by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Osborne Russell Confronts Wolverine HISTORIC MARKER 41°02’48.9″N • 111°54’17.1″W During the winter of 1840-41, trapper Osborne Russell wintered with a group of mountaineers, their families, and several Shoshone lodges. They likely camped...
by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Circumnavigating The Great Salt Lake HISTORIC MARKER 41°02’48.9″N • 111°54’17.1″W In 1826, a bull-boat was used by four men attempting to navigate the circumference of the Great Salt Lake beginning at the mouth of the Weber River. During this...
by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Encounter at Mountain Green HISTORIC MARKER 41°01’54.5″N • 111°54’07.2″W Atense confrontation between members of the British Hudson’s Bay Company and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers, and a company of French-Canadian trappers occurred...
by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Trappers Winter Camp HISTORIC MARKER 41°01’20.8″N • 111°55’27.0″W Atypical over-wintering settlement strategy utilized by Rocky Mountain fur trappers in the 1820s to 1840s required access to game, timber and water. The availability of these...
by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Harvey Pond HISTORIC MARKER 41°01’14.5″N • 111°54’23.6″W Between 1863 and 1870, Daniel and Hannah Smuin Harvey acquired approximately 360 acres of mostly steep, rocky, brushy, and mostly dry property on the southeast corner of Kay’s Ward. The...
by JRobins | Sep 28, 2024 | Historic Marker
Ward Orchards And Brickyard HISTORIC MARKER 41°02’31.8″N • 111°54’33.5″W After the Samuel Ward family established their first log home above Kaysville, they soon found that one group of Shoshone often traveled along a habitually used...
