Carlisle Family Historical Marker

Three Carlisle brothers — Joseph, John, and Richard — took up the ground between 700 West and the Jordan River in the 1850s and '60s, farming and dairying its bottomlands. They also planted mulberry trees and tried their hand at raising silkworms, part of Utah's short-lived push to spin its own silk. A five-room brick schoolhouse bearing the family name taught local children from 1905 to 1923, and Carlisle Lane became the neighborhood's path down to the river for fishing and swimming. The marker now stands along the Jordan River Parkway Trail.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 2.3 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Liberty Park — 4.6 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 4.7 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Temple Square — 6.0 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Welsh Settlement — 1.1 mi
• English Fort — 1.5 mi
• Archibalt Gardner Mill — 1.5 mi
• Taylorsville/ Bennion Pioneers — 1.7 mi