Asay Settlement and Cemetery

Some towns the mountains simply refused to keep. Joseph Asay settled here on the upper Sevier around 1872, and for a while Asay Town had what a town needs: a sawmill, a shingle mill, a store in the postmaster's front room, a log building that served as church and school. But the growing season was short and the winters long and hard at this altitude, and the crops too often failed. By 1900 the people had given up and drifted to lower ground, leaving behind their fields, their foundations, and the small cemetery this marker guards.

What the plaque says

About 1872 Joseph Asay with his family settled about 3/4 mile west and a little south of this spot. Soon other homesteaders settled in the locality. Tom Jessup and Dan LeRoy erected a water power saw mill. A shingle mill was also placed on the stream. In 1887 a post office was established, Jerome Asay P.M. Here he kept for sale some groceries and hardware items. A log house was built for church services, James Dutton and Isaac Asay served as presiding elders. The building was also used for school and social activities. In 1892 the people became part of the Mammoth Ward eight miles north. By 1900 Asay Town was abandoned, because of the short growing seasons and long hard winters. Marble slab below marker In memory of Asay town and those that are buried in the Asay Town Cemetery to the southwest of this monument. Children of Jerome and Nancy Meeks Asay Heber 2 Oct. 1881- 14 Oct. 1881 Eva 24 Dec. 1896 - 14 Feb. 1897 Infant son of Amos and Serepta Earl Asay John William – 1890 Wife and baby of Elijah John Potter Sarah E. Jolley Potter 22 Mar. 1876 - 14 Dec. 1891 Pearl 6 Dec. 1891 - 12 Oct. 1892 Daughter of Theodore R. and Mary Dutton Asay Martha Eliza - 18 July 1893 - 27 Jan. 1894

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Panguitch Lake — 13 mi
  A Blue Ribbon trout lake at 8,400 feet on the Patchwork Parkway
• Red Canyon — 14 mi
  A blazing red gateway carved by water and wind
• Bryce Canyon National Park — 16 mi
  The largest collection of hoodoos on Earth
• Panguitch — 16 mi
  A well-preserved pioneer town and gateway to Bryce Canyon

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