Cedar Springs Fort
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JacobBarlow
N 39° 06.061 W 112° 16.122
12S E 390295 N 4328752
(Buttermilk Fort)
Erected 1855-56, was 150 feet long north and south by 75 feet wide. Facing each other and standing 30 feet apart were two rows of adobe houses. The gateways were in the north and south walls....
Waymark Code: WM2A9Y
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2007
Views: 25
(Buttermilk Fort)
Erected 1855-56, was 150 feet long north and south by 75 feet wide. Facing each other and standing 30 feet apart were two rows of adobe houses. The gateways were in the north and south walls. Richard Johnson and William Stevens, Sr. and families were the pioneers who came in the spring of 1855, five other families from Fillmore followed in the autumn and assisted in constructing the fort, which was completed in the spring of 1856. The townsite was surveyed in 1867 by Edwin King and the name Holden adopted in 1869.
Marker Name: Cedar Springs Fort
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
Location:
100 E 100 North
HOLDEN
MILLARD County
1 blk E. of Main, SW corner, approx. center town
County: Millard
City: Holden
Group Responsible for Placement: D.U.P.
Date Dedicated: 3/1935
Marker Number: 3
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1318
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