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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BG8_pioneer-cabin_Delta-UT.html
This pioneer cabin was built in December 1907 by Henry J. McCullough and was the second house in the town of Melville. One month later January 18, 1908, the first Post Office was established and the name changed to Burtner. Adjoining this cabin, o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BG7_mccullough-log-house-and-post-office_Delta-UT.html
Constructed November 1907 - January 1908 by Henry McCullough, his two sons and son-in-law, of logs hauled 30 miles from Fillmore. Delta's first Post Office — January 1908 - March 1912.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BG6_fort-deseret_Delta-UT.html
Built in 1866 of Adobe mud by two teams of 98 men to protect the settlers during Black Hawk Indian Wars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BG4_fort-deseret_Delta-UT.html
Erected as a defense against Pahvant Indians in the Black Hawk War, completed in 18 days by 98 men. Wm. S. Hawley and Isaac W. Pierce, foremen; John W. Radford, Supt. Opening celebration July 25, 1865. The fort was 550 feet square, bastions at Nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BG3_deseret-relief-society-hall_Delta-UT.html
The Relief Society in Deseret was first organized in September of 1877. This group of women met in each other's homes until 1878, when they had a large, one-room adobe hall built. In 1894 the members of the Relief Society decided they should const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFY_gunnison-massacre-site_Delta-UT.html
In 1853, Captain John W. Gunnison was selected to lead an expedition to find a trans-continental railroad route. He followed the Old Spanish Trail through Salina Canyon, over the mountains to Pahvant Valley, and upon reaching Fillmore, visited his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9K_escalante-trail_Delta-UT.html
Father Escalante camped here October 2, 1776. His exploring party of ten men headed by Father Francisco Dominguez and map-maker Pacheco preached to the Indians and charted a northern route between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Monterey, California. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9J_topaz-1942-1946_Delta-UT.html
Fifteen miles west at Abraham is the location of the bleak desert site of a concentration camp, one of ten in Western America, in which 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned against their will during World War II. They were the victim…