Sons of Utah Pioneers
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SH6_honeymoon-trail_Kanab-UT.html
From 1877 to 1927, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled this route to be united in eternal marriage in the St. George Utah Temple. Thus, the route was named the "Honeymoon Trail."
Families came from Arizona and pa…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1WRQ_birdseye-marble-quarry-historical_Fairview-UT.html
Looking east to the red ledges you can see the quarry, originally operated by the Mormon Church and others in the 1880's to the 1940's as the Nebo Rock Works, Thistle Rock Works and Birdseye Marble Quarry.
The stone polishes to a high degree and is prized …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZXE_hamptons-bear-river-crossing_Collinston-UT.html
Ford was used by Indians, Fur Tappers and Mountain Men. About 1853 Ben Hampton and Wm. Godbe operated a ferry for emigrant traffic. The site became a "home station" successively for stages of Oliver & Conniver, Ben Holladay, and Wells-Fargo. About 1866 Hamp…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZXE_hamptons-bear-river-crossing_Collinston-UT.html
Ford was used by Indians, Fur Tappers and Mountain Men. About 1853 Ben Hampton and Wm. Godbe operated a ferry for emigrant traffic. The site became a "home station" successively for stages of Oliver & Conniver, Ben Holladay, and Wells-Fargo. About 1866 Hamp…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZXE_hamptons-bear-river-crossing_Collinston-UT.html
Ford was used by Indians, Fur Tappers and Mountain Men. About 1853 Ben Hampton and Wm. Godbe operated a ferry for emigrant traffic. The site became a "home station" successively for stages of Oliver & Conniver, Ben Holladay, and Wells-Fargo. About 1866 Hamp…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM22Q4_the-idaho-falls-lds-hospital-and-school-of-nursing_Idaho-Falls-ID.html
The idea of the hospital was conceived by Heber C. Austin with construction commencing in 1919, though the completion of the building was delayed because of a depressed economy.
On 22 October 1923, the hospital was dedicated by President Heber J. Grant of …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2BKU_millrace_Taylorsville-UT.html
In 1855, upon the counsel of Brigham Young, Joseph Harker, with John and Samuel Bennion, hand-dug the lower ditch to irrigate the farmland on the river bottoms west of the Jordan River.
A small rock dam was constructed on the Jordan River at about 6300 S…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2BR8_sandstone-wall-aquaduct_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
Parley's Creek, originally known by the Indian name Obit-Ko-Ke-Che Creek, was the largest stream of water which flowed from the Wasatch Mountains into the valley. This creek had beginnings high in the Wasatch Mountains to the north near what became known as…
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Early in 1870, Joseph Dudler, owner and operator of the inn which was on the ground level of his house, built a brewery in back of his house here in Parley's Hollow. To provide for this, in addition to the brewery proper, located on adjacent property west a…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2BVT_dudlers-inn_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
Perhaps one of the longest living and prominent residents of the area, known as Parley's Hollow, now officially Parley's Historic Nature Park, was Joseph Dudler. About 1864, he settled in this location. Here he built his home. It was two stories, thirty-six…