Jeremiah Willey Cabin

For fifty years this cabin hid inside another house. Jeremiah Willey came to Bountiful in 1851 and built the log cabin in 1854; over the decades owners kept adding on, wrapping rooms and lath and plaster around the old logs until they vanished from sight. Only when the building was being torn down did the cabin walls turn up behind the plaster, sealed like a time capsule. Willey didn't see any of it — he drowned crossing Barton Creek near his home in 1868. In 1992 the city moved the found cabin to the park.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Ensign Peak — 6.3 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Lagoon Amusement Park — 7.2 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Salt Lake City — 7.6 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 7.6 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Brick-Making in Bountiful — 0.3 mi
• Heber C. Kimball Gristmill — 0.4 mi
• Original Gristmill Stones — 0.4 mi
• George Quinn McNeil — 0.4 mi