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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PJ_jensen-mau-be-ferry_Jensen-UT.html
The first boat (framed together with wooden pegs) used for passengers and baggage was built and operated by Lars Jensen 2 ½ miles downstream from 1881 to 1909.
It was replaced by a cable ferry for wagons in 1885, and a larger boat in 1894.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PI_twentieth-century-homestead_Jensen-UT.html
Josie Bassett Morris made her home here until 1964. Today you're welcome to explore her homestead. Sit under the trees near Josie's cabin. She planted and nurtured them to provide fruit and shade. Walk the short trails to the canyons where Josie p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PH_a-real-pioneer_Jensen-UT.html
Old homesteads are scattered throughout Dinosaur National Monument, each a memorial to hope and hard work. This cabin and the nearby structures are part of the homestead established by Josie Bassett Morris in the early 1900s.
Nearing 40 years …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25PG_parcel-post-bank_Vernal-UT.html
September 1886 Samuel R. Bennion was sent here to establish a banking institution called the 'Ashley Co-op.' In 1903 the first pioneer bank was opened for business. In 1916 W.H. Coltharp erected this building with Salt Lake City brick. A full car …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25OM_fort-ashley-center_Vernal-UT.html
Jeremiah Hatch came to Ashley Valley in 1878 as an Indian agent. Following the Meeker, Colorado massacre of 1879 he was instructed to build a fort as protection for white settlers. Their cabins, with cedar post buttresses between, formed part of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HX_rainbow-inn_Helper-UT.html
The Rainbow Inn is located at 305 N Mains St, Helper, Utah and was built in 1922. Originally owned by Lena Fodero, the building was used as a hotel, bar, and sporting house. It was known for the bordello on the upper floor. The railroad which serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXR_richmond-fort_Richmond-UT.html
In July 1859 under the leadership of John Bair, (interpreter and guide) sixteen families settled here, built log cabins and dugouts between City Creek and Brower Springs. The following Spring other families arrived and a permanent fort was built f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXQ_watercress_Wendover-UT.html
Mile 699.8 from San Francisco
Following the abandonment of Terrace, Watercress served as a principle freight and siding for area ranchers early in the twentieth century. Railroad documents record the existence of corrals, a barn, a stock pon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXP_walden-siding_Wendover-UT.html
Mile 697.5 from San Francisco
This siding, built nearly 30 years after the laying of the track is evidence of ever increasing traffic and constant upgrading and improvement through the years as many as 10 trains a day used the Promontory bra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXO_terrace-cemetery_Wendover-UT.html
As the town grew, so did the cemetery. Accidents, illness, and old age contributed to residents of Terrace being buried here. The cemetery has been slowly deteriorating, but was in fairly good condition until 1986 when vandals stole some of the he…