First Settlers of Mendon

Everyone else came through Mendon. When Mormon families climbed into Cache Valley in the spring of 1859, they entered over the low divide just north of here, which made this the door to the whole valley — the second town settled in it, after Wellsville. The newcomers, most of them English, Scots, and Danes, built two facing rows of log houses and lived nearly as one household, sharing what they had. They were farming Northwestern Shoshone land. An apostle named the place that December for his birthplace in Massachusetts. The valley's other towns filled in behind it.

What the plaque says

IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF MENDON 1859 & 1860 ATKINSONS ANDERSENS BAKERS BIRDS FORSTERS FINDLAYS GRAHAMS GARDNERS HILLS HANCOCKS JENSENS LUCKHAMS LARSENS LEMMONS RICHARDS ROWES SORENSENS SWEETEN SHUMWAYS SONNE WILLIES WOODS ERECTED BY MENDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1957

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 5.4 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Logan — 7.7 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• Hyrum State Park — 8.5 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• American West Heritage Center — 11 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley

More markers nearby

• Cache Valley — 5.3 mi
• Wellsville Pioneers/Maughan's Fort — 5.4 mi
• Hansen Dairy — 6.2 mi
• Salt Lake Cutoff, Bear River Crossing — 6.5 mi