Utah's First Fort - Salt Lake City
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brwhiz
N 40° 45.669 W 111° 54.006
12T E 424027 N 4512632
This marks the location of the first fort constructed in what is now the state of Utah.
Waymark Code: WM9MGT
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2010
Views: 14
The plaque is inscribed:
Utah's First Fort
On this ten acre square during the years 1847-1849 stood the first fort, historic Mormon bastion, sometimes called the "Plymouth Rock of the West." Homes were erected of logs or adobe, side by side, with the rear walls forming a protective barrier; enclosed by a nine foot mud wall. By December 1847, over two thousand people were living in the fort which was extended one block north and one block south. The first school convened here in October 1847. A bowery, built in the center, served as a meeting place. Within its walls Anglo Saxon civilization was first brought to the Great Basin and the ensign of our Republic raised over this domain, then Mexican territory. Here, on December 9, 1848, the first petition to establish self government in the Rocky Mountain West was signed. It became a public park July 24, 1898.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 07/24/1847
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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