Site of the First Settlement of Pleasant Grove - 514
N 40° 21.676 W 111° 43.956
12T E 437796 N 4468113
D.U.P. Marker #514 notes this location as the site of the first settlement of Pleasant Grove, UT. The marker is located in front of the LDS ward building at 455 East 200 South, Pleasant Grove, UT.
Waymark Code: WMT9WW
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2016
Views: 2
The marker depicts the Battle Creek and Mount Timpanogos camps, and says:
Early in the year of 1849, an Indian party confronted some Mormon settlers and took their cattle. The Indians and cattle were later found camped by a stream and a battle erupted. Three Indians were killed, and the area became known as Battle Creek.
In the summer of 1850, Mormon leader Brigham Young assigned a group of pioneers to start a new settlement. On September 13, 1850, seven extended families arrived in the Battle Creek area and began to clear land and construct homes. However, these pioneers, who had nothing to do with the original battle, changed the name to Pleasant Grove, after a nice grove of trees with a beautiful stream running through it. These seven families consisted of George S. Clark; Richard Clark; John G. Holman and his brother, Ezekiel; Lewis Harvey, his aged parents, and widowed sister, Celia Taylor; "Widow" Harriet Marler and her wagonmaster, John Wilson; Charles Price; Henry Jolley and "Little Sammy Lamb," a black orphan boy who was too young to be freed with the other Jolley slaves in 1842.
The winter was unusually mild, and the settlers were able to continue building. By summer, all were settled and the community was thriving.
1999 No. 514 Battle Creek Camp and Mount Timpanogos Camp
Marker Name: Site of the First Settlement of Pleasant Grove
Marker Number: 514
Marker Text: Not listed
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