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 Loa, Utah Posted by:  iconions
N 38° 24.118 W 111° 38.684
12S E 443704 N 4250612
This metal marker is set into a cut stone cairn. It is located on the northwestern grounds of the historic Loa Tithing Office - S 100 Center Street in Loa, Utah.
Waymark Code: WM11920
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2019
Views: 11
This metal marker is set into a cut stone cairn. It is located on the northwestern grounds of the historic Loa Tithing Office. The marker gives the history of the founding of Loa and the reason for the name.
LOA, UTAH
Loa, Utah, was named in 1876, after
Mauna Loa, the beautiful 13,000 foot high
volcanic mountain on the Island of Hawaii,
by Franklin Wheeler Young, a missionary
to the Sandwich Islands, (Hawaii) in 1856,
and was dedicated by Patriarch Elias
Hicks Blackburn of Loa on November 1, 1891.
This piece of Phoehoe lava from the
9,500 foot level of Mauna Loa was
obtained in 1955 by Eldon Putnam Morrell,
a native of Loa, and his wife Ruth
Jorgenson Morrell, missionaries to Hawaii
in 1921 and 1925, respectively, and was
donated through the DUP to the town
of Loa.
MONUMENT ERECTED IN THE
CENTENNIAL YEAR 1876 - 1976
- Marker Text
Subject: Town
Commemoration: 1976
Date of Founding: 1876
Date of Commemoration: 1976
Address:
S 100 Center Street
Loa, Utah 84747
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: Not listed
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