Hyrum Pioneers

Hyrum is a Cache Valley farm town, settled in 1860 as Latter-day Saint families pushed north to break ground in the valley's fertile bottoms — named, like many Utah towns, for an early church figure rather than a geographic feature. This 1910 marker, raised by the settlers' own generation while some of them still lived, honors the founding pioneers. It's one of the older monuments in this collection, which gives it particular weight: not a later generation's idea of the pioneers, but the pioneers' own community marking its beginning.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hyrum State Park — 0.4 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Wellsville Mountains — 4.8 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Logan — 7.1 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• American West Heritage Center — 11 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley

More markers nearby

• The Great Fur Cache — steps away
• Hyrum First Ward Building — 0.4 mi
• Camp Hollow (2) — 1.2 mi
• Cache Valley — 2.8 mi