Paragonah Fort

Paragonah was founded in 1852. Indian trouble caused abandonment a year later until 1855 when the pioneer fort was built. The site was selected and dedicated by President Brigham Young.

The fort was 105 feet square with walls 3 feet thick ...

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 ...

Baptism By Fire

To Arms!

In July 1861, this area swarmed with retreating Confederate troops and pursuing Federal forces. Union Gen. George B. McClelland had ordered Gen. Jacob Cox to march his 3, 000 raw Ohio recruits into western Virginia from Gallipolis, Ohio, ...

McClellan's Buckhannon Camp

Prelude to Rich Mountain

(Preface): In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June and ...

U.S. Post Office / Mural

Circa 1939

Placed January 1988

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Wisconsin Street and Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on Wisconsin Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cathedral of the Plains

St. Fidelis Church

Erected between 1908 and 1911 by German and German Russian Catholics, this native limestone edifice is one of the largest buildings on the Great Plains, its twin towers soar 141 feet above its 220 feet by 79 feet ...

Captain Timothy Hill House

Built circa 1800

is registered as a

Virginia Historic Landmark

and placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior 2011

Marker is on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gov. Joseph A. Wright

Gov. Jos. A. Wright

1810 — 1867

Atty. In Rockville 1829 – 1849

Gov. Of Indiana 1949 – 1857

Minister of U.S.A. to Prussia

Parke Co. Historical Society

Marker can be reached from Old 36 Road (County Route 168) west of Neysville ...

War in the Chesapeake

During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high ...