Grist Mill, Anson Call

The man who built this mill built half the West. In 1854 Anson Call raised a three-story gristmill of canyon rock over Deuel Creek, its pond doubling as the ward's baptismal font and the town's winter ice. But grinding Centerville's wheat was the least of him. Call helped settle Bountiful and Fillmore, built his own fort north of Brigham City, then in 1864 led a party to the Colorado River to build Callville — a warehouse and steamboat landing meant to be Utah's back door from the south. The mill came down in 1944; Callville lies under Lake Mead.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 4.9 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Ensign Peak — 8.8 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Salt Lake City — 10 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 10 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Stage Coach Station — 0.4 mi
• Kilbourn-Leak House — 0.4 mi
• Bountiful Tabernacle — 2.0 mi
• Stoker School — 2.0 mi