huntington-UT.html
Hiawatha, about 13 miles NW of this location, was named from Longfellow's poem "Hiawatha." It was incorporated in Sept of 1911. In June of 1912, along with Blackhawk & Mohrland, it was purchased by the U.S. Fuel Company. Coal produced by Hiawatha …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLB_carbon-hotel-historical_Helper-UT.html
The Carbon Hotel was built in the early 1900's. It was first owned by C.A. Bartolino. The building was used as a hotel, bar, cafe and sporting house throughout the years. Due to the large number of single male immigrants into the local mines, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W3I_stairway-to-promontory-historical_Corinne-UT.html
The cut below you on the Union Pacific grade is a good example
of the stair step construction method used by the railroads. The
workers were set to grading, scraping and blasting on several
different levels of a cut at once. This method increas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W3H_ten-miles-of-track-historical_Corinne-UT.html
Ten miles
of
track, laid
in one day.
April 28th, 1869