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The Tithing Lot and Relief Society Hall
Tithing Lot - Pioneer William Robb Jr. built a rock house,...
Old Comedy Hall
The Parowan Dramatic Association was organized in 1851 wit...
D.U.P. Relic Hall
This building, erected in 1866, served the community of Pa...
Pioneer Sundial
Parowan was founded January 13, 1851 by settlers from nort...
Wardlow Home / Red Car
Wardlow Home
Bruce and Martha Wardlow came here in 1...
Estrella Adobe Church
The first Protestant church in northern San Luis Obispo co...
Kesslers Cross Lanes
"Battle of Knives and Forks"
In 1861, both Union and...
Westlake Cemetery
Burial Place of Julia Jackson
This is one of the ear...
The War and Suttonville
Changing Occupations
(Preface): On April 20, 1863, C...
The Burning of Suttonville
Partisan Attack
In 1861, Col. Erastus B. Tyler’s 7th...
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The Tithing Lot and Relief Society Hall
Tithing Lot - Pioneer William Robb Jr. built a rock house, consisting of two rooms with a cellar, diagonally across the street from this location. It was later sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became ...
Old Comedy Hall
The Parowan Dramatic Association was organized in 1851 with Edward Dalton president, Jessie V. Smith, Joseph, Jane and Annie Fish, David and Wm. Cluff, Wm. C. McGregor and Ed Ward, members. Plays were produced in Log Council House and Rock ...
D.U.P. Relic Hall
This building, erected in 1866, served the community of Parowan for 52 years as a religious and cultural center. Later it was given by the L.D.S. Church to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, who in 1939-40 restored the old edifice ...
Pioneer Sundial
Parowan was founded January 13, 1851 by settlers from northern communities under the leadership of George A. Smith. Among the early structures were a large liberty pole and a sundial.
This marker designates the site of the community sundial placed here ...
Wardlow Home / Red Car
Wardlow Home
Bruce and Martha Wardlow came here in 1896. He farmed 300 acres and was very prominent in local affairs.
Red Car
The Santa Ana/Huntington Beach Pacific Electric Spur Line began transporting people in 1909. In 1922 the line closed for passenger ...
Estrella Adobe Church
The first Protestant church in northern San Luis Obispo county was built in 1879 by early settlers. This nondenominational church on the Estrella Plains prospered with the pioneer community, but by 1912 fell into disuse as the various denominations developed ...
Kesslers Cross Lanes
"Battle of Knives and Forks"
In 1861, both Union and Confederate forces vied for control of Western Virginia. By July, Union Gen. Jacob D. Cox had driven Confederate Gen. Henry A Wise’s army out of the Kanawha Valley and was advancing ...
Westlake Cemetery
Burial Place of Julia Jackson
This is one of the earliest identified cemeteries west of the Allegheny Mountains. William Tyree, owner of nearby Tyree Tavern, and Confederate Col. George W. Imboden, brother of Gen. John D. Imboden, are buried here. The ...
The War and Suttonville
Changing Occupations
(Preface): On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched ...
The Burning of Suttonville
Partisan Attack
In 1861, Col. Erastus B. Tyler’s 7th Ohio Infantry constructed earthworks near Suttonville to protect the suspension bridge across the Elk River. Later in the year, Capt. Weston Rowand’s Co. K, 1st Virginia Cavalry (US), about a hundred men, ...