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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G3_ward-hall_Cedar-City-UT.html
Site of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recreation building known as the Ward Hall. Rushed to completion in the fall of 1897 and deeded to the State of Utah so the Branch Normal School of the University of Utah could be legally operate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G2_the-social-hall_Cedar-City-UT.html
The Cedar City Pioneers had made their homes in the Old Fort and had built an adobe schoolhouse 28 feet by 60 feet when, in May 1855, President Brigham Young advised them to move to higher ground. By 1859, the majority of the people had moved to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G1_cedar-city-tabernacle_Cedar-City-UT.html
A tabernacle was erected in 1885 on the adjoining corner of Main and Center Streets and was demolished in the spring of 1932. In 1872 Bishop Christopher J. Arthur suggested that this Tabernacle be built to replace the Social Hall. Mayhew Dalley dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FZ_chaffin-grist-mill_Cedar-City-UT.html
In 1866 Louis R. Chaffin, at the request of Apostle Erastus Snow, placed a gristmill in Cedar City. His son, Henry, ran it until 1868 when Louis returned from "The Muddy." Adjoining land was purchased in 1875. Excavation by Alva Matheson proved th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FH_ellen-nellie-purcell-unthank_Cedar-City-UT.html
Ellen (Nellie) Purcell was born November 6, 1846 in Tintwhistle, England. At 9 she, with her parents and sister Margaret (Maggie), 14, began the trek from Iowa to Salt Lake Valley in 1856 with the Edward Martin Handcart Company.Early snows overtoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FG_the-founding-of-southern-utah-university_Cedar-City-UT.html
There are five plaques across the base of the statue
In the annals of American higher education, there is no more dramatic founding of a school than that accorded Southern Utah University, nor a more striking example of the extent of the commi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FF_fort-cedar_Cedar-City-UT.html
In November 1851, thirty-five men from Parowan settled Cedar City. A unique temporary encampment, composed of their wagon boxes and sage brush walls, sheltered them through the first winter. In 1853, a fort 100 rods square was built on this site. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FE_the-casting-of-the-lots_Cedar-City-UT.html
On July 29, 1776, Fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante led an exploration party of ten horsemen from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to establish an overland route to Monterey, California, while spreading the Catholic faith …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FD_hamilton-fort_Cedar-City-UT.html
In 1852 Peter Shirts located a ranch on Sidon Creek, later known as Shirts Creek. He offered John Hamilton half the water to come and settle there. Hamilton came with his family and Peter Fife. When Walker Indian War broke out they moved to Cedar …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14EB_fort-kanarra_Cedar-City-UT.html
Old Kanarra, as it was called by early inhabitants, was founded in the spring of 1861 by settlers who moved from Fort Harmony. The town was situated on Kanarra Creek about one mile north and east of the present location. Later, a group from Toquer…