First Playground in Utah
Posted by: 
JacobBarlow
N 40° 46.709 W 111° 51.927
12T E 426970 N 4514527
This marker stands 90 ft. North of the gate to Lindsey's Gardens, first playground in Utah....
Waymark Code: WM26FJ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2007
Views: 20
This marker stands 90 ft. North of the gate to Lindsey's Gardens, first playground in Utah. In 1865 Mark Lindsey and wife Bothiah Savill Lindsey, handcart pioneers of 1859, homesteaded a quartersection; built a home, dance hall, museum, lunch arbors, a bathhouse fed from a spring in the ravine, planted gardens, made swings, giant strides, whirleygigs, greasy poles, croquet and baseball grounds, sold soft drinks, homemade ice cream and cake. Admission adults 10¢, children 5¢.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: Not listed
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:As a suggestion for your visit log, please make every effort to supply a brief-to-detailed note about your experience at the Waymark. If possible also include an image that was taken when you visited the Waymark. Images can be of yourself, a personal Waymarking signature item or just one of general interest that would be of value to others. Sharing your experience helps promote Waymarking and provides a dynamic history of your adventures.