Pioneers of Antimony
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This Daughters of Utah Pioneers Historical Marker is mounted on a rock monument located in the park on the south side of Utah Highway 22 in the center of Antimony, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMFPNH
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2012
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No 137
Erected Aug. 4, 1949
Pioneers of Antimony
In 1873, Albert Guiser and others located in a fertile meadow which they named Grass Valley. Surveyors camped on a stream, lassoed a young coyote and called the place Coyote Creek. The first L.D.S. settlers were Isaac Riddle and family who took up land on the East Fork of the Sevier River. Later a school house was built, and the Marion Ward organized with Culbert King as bishop. In 1920 the name was officially changed to Antimony after the antimony mines east of the valley.
Forrest Camp · · · Garfield Co.
Marker Name: Pioneers of Antimony
Marker Type: Roadside
County: Garfield
City: Antimony
Group Responsible for Placement: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Date Dedicated: August 4, 1949
Marker Number: 137
Addtional Information: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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