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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZK4_presbyterian-centennial_Corinne-UT.html
The Presbyterian work in Utah began at Corinne June 11, 1969 under Rev. Melancthon Hughes, sent here by Rev. Sheldon Jackson, missionary and educator. This bell was later given to the first congregation. In the first century, the Presbyterians es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJV_the-donner-reed-party_Wendover-UT.html
passed this way on the 2nd of September 1846, having lost 36 oxen, several wagons, and suffered much. "Don't look for SHORT-CUTS"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJU_brigham-city-co-op-store_Brigham-City-UT.html
The mercantile store was the last building constructed for the Brigham City Co-op. Three years after the store opened, a fire broke out. Financial losses from the fire shut down the business a year before the cooperative organization closed. Fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJS_water-bell_Corinne-UT.html
This bell was brought to Corinne by Hyrum House to warn the community at times when the water was to be shut off. In 1896 it was used to ring in Statehood for the State of Utah. It was rung so hard that day, that it cracked, then was placed on a r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJN_bonneville-salt-flats-international-speedway_Wendover-UT.html
The salt flats were formed as ancient Lake Bonneville slowly evaporated and deposited concentrations of salt onto this playa. Shorelines carved into the mountainsides are visible to the north along the Silver Island range and extend to the Salt La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJM_hasting-cutoff-barren-mountains_Wendover-UT.html
"The roads were gravelly round the end of some high rocks. Barren mountains (Silver Island)." — Robert Chalmers, July 27, 1850
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDY_major-powell-colorado-river-explorer-historical_Green-River-UT.html
The first organized attempt to conquer the swirling rapids and precipitous walled canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers was made by Major John Wesley Powell, Civil War hero and explorer. Warned by Indians and mountaineers they would never retu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XAG_pond-town-fort-historical_Salem-UT.html
This monument marks the site of Pond Town Fort. In 1851 David Fairbanks and David Crockett located land adjacent to a small stream at the head of Salem Lake and built a dam. In 1856 Eli Ashcraft, Royal Durfrey, Silas Hillman, Aquilla Hopper, Jacob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6E_nauvoo-bell-historical_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
The Nauvoo Bell originally hung in the temple that Church members built in Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840's. The Saints removed the bell in 1846 when they were forced to leave Illinois because of persecution. Following instructions from Brigham Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUO_first-settlement-of-iselanders-in-the-united-states-historical_Spanish-Fork-UT.html
Leif Eriksson, an Icelander, discovered America in 100 A.D. Eight centuries later 1855-1860 sixteen pioneers from Iceland established in Spanish Fork, the first permanent Icelandic settlement in the United States. They were: Samuel Bjarnson & Wife…
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