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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKQ_mule-canyon-ruin_UT.html
Mule Canyon Ruin is an open Anasazi habitation site consisting of both above- and below-ground structures. This site was first occupied briefly in the Pueblo I time period (about A.D. 750) but the main occupation was during the Pueblo II and Puebl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKP_salvation-knoll_UT.html
December 23, 1879 "The snow fell about eight inches..."
December 24, 1879 "... we had cooked the last food we had, consisting of a slap jack baked in a frying pan and about one inch thick."
December 25, 1879 " it was Chr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKB_historic-la-sal-post-office_La-Sal-UT.html
The first Postal Service was established at La Sal on September 12, 1878. La Sal was made an outpost on the mail route from Salina, Utah to Ouray, Colorado. It was described as one of the strangest and most dangerous routes in the history of the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKA_hyland-hotel_Monticello-UT.html
This Home was constructed by Joseph Henry Wood between 1916-18 in the Arts and Crafts style of wood and sandstone quarried from a site near south Creek four miles southwest of Monticello. The stone cutting, dressing, and laying was supervised by E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK9_monticello_Monticello-UT.html
March 12, 1887 Frederick I. Jones, Farley R. Butt, Charles E. Walton and George A. Adams came here to start the L.D.S. Blue Mountain Mission. After their families arrived they camped at Verdure the first summer. In 1888 the families of M. Peterson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK8_log-cabin_Monticello-UT.html
This original log cabin is representative of the housing of the early pioneers in the area. It was first occupied by three brothers, Warren, John, and Scotty Williamson during the 1880s in Dry Valley., Utah. It is believed that the Williamson brot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK7_old-log-church_Monticello-UT.html
This log church is a replica of the first church in Monticello. The original church, built in 188 for religious worship, also became the core of community activities. It was a school, a refuge for the homeless, a place to dance, a site for public …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK6_sod-roof-cabin_Monticello-UT.html
Hispanics have a very long history in the Southwest, dating back to the early 1600s. The Old Spanish Trail trade from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to California, passed through San Juan County near Monticello. There were no supply stations nor permanent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK5_cowboy-tack-shed_Monticello-UT.html
The first white settlers of the region were cattlemen. Cattle were first introduced into the San Juan County-Blue Mountain area during the 1870s. Large numbers of the animals were placed on the thousands of acres of lush grasses which grew in the …
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…