Jefferson Tidwell - Wellington, Utah
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BruceS
N 39° 32.538 W 110° 44.021
12S E 522883 N 4376992
Bust of early pioneer and founder of the town of Wellington, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMBWWK
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2011
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Text of plaque:
Jefferson Tidwell
In 1877, President Brigham Young called on Jefferson Tidwell to explore the country east of the Wasatch Range, which is now Carbon, Emery, and Wayne counties. President Brigham Young, told him that if he would settle on White River, now Price River, he would soon be on one of the great thoroughfares of the nation, a prediction later verified by the construction of the Rio Grande Railroad. After the death of Brigham Young, President John Taylor called Jefferson Tidwell on a mission to return to the area in October of 1879, and organized the settlement of Wellington.