Fort Utah
Fort Utah on the Timpanogas (Provo River) River, 1850
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Fort Utah (also known as Fort Provo)[1] was the original settlement at Provo, Utah, United States and was established March 12, 1849. The original settlers were President John S. Higbee, and about 30 families or 150 persons that were sent from Salt Lake City to Provo by President Brigham Young. Several log houses were erected, surrounded by a 14-foot (4.3 m) palisade 20 by 40 rods in size (330 by 660 feet [100 by 200 m]), with gates in the east and west ends, and a middle deck, for a cannon. Incidents at the fort were part of the Provo War and the later Walker War. The fort was first located west of town, but was moved to Sowiette Park in April, 1850.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Chapter Twenty-Seven: Establishing a Refuge in Deseret". lds.org. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2003. Retrieved 30 Mar 2016.
Fort Utah was also called Fort Provo in honor of Etienne Provot, an early French trapper.
- ↑ "Fort Utah". provolibrary.com. Provo City Library. Retrieved 30 Mar 2016.
- ↑ Weiser, Kathy (Aug 2011). "Utah Forts of the Old West - Page 2". legendsofamerica.com. Retrieved 30 Mar 2016.
Further reading
- Carter, D. Robert (2003), Founding Fort Utah: Provo's Native Inhabitants, Early Explorers, and First Year of Settlement, Provo, Utah: Provo City Corporation, ISBN 1-57636-151-9
- Colton, Ray C. (1946), A Historical Study of the Exploration of Utah Valley and the Story of Fort Utah, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University
- Stansbury, Captain Howard (Corps of Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army) (1852), Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Washington, D.C.: United States Senate (Special Session, March, 1851, Executive Document #3)
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