1904 - Levan Ward Chapel ~ Levan, Utah
Posted by: brwhiz
N 39° 33.465 W 111° 51.735
12S E 425925 N 4379028
This Dated Building is located at approximately 25 N 100 East in Levan, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMH42H
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2013
Views: 2
The Historical Marker located next to the building reads:
Levan
Church leader Erastus Snow helped select a new site for Chicken Creek Settlement, relocated due to unfavorable living conditions. Brigham Young named it Levan. Snow appointed W. Morgan and James Wilson as supervisors. Early in 1868, Wm. Dye built a dugout home. Other first families to move were Jabes Broadhead and Jacob Hofheins. James Wilson, first schoolteacher, taught in one room of the Seth Ollorton home. Wm. Tunbridge, town physician.
Chicken Creek Camp
No. 407 - - Erected 1980
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