Glendale

This town was founded, emptied by war, and founded again. The Berry brothers settled Berryville here in 1864, and more families followed, but the Black Hawk War drove everyone out by 1866 — a war rooted in the Ute's fight to hold land the settlers were taking, and Robert and Joseph Berry and Robert's wife Isabella were killed. In 1871 a new group arrived, refugees from the Muddy Mission in Nevada, and started over on the same ground, renaming it Glendale. They shared out the land by family size, built mills and public buildings, and made the town stick.

What the plaque says

In 1864 John, Joseph and Robert Berry, their families and others settled in Berryville. The church called more families in 1865. The town was abandoned because of Indian depredations in 1886 when Robert, his wife, Isabell, and Joseph Berry were killed by Indians. In 1871 settlers from the Muddy Mission came. The name was changed to Glendale. Each family received land in proportion to their number. A grist mill, sawmill, and public buildings were erected. James Leithead was first bishop, Warren M. Johnson first schoolteacher.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mount Carmel Junction — 7.7 mi
  The crossroads where the road to Zion meets the highway to Bryce
• Checkerboard Mesa — 17 mi
  A 900-foot dome of Navajo sandstone scored into a natural grid, near Zion's east entrance
• Best Friends Animal Sanctuary — 19 mi
  The largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the United States
• Kanab — 19 mi
  Little Hollywood — where hundreds of Western movies were filmed

More markers nearby

• The Berry Family — 0.2 mi
• United Order Woolen Mill — 1.9 mi
• Orderville Bell — 3.6 mi
• Old Rock Schoolhouse — 3.6 mi