United Order Industries ~ 290
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The United Order of Enoch, a Mormon experiment in communal living, was organized in 1874 in Orderville. It would turn out to be the most successful and longest lasting of all such Mormon communities in Utah.
Waymark Code: WMBRNE
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2011
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 290
Erected 1963
United Order Industries
Here on March 30, 1874, the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints organized a modern Order
of Enoch, called the United Order, Israel Hoyt,
first president. A community dining hall with
bakery was constructed, also a garden house
for seeds and tools. They built a carpenter,
blacksmith and shoe shop, tannery, gristmill,
sawmill, molasses mill, bucket factory, a woolen
and cotton factory; engaged in the silk industry,
dairying, broom and hat making. The people
planted farms, orchards and gardens, raised
sheep and cattle. The cooperative ended in 1886.
Orderville Camp - - - Kane County, Utah
Marker Name: United Order Industries
Marker Number: 290
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