Hector Haight Settlement on Haight's Creek

Sent north from Salt Lake in 1847 to find winter feed for the pioneers' cattle, Hector Haight kept going until he found a clear stream running out of the mountains and built his cabin beside it. The creek still carries his name. His grove of planted shade trees became Blooming Grove — a welcome rest stop for the thousands of gold-rush emigrants on the Salt Lake Cutoff, where Haight offered them lodging and a blacksmith. Both Kaysville and Farmington claim him as their first settler. The creek runs mostly hidden now beneath the town he started.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 2.9 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 7.9 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Antelope Island State Park — 14 mi
  A rugged island in the Great Salt Lake with free-roaming bison
• Ensign Peak — 15 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley

More markers nearby

• Honoring Builders of Salt Lake Temple — 3.1 mi
• Old Rock Mill — 3.1 mi
• Pony Express Museum — 3.2 mi
• Honoring the Builders of the Salt Lake Temple — 3.2 mi