Southern Utah Expedition of 1849

Parley P Pratt

Southern Utah Expedition of 1849

Realizing the limited resources for pioneer settlements in the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding settlements in 1849, and the potential of many more immigrants arriving in the next few years, Brigham Young began to ...

Birthplace of Southern Utah

Welcome

to the Birthplace of Southern Utah

January 13, 1851

Marker can be reached from South Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Spanish Trail

Between 1829 and 1848, traders from Santa Fe used the Spanish Trail which passed through Parowan to transfer dry goods and captured Indian slaves to Los Angles, where they were exchanged for horses.

The trail was pioneered between 1776 and 1831 ...

Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman

"Aunt Pliny"

Wife of apostle Amasa Mason Lyman "Aunt Pliny" was Parowan's first doctor and midwife. She was sent by Brigham Young to care for the Parowan pioneers. "Aunt Pliny" was a woman of great faith, one whose testimony and resolve ...

Public Works

At Parowan, a pioneer industrial center was settled in 1851. Water for manufacturing and industry was carried by wooden flume from the canyon to the fort. Along this water line industries were established known as the Public Works. Among these ...

Dr. Paul B. Leffler Rotary Park

Built for the enjoyment of all

the citizens of Pittsburg

Dedicated on June 8th 1999.

Dr. Paul Bannon Leffler practiced medicine in Pittsburg from 1945 to 1977.

He lived the Rotary Motto

"Service Above Self"

Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street (Kansas Route 126) ...

Cedar City Railroad Depot

Utah Historic Site

Built in 1923, the Cedar City Railroad Depot is historically significant for its direct association with the railroad and its impact on Cedar City. In addition to stimulating the local iron ore and livestock industries, the railroad connection ...

Regal Passenger Steamer

Steamboats first made scheduled stops in Belfast in 1824, carrying passengers and freight along the coast. The Eastern Steam Ship Company of Boston built the wharf pictured here in 1888. The "Great White Flyer" steamer Belfast plied the waters of ...

Broiler Capital of the World

Belfast in the mid-20th century was firmly established as "Broiler Capital of the World". Hundreds of thousands of chickens were raised in giant barns throughout Waldo County. At the peak of the industry 22,000 birds per hour were made ready ...

First Cedar Encampment

Iron ore having been discovered at Iron Springs, Brigham Young called missionaries to Iron County to make iron. A militia of 35 men was organized in Parowan, Nov. 5, 1851, under Captain Henry Lunt. Part of the company left Nov. ...