Month: January 2021
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Utah DAR Monuments & Markers Series Part V: Peter Skene Ogden Monument
Peter Skene Ogden was a Canadian trapper, fur trader, and explorer of the American West. He entered the Weber Valley of Utah in 1825. The city of Ogden, Utah is named after him. The Golden Spike Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution with a desire to honor Ogden, erected a monument to commemorate…
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Utah DAR Monuments & Markers Series Part IV: Pony Express Marker
The Salt Lake Tribune Building, 143 South Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah was formally the site of a home station for Pony Express riders. The long two-story structure included a veranda in front and a large livestock yard in the rear. The station was known to be one of the better facilities along…
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DAR’s Inauguration Contribution
Hello Friends, This lovely bronze DAR Eagle Lectern has been used in the four previous Presidential Inauguration luncheons. It was the official podium used in Memorial Continental Hall and was presented to the 14th DAR Continental Congress in 1905 by the now disbanded Flintlock and Powderhorn Chapter of Rhode Island as a pledge of “loyalty…
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Utah DAR Monuments & Markers Series Part III: Escalante Monument
This monument was dedicated on January 20, 1922 and placed by Spirit of Liberty Chapter in the northeast corner of Spanish Fork City Park to commemorate the Dominguez y Escalante Expedition of 1776 in which members searched for a route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Spanish settlement in Monterey, California. Spanish Priest-explorer, Father…
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Utah DAR Monuments & Markers Series Part II: World War I Doughboy Monument
In the 1920s, a World War I Doughboy Monument was sculpted by Gilbert P. Risvold and placed on the balcony of the American Legion Post on 24th Street in downtown Ogden City. In 1947, the monument was moved to the Ogden City Cemetery. After years of wear and damage from vandals, the Weber County Heritage…
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Utah DAR Monuments & Markers Series Part I: DAR Drinking Fountain
The Spirit of Liberty Chapter dedicated the first Utah DAR monument, The DAR Drinking Fountain, in Salt Lake City on November 11, 1905. On behalf of the Spirit of Liberty Chapter, State Regent Mrs. Lee Charles Miller presented the fountain to the city as a reminder of those who served in the American Revolution, calling…