In honor of
Charles Coulson Rich
1809-1893
Pioneer builder of the west.
Major-General of the Nauvoo Legion
Alderman of the City of Nauvoo, in the time of Joseph Smith.
Pioneer of Utah, 1847.
Chairman of the first committee to organize civil government in the Rocky Mountains.
Colonizer of San Bernadino Valley, California in 1851.
First Mayor of San Bernadino City.
Member of the Utah Territorial Legislature for many years.
Colonizer of Bear Lake Valley, 1863, where he lived and died.
Husband of six wives and father of fifty children.
Friend of the Indians, humanitarian, apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, thirty-four years.
One of God's Noblmen.

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The Citizens of Bear Lake Valley
The Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
and his descendants, “UPTLA #73,” UPTLA, accessed January 28, 2025, https://uptla.tylerthorsted.com/items/show/73.