Alpine - 398 - D.U.P. Historic Markers on Waymarking.com

This historical marker is attached to a large boulder, situated in a garden area of the park area between the Alpine City Hall the City Fire Station and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum. The marker reads:

Daughters of Utah Pioneers

N. 398

ERECTED 1977

ALPINE

This site marks the center of Mountainville,
settled 1850 by a few families led by Wm. W.
Wordworth. Others came and built a fort wall
which gave protection for 15 years. First log
meetinghouse was built Dec. 1851. Morris Phelps
ran a sawmill. Richard Carlisle opened a
store in his home. In Feb. 1852, The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints organized
a branch, Charles S. Peterson, presiding elder.
Mountainville became the City of Alpine in
1855, Isaac Houston first mayor.

Mountainville Camp

Marker Name: Alpine Marker Number: 398 Marker Text: ALPINE This site marks the center of Mountainville, settled 1850 by a few families led by Wm. W. Wordworth. Others came and built a fort wall which gave protection for 15 years. First log meetinghouse was built Dec. 1851. Morris Phelps ran a sawmill. Richard Carlisle opened a store in his home. In Feb. 1852, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized a branch, Charles S. Peterson, presiding elder. Mountainville became the City of Alpine in 1855, Isaac Houston first mayor.

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