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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29VB_john-wesley-powell-on-the-green-river_Moab-UT.html
In May 1869, Major John Wesley Powell set out on a remarkable mission: to explore the uncharted canyons and waters of the Green and Colorado rivers. Powell, a geology professor and one-armed Civil War veteran, began the journey with nine novice oa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKC_star-hall_Moab-UT.html
Constructed from 1905 to 1906 by local craftsmen, Star Hall is architecturally significant as a fine local example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and is historically significant for the role it has played in the community over the years …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJB_scott-m-matheson_Moab-UT.html
(There are two markers mounted on the kiosk)
Dedication
In June 1991, the Nature Conservancy dedicated this preserve in honor of one of Utah's leading environmental advocates: Scott M. Matheson.
As Utah's governor, Matheson earned a reputa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJA_elk-mountain-mission_Moab-UT.html
In April 1855, forty one men under the leadership of Alfred N. Billings were called to establish a mission in the Elk Mountains. They left Salt Lake City May 7, 1855, arrived at Grand River June 11, and selected the site for a settlement. By July …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ9_the-old-log-cabin_Moab-UT.html
Log cabins used to be common in Moab. I am the oldest one left. I was built, most likely, by the first bishop of Moab, Randolph Stewart, for his third plural wife, Marietta, about 1881. The Stanley's, a family of four lived here in 1908 after they…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ8_early-l-d-s-church_Moab-UT.html
One room of this building, formerly the L.D.S. Church, was erected in 1888. Two years later a second room was added. The bishop was Randolph Stewart; building committee: O.W. Warner, who donated the land, Henry Holyoak, and O.D. Allen; supervisors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ7_moab-l-d-s-church_Moab-UT.html
Constructed of adobe in 1889, the Moab L.D.S. Church was built nine years after the establishment of Moab in 1880. Angus Stocks supervised the laying of the foundation and adobes. Within a few years of original construction an addition was made to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ5_grand-old-ranch-house_Moab-UT.html
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Plaque above: Built 1896
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ4_the-spanish-trail_Moab-UT.html
Kane Springs, San Juan County, was a major water stop along the historic Spanish Trail, in use from 1829 to 1848. Large trade caravans halted here and drank from the abundant spring waters. In autumn months, pack trains carried woolen textiles and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SJ3_tracks-in-the-canyon_Moab-UT.html
Human activities have changed the face of Canyonlands. Livestock grazing in the late 19th century altered plant communities. The roads and seismic lines you see below were constructed in the 1950s in a search for uranium and oil. Mining and grazin…