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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HT_old-comedy-hall_Parowan-UT.html
The Parowan Dramatic Association was organized in 1851 with Edward Dalton president, Jessie V. Smith, Joseph, Jane and Annie Fish, David and Wm. Cluff, Wm. C. McGregor and Ed Ward, members. Plays were produced in Log Council House and Rock Church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HS_d-u-p-relic-hall_Parowan-UT.html
This building, erected in 1866, served the community of Parowan for 52 years as a religious and cultural center. Later it was given by the L.D.S. Church to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, who in 1939-40 restored the old edifice and in 1949-50 impr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HR_pioneer-rock-church_Parowan-UT.html
This church built of sandstone brought from Parowan Canyon, started in 1863 and completed about 1876, was the religious center of Parowan Valley. The large amusement hall in the basement was used for school and dances. A stage was erected in the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HQ_pioneer-sundial_Parowan-UT.html
Parowan was founded January 13, 1851 by settlers from northern communities under the leadership of George A. Smith. Among the early structures were a large liberty pole and a sundial. This marker designates the site of the community sundial placed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HP_first-school-house-and-council-house-in-iron-county_Parowan-UT.html
"I commenced a grammar school in my wickiup by the light of the fire and only one grammar book." Diary of George A. Smith, February 25, 1851. The first school house, 18 x 24 feet, was built west of the Council House and dedicated December 25, 1851…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HG_parowan-cotton-factory_Parowan-UT.html
On this site, in 1862 the first Cotton Factory was erected in the west. Designed and operated by William Marsden and owned by Ebenezer Hanks. Here the first ball of Cotton Yarn was made west of the Mississippi River.
Girls That Worked in the Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14HF_william-and-julia-lyman-house_Parowan-UT.html
Constructed c. 1895, the William and Julia Lyman House is a type known as a central passage, where a central hallway divides the two equally sized main-floor rooms. The Lyman House is one of only a few of this type remaining in Parowan. The centra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GZ_southern-utah-expedition-of-1849_Parowan-UT.html
Southern Utah Expedition of 1849Realizing the limited resources for pioneer settlements in the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding settlements in 1849, and the potential of many more immigrants arriving in the next few years, Brigham Young began to s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GY_birthplace-of-southern-utah_Parowan-UT.html
Welcometo the Birthplace of Southern UtahJanuary 13, 1851
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GX_the-spanish-trail_Parowan-UT.html
Between 1829 and 1848, traders from Santa Fe used the Spanish Trail which passed through Parowan to transfer dry goods and captured Indian slaves to Los Angles, where they were exchanged for horses.
The trail was pioneered between 1776 and 1831…