Philip F. Notarianni Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 The Park City Mining District comprises a tract that lies between the steep wall and ledges that mark the crest of the mountain range on the west and the mountain meadows of Heber, Kamas, and Parleys Canyon along the eastern foothills. Some thirty miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Park City is situated …
Panguitch
Dorothy W. Houston Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Panguitch, county seat and largest community of Garfield County, is built on the south side of the Panguitch Valley, on the north slope of the nearby mountains, and between Panguitch Creek on the west and the Sevier River on the east. The elevation most quoted by citizens is 6,666 feet. The settlement was …
Ogden
Richard Roberts Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Ogden City is located at the confluence of the Ogden and the Weber rivers in Weber County in northern Utah. In 1989 the city had a population of 69,000 residents. Weber County, which centers on Ogden as the county seat, had a population of 160,100. Ogden claims to be the oldest settlement in Utah …
Nephi
Pearl D. Wilson Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Nephi is located at the mouth of Salt Creek Canyon; the north peak of Mount Nebo is to the northeast and the Red Cliffs are to the southeast. The city covers an area of approximately four square miles. As with most settlements in Utah, Nephi’s founders were Mormons, and the name of the …
Morgan City
Linda H. Smith Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Morgan City is the only incorporated city in Morgan County. The settlements of North Morgan and South Morgan were combined and incorporated in 1868 with William Eddington elected mayor. Morgan was named in honor of Jedediah Morgan Grant, an LDS church leader, who helped to construct a road to the area through Weber …
Monticello
Robert S. McPherson Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 The city of Monticello rests at the foot of Blue Mountain on the Great Sage Plain of southeastern Utah. Local springs east and west of its present location offered water to passersby, who gave them such names as Piute Springs, Soldier’s Spring, and Vega (Spanish for “fertile plain”) Creek. In March 1886 Francis …
Moab
Margaret S. Bearnson Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 The Founding of Moab Moab is the county seat of Grand County and a regional center of southeastern Utah. It is located near the east bank of the Colorado River on the west side of the 12,500-foot-high La Sal Mountains in a valley fifteen miles long and three miles wide within the heart …
Manti
Albert Antrei Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Manti is the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah. Manti, Utah, has a population in 1992 of approximately 2,000 people. It is situated in the Sanpete Valley of central Utah, at an elevation of slightly over 5,500 feet. Manti was settled in late November 1849 by 224 men, women, and children. The group left …
Logan
Audrey M. Godfrey Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Founded in 1859, Logan, a city of approximately 33,000, is located on the east side of Cache Valley in northern Utah at the mouth of Logan Canyon. On 6 June 1859 a small group of Mormon settlers sent to Cache Valley by Brigham Young surveyed a fort site near the banks of the …
Loa
Kenneth R. Williams Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Loa, the county seat of Wayne County, was established in 1878 by approximately forty families. The name Loa was suggested by Franklin W. Young, who had once resided in the Hawaiian Islands and had been impressed with Mauna Loa, Hawaii’s second highest mountain, whose name means high, large, and powerful. The city is …