This is one of two Woodmen of the World headstones listed in the Midvale City Cemetery. This headstone is somewhat large with the appearance of logs on top and tree trunks on each side. The headstone reads:
COURAGE HOPE REMEMBRANCE
MINNIE R ISLER
JUNE 30, 1868
JAN. 30, 1916
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Gone but not forgotten
I wasn't sure if this was a Woodmen of the World Grave Marker or not, until I was looking for information about a zinc headstone inside the same cemetery and I ran across a website that named the two headstones in the Midvale City Cemetery that were Woodmen of the World Burials. (
visit link) This was one of them. I also found Minnie R. Isler in the Salt Lake County, Utah listing of Woodmen of the World Burials as a Neighbors of Woodcraft marker. (
visit link) Fortunately, it was the second name on the list.
Following is a little history on the Midvale City Cemetery, and Midvale City itself:
"A short time after the East Jordan Ecclesiastical Ward was organized, which occurred on December 15, 1895 with Hyrum Goff as Bishop, they purchased 10.59 acres of land from James Wardle for a ward cemetery. Neils Lind was appointed sexton.
On September 6, 1916, an acre of ground in the north-east corner of the plat was sold to the Roman Catholic Church for burial purposes for the sum of $500.00
In August of 1918, an acre adjoining the Roman Catholic piece on the west was sold to the Servian Orthodox Church for $500.00
By resolution of the City Council of Midvale City, in the spring of 1923, it was decided to purchase from the Midvale Ecclesiastical Ward (formally the East Jordan Ecclesiastical Ward) the balance of the old section of the cemetery known as "Plat A" and "Plat B" consisting of approximately 2 acres of ground for the sum of $100.00
The following year the city purchased the balance of the ground containing 6.59 acres, paying $1500.00 for the same.
In May of 1924, a complete plat of the city cemetery showing burial sections "A to J" inclusive was made and recorded for the city by Caldwell and Richards Engineers.
And thus, the Midvale City Cemetery began.
Cemetery Gate Hours
Summer April 15 through October 15 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Winter October 16 through April 14 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Access is available after hours through man-gates located by the North and South entrance." (
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"Just like the wandering Ute bands before them, Utah's Pioneer settlers began with a dependence on the land and the landscape; thus, early pioneers were quick to recognize the richness inherent in the Salt Lake Valley. They saw the abundant creeks and the grassy valley and envisioned farmlands and fields. They discovered the minerals and ores that envisioned thriving communities of commerce and industry. They came to stay, and their mark was soon upon the landscape.
Such was the beginning of Midvale City. The eastern part of the city forming agricultural neighborhoods, and the western areas forming a mining and milling settlement, each relying on the other for sustenance, protection, social interaction and commerce. The Union Fort area of Midvale City began as a center of agriculture.
The Old Town area of Midvale City began as a center of mining and industry. Pioneer families began arriving in 1851 to start the settlement, which blossomed in the 1870s as a result of mining in Bingham Canyon and the coming of the railroad. The area was then known as Bingham Junction, and was an important midpoint along the rail between mining in Little Cottonwood Canyon to the east and Bingham Canyon to the west. With the discovery of silver in Little Cottonwood Canyon and in Bingham Canyon, new people rushed to be a part of the growing business and industry located in the middle valley in Midvale City. Along with industry came the hotels, boarding houses, saloons, schools, and the people who made Midvale City's Old Town a center of the community.
Some scenes from the mini-series "The Stand" as well as scenes from the movie "The Sandlot" were filmed in downtown Midvale, including the interior of an old fashioned drugstore by the name of Vincent Drug. The store stayed in business and retained products in packaging over 50 years old for this type of display purpose. Vincent Drug was finally shut down in 2003." (
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