Kanosh

This town bears the name of the Pahvant chief who allowed it. Kanosh led the Water People, who farmed and fished along the Sevier, and ranked among Utah's ablest diplomats — a peacemaker who kept his band out of two wars and brokered the peace after the Gunnison killings of 1853. In 1867 he approved the settlers' move onto the Pahvant campground, and the town took his name. For a time five hundred Pahvant and a hundred settlers shared it. But the water was diverted, the land pared away, and Kanosh's people were pressed onto reservations all the same.

What the plaque says

Kanosh dates back to 28 April 1867 when Brigham Young, with the approval of Chief Kanosh, advised the pioneers to move from Petersburg (Hatton), Utah to the area then known as the campground of the Pahvant Tribe of Indians. When this move took place (1867-1868) there were approximately 100 pioneers and 500 Native Americans living here. At that time the Chief and many of his tribe were baptized members of the Mormon church. Mortimer Wilson Warner, a local pioneer, is credited with having suggested that the town be named Kanosh in honor of the wise tribal chief.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fremont Indian State Park — 16 mi
  The largest known Fremont Indian village ever discovered
• Cove Fort — 16 mi
  A beautifully restored 1867 pioneer fort at the crossroads of two interstates
• Big Rock Candy Mountain — 21 mi
  The real mountain that inspired the famous hobo folk song

More markers nearby

• Chief Walkara — 7.3 mi
• Blue Star Memorial Highway - Fillmore — 13 mi
• Fillmore Veterans Memorial — 14 mi
• Town of Joseph & Pioneer Log Cabin — 16 mi