Enterprise Pioneer Park

Enterprise exists because one man would not drop an idea. Orson Huntsman lived in Hebron, a ranching town short of water, and became convinced the fix was to dam Shoal Creek upstream and carry a reservoir's water to fields on the desert below. The catch: it meant abandoning Hebron. His neighbors hated it — even his father-in-law, the bishop, fought it. But Huntsman filed his claim in 1891, laid out the town, and spent sixteen years building the dam. After the 1902 earthquake, Hebron's people finally followed him. The reservoir made the desert green, and it still does.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Hebron Cemetery — 6.0 mi
• Hamblin Cemetery — 6.5 mi
• Mountain Meadows Trail & Camp — 7.7 mi
• Mountain Meadow Memorial (5) Panels — 8.0 mi