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 Resettlement of Spring City, Utah ~ USA Posted by:  brwhiz
N 39° 28.585 W 111° 29.777
12S E 457315 N 4369764
Because of conflicts with local Indian tribes, some settlements were resettled one or more times before finally establishing a permanent community. These "resettlers" were often some of the original pioneers mixed with migrants new to the area.
Waymark Code: WMFQ50
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2012
Views: 3
This Daughters of Utah Pioneers Historical Marker, mounted on a dressed-stone monument near the LDS Church at about 110 S Main Street in Spring City, Utah, reads:
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 405
Erected 1979
Spring Town
In 1859, this area was resettled permanently
by families of James Allred, Wm. Black, James
Ellis, a large Danish colony of gifted craftsmen
and stonemasons, and others. They surveyed the
land, raised abundant crops, and became known
as the breadbasket of Utah; built substantial
homes and chapel of oolite stone, quarried
south of town. The fort built west of the
chapel in 1858, was burned by Indians, 1854.
Town was incorporated, named Spring City,
1870, John R. Baxter, Mayor.
Canal Creek Camp
Who placed it?: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
When was it placed?: 1979
Who is honored?: Settlers of Spring City, Utah.
Website about the Monument: Not listed
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