Levan ~ 407
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 39° 33.494 W 111° 51.734
12S E 425927 N 4379081
When conditions proved unsuitable in Chicken Creek, the settlement was moved to what is now Levan.
Waymark Code: WMB5KW
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow
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Levan

Church leader Erastus Snow helped select a new site for Chicken Creek Settlement, relocated due to unfavorable living conditions. Brigham Young named it Levan. Snow appointed W. Morgan and James Wilson as supervisors. Early in 1868, Wm. Dye built a dugout home. Other first families to move were Jabes Broadhead and Jacob Hofheins. James Wilson, first schoolteacher, taught in one room of the Seth Ollorton home. Wm. Tunbridge, town physician.

Chicken Creek Camp

No. 407 - - Erected 1980

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A second small plaque above reads: The bell atop this monument tolled the time from the belfry of Levan's school buildings for ninety years.

Marker Name: Levan

Marker Number: 407

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