Parowan Cotton Factory
On this site, in 1862 the first Cotton Factory was erected in the west. Designed and operated by William Marsden and owned by Ebenezer Hanks. Here the first ball of Cotton Yarn was made west of the Mississippi River.
Girls That Worked in the Cotton Factory
Caroline Newman (Mitchell) • Laura Marsden (Benson) •
Maria Coombs (Taylor) • Caroline Mortenson (Durham) •
Ellen Newman • Elizabeth Lewis (Fish) •
Mary Mortenson (Wardell) • Amanda Dalton (Mortenson) • Annie Lewis (Whitney) • Ellen Hobbs •
Christiann Scogard • Lizzie Hobbs •
Hanna Taylor (Mickelman) • Lizzie Grimshaw (Benson)
Marker is at the intersection of South 100 West and West 200 South, on the left when traveling north on South 100 West.
Courtesy hmdb.org
