Early Settlers of Tooele County

Tooele County starts with a single September campsite. On September 18, 1849, the first families pitched here: Judson and Sarah Tolman with their baby Nancy, Josiah and Henrietta Call with young Cyril, and Samuel and Sarah Meacham. More came before the year was out — Cyrus Tolman's family in October, then in late December the Bravetts, the Rowberrys, Robert Skelton, and others — a trickle of households that would become a county. This monument marks the spot of that first camp, naming the people who chose to winter on open ground and stay. Everything in Tooele grew from here.

What the plaque says

In honor of the early settlers of Tooele County who made their first camp on this spot of ground September 18, 1849 Judson and Sarah Tolman, child Nancy Josiah and Henrietta Call, child Cyril Samuel and Sarah Meacham October 1849 Cyrus and Alice Tolman and children Julia Ann, Cyrus Ammon Benjamin Tolman, Phineas Wright, F.X. Lougy December 21, 1849 Orson Bravett and family John and Eliza Rowberry and children Joseph, John Edward, Mary Ann Jenkins, Sarah Emma Jenkins Robert Skelton

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bingham Canyon Mine — 7.8 mi
  The largest man-made excavation on Earth
• Great Salt Lake — 19 mi
  The largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere
• Saltair — 19 mi
  A haunting lakeside resort with a storied past
• International Peace Gardens — 24 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature

More markers nearby

• Tooele's First Cemetery — 0.4 mi
• Old Tooele County Courthouse — 0.6 mi
• Old Tooele Ward Church (2) Markers — 0.7 mi
• Tooele's Mud Wall — 0.7 mi