Ephraim Settlement ~ 384
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 39° 21.689 W 111° 34.772
12S E 450073 N 4357052
Quick Description: This Daughters of Utah Pioneers Historical Marker is mounted on a dressed-stone monument on the Snow College campus at about 290 E 100 North (Utah Highway 290) in Ephraim, Utah.
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2012 9:18:59 PM
Waymark Code: WMFQ0N
Published By: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow
Views: 3

Long Description:
No 384
Erected 1972
Ephraim Settlement

In 1852 Isaac Behunin and family came to Pine Creek. By 1854 seventy-seven families had arrived. Branch L.D.S. Church organized, Rueben W. Allred presiding elder. Reddick N. Allred captain of militia. Ft. Ephraim incorporated as a city 1868, George Taylor Sr., Mayor. Agnes Armstrong, schoolteacher. Pupils used soft yellow rock for pencils. After Indian raids ended, each man was alloted 20 acres of land outside fort. Home, built near this spot, had the above engraved rock over the door.
Camp Fort Ephraim
Marker Name: Ephraim Settlement

Marker Number: 384

Marker Text:
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