First Public Building in Escalante
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The first public building in Escalante was a multi-purpose single-room log structure completed in 1877.
Waymark Code: WMJQD9
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2013
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 266
Erected 1961
First Public Building
In 1876-77 Escalante Pioneers erected a log building, 36x18 ft., located 20 feet west of this marker. The logs 18" in diameter, came from Cyclone Lake Mountain by ox team. They were hewn by hand, fastened with oak pins, morticed ends and chinked with lime mortar. It had white sandstone foundation, one door, three windows on each side, and shingled with white pine shingles. Desks were boards hinged to the wall. Seats were split logs, flat side up, no back. Building used for school and all public gatherings until 1885. Teachers - Jane S. Coleman, Mary Ann P. Schow, John Miles. Building vacated in 1898.
Escalante Camp · · · Garfield County, Utah
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