Hyde Park Pioneers

Families from Lehi came north in 1860 and settled beside a cold spring in Cache Valley — land the Northwestern Shoshone, the Newe, had wintered and hunted for generations. They named the place for William Hyde and for Hyde Park in London, where many settlers had lived, and built their first houses close together, fort-style, on ground that was not theirs. Three years later, at the valley's north end, came the Bear River Massacre, one of the deadliest killings of Native people in the West. The 1941 marker lists the founders; it does not name what they displaced.

What the plaque says

In memory of the Hyde Park settlers Erected in honor of those pioneers who helped settle Hyde Park This settlement was founded in 1860 by the following list William Hyde William Higgensen Robert Daines Lydia Wilkinson Anthony Metcalf James Hancey Armenius Neeley Thomas Rogers Elijah Seamons James Thurston George Seamons Niels Nielsen Henry Ashcroft James Mack Michael Molen George Thomas Simpson Molen John Bloomfield Samuel Seamons Charles Reese Mary Seamons Peter Crough Patterson Griffith Erected by the citizens of Hyde Park in 1941

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• American West Heritage Center — 1.0 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley
• Logan — 4.4 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• Wind Cave Trail — 9.5 mi
  A short hike to a triple-arched limestone cave overlooking the canyon
• Logan Canyon — 9.6 mi
  A winding National Scenic Byway through limestone cliffs and alpine forest

More markers nearby

• Ira Merrill — 2.6 mi
• Smithfield Veterans Memorial — 2.6 mi
• Unknown Pioneers — 3.6 mi
• Logan Community Center — 4.1 mi