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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTO_memorial-to-horace-and-hannah-leavitt-fish_Parowan-UT.html
Early Settlers of Parowan. Horace Fish born 6 Jan 1799 Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec, Son of joseph and Sally Spear Fish. Married Hannah Leavitt on 18 July 1825. Hannah Leavitt born 26 Dec 1850 in Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, daughter of Jere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9M_escalante-trail_Cedar-City-UT.html
Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante with Father Dominguez and eight others, first white men to enter the Great Basin, left Santa Fe July 29, 1776 in attempt to reach Monterey. Abandoning attempt, party passed through Cedar Valley October 12 on ret…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99_parley-p-pratt_Summit-UT.html
1807-1857. As a young man, Parley P. Pratt left his farming roots to become a traveling preacher, during which time he was converted and baptized into the Mormon Church. As a faithful saint, Pratt went on a number of Church missions, served as a m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM98_southern-expedition-1849-1850_Parowan-UT.html
In 1849, the Southern Expedition led by Parley P. Pratt, left Salt Lake City with instructions from Mormon President Brigham Young to search for colonization sites and iron ore deposits. Pratt, a Mormon explorer, led 50 men on an extensive explora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8F_south-rim-of-the-great-basin_Cedar-City-UT.html
The low ridge at the south end of this valley forms the south rim of the Great Basin, which in prehistoric times was the bed of a vast body of water now referred to as Lake Bonneville. It was so named in honor of Captain Benjamin L. E. Bonneville,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8E_old-brickyards_Cedar-City-UT.html
It is believed that the first fired bricks in Utah were made in Cedar City in connection with the attempt of the Deseret Iron Company to manufacture iron in 1852. The blast furnace was located in the vicinity of 400 North 100 East. Fired brick was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6L_deseret-iron-works_Cedar-City-UT.html
This monument marks the spot where on Sept. 30, 1852 the first iron was manufactured west of the Mississippi River by the Mormon Iron Missionaries sent by Brigham Young.
This 5½ ton ore body was obtained from the iron deposits used by iro…