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Title
UPTLA #39
Description
Jordan Narrows
Creator
Utah National Guard and
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Date
1934
Identifier
UPTLA-039
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Subtitle
Jordan Narrows
Story
GATEWAY TO CENTRAL UTAH AND CALIFORNIA; FORMED BY
WAVE-ACTION ON LEEWARD ARM OF ANCIENT LAKE BONNEVILLE.
ROUTE OF FIRST SETTLERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH
1848 TO 1854; OF GOVERNMENT MAIL LINE TO SAN DIEGO
1854 TO 1857;OF OVERLAND MAIL AND STAGE LINE TO SAN FRANCISCO 1858 TO 1868; OF PONY EXPRESS LINE 1860 T0 1861; AND OF FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH LINE 1861 TO 1868. CONTROL AND WAY STATIONS ON OVERLAND STAGE AND PONY EXPRESS ROUTE ABOUT TEN MILES APART, MOSTLY IN VIEW FROM THIS MONUMENT, WERE: SALT LAKE CITY ,TRAVELER'S REST, ROCKWELL'S, JOE'S DUGOUT AND FORT CRITTENDEN ORIGINALLY NAMED GAMP FLOYD), A CELEBRATED UTE INDIAN CHIEF, NAMED TINTIC, LED AN ATTACK ON THE EARLY SETTLERS OF LEHI, BETWEEN THIS MONUMENT AND UTAH LAKE IN FEBRUARY 1854 KILLING SEVERAL MEN.
WAVE-ACTION ON LEEWARD ARM OF ANCIENT LAKE BONNEVILLE.
ROUTE OF FIRST SETTLERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH
1848 TO 1854; OF GOVERNMENT MAIL LINE TO SAN DIEGO
1854 TO 1857;OF OVERLAND MAIL AND STAGE LINE TO SAN FRANCISCO 1858 TO 1868; OF PONY EXPRESS LINE 1860 T0 1861; AND OF FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH LINE 1861 TO 1868. CONTROL AND WAY STATIONS ON OVERLAND STAGE AND PONY EXPRESS ROUTE ABOUT TEN MILES APART, MOSTLY IN VIEW FROM THIS MONUMENT, WERE: SALT LAKE CITY ,TRAVELER'S REST, ROCKWELL'S, JOE'S DUGOUT AND FORT CRITTENDEN ORIGINALLY NAMED GAMP FLOYD), A CELEBRATED UTE INDIAN CHIEF, NAMED TINTIC, LED AN ATTACK ON THE EARLY SETTLERS OF LEHI, BETWEEN THIS MONUMENT AND UTAH LAKE IN FEBRUARY 1854 KILLING SEVERAL MEN.
Factoid
Marker is located on the National Guard Camp Williams compound and will need permission to enter at guard gate.
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Access Information
On National Guard Camp Williams, must get permission to enter.
