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Title
UPTLA #57
Description
Gardner’s Saw Mill
Creator
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association,
The Gardner Family and the Priesthood of Wilford Ward
The Gardner Family and the Priesthood of Wilford Ward
Date
1935
Identifier
UPTLA-057
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Subtitle
Gardner’s Saw Mill
Story
Was erected by Robert Gardner and his sons, Archibald, Robert and William, on Warm Springs Stream, in Salt Lake City, October, 1847, where three boards were sawed. The Mill was moved to this site in 1848, producing the first commercial lumber in Utah, on the first formal grant of water for industrial use. Later, a flour mill was erected a few rods upstream, these plants giving the name, Mill creek, to the stream and canyon. Gardner's Fort, domicile of the Gardner families, was located a short distance northeast, the Gardner's receiving the first permit to leave the pioneer fort.
Factoid
Murray Eagle reported in 1935, the monument was made from 70 tons of stone from Big Cottonwood Canyon and the base was made from stones removed from the Temple foundation.
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