Category: Historic Preservation

A thirty-foot flagpole and striking red rock monument were dedicated on Friday, November 10, 2016 at Escalante, Utah in remembrance of Utah DAR member Winnie Washburn. That day would have been Winnie Washburn’s 99th birthday. Winnie Washburn was a member of the Bald Eagle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and Past Utah…

The Tonaquint Cemetery Veterans’ Memorial was dedicated in 2003 to the veterans that are buried in one of the two St. George, Utah Cemeteries. The Color Country Chapter helps to fund wreaths for this cemetery and participates in the wreath-laying ceremony during Wreaths Across America every December.

The plaque details the importance of Red Butte Creek in the establishment of Fort Douglas and recognizes Minnie Miller for her generous contribution of land. The land where the Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park sits was given as a wildlife refuge in 1935 by Minnie Viele Miller in honor of her late husband, Lee…

On February 22, 1982, several members of the Utah State Society Daughters of the American Revolution met to see the bronze plaque commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of General George Washington in 1732. The plaque was dedicated by Mrs. James “Joyce” Gordon, Uintah Chapter, NSDAR.   The plaque is located in the Mountain Dell…

As part of Salt Lake City’s Memorial Day observance, the Spirit of Liberty Chapter, NSDAR, dedicated the grave of Mrs. Elijah Sells (Harriet Jacques Wetmore Sells) on May 10, 1936. The re-dedication of Mrs. Sells Grave Marker and Headstone took place on May 10, 2018 under the direction of USSDAR State Regent Brenda Reeder. Harriet Jacques…

Fur trappers and traders were often the first explorers to a region. James Bridger discovered the Great Salt Lake in 1824 and trapped the streams of this region for many years. Etienne Provost guided many expeditions into Utah valleys and established trading posts along the shores of the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake. Jedediah…

In July 1847, Utah’s pioneers arrived in the arid west from the east where rainfall supplied enough moisture for crops. One of their initial tasks was to divert water from the Salt Lake Valley streams for irrigation use. Irrigation systems were the key to cultivating crops and surviving in the desert land. Dedicated on July…

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…

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…

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…