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 Sterling, Utah ~ USA Posted by:  brwhiz
N 39° 11.598 W 111° 41.560
12S E 440183 N 4338456
Once the Black Hawk War was over, new pioneer settlements were undertaken throughout Utah.
Waymark Code: WMFPY6
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2012
Views: 4
This Daughters of Utah Pioneers Historical Marker, mounted on a dressed-stone monument on the southwest corner of the intersection of Center Street and US Highway 89 (Main Street) in Sterling, Utah, reads:
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 408
Erected 1978
Sterling
First Walker War casualty, Peter Ludvigson,
was killed by the Indians in 1865, three miles
south of Sterling. Wm. D. and Daniel B. Funk
located on Six-Mile Creek in 1872; dug irrigation
ditches for farming. Families came later. A Manti
branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints was organized in 1874, Wm. B. Petty,
President. Dixon & Bunts operated first store.
Samuel Trenner M.D. was first school teacher.
Jane Snow, Catherine Edwards, Fanny Kenner
were midwives.
Camp Arropeen
Who placed it?: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
When was it placed?: 1978
Who is honored?: Settlers of Sterling, Utah.
Website about the Monument: Not listed
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