Lehi Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Lehi's first cemetery was consecrated by a death. In February 1851 this ground along the state road was set aside for burials when seventy-five-year-old John Griggs White was laid to rest here — the town's first. The land, once government ground, was homesteaded and then deeded to the city. But the dead did not rest undisturbed: in 1872, when the road was widened and the railroad cut straight through the plot, many graves were moved to a new cemetery elsewhere. A number of Lehi's pioneers, though, still lie here where they were first buried.

What the plaque says

In February, 1851 this plot of ground along the north side of state road and west of dry creek was dedicated as a cemetery for the city of Lehi; when John Griggs White, aged 75 years, was buried. This land was government owned; later it was a home – steaded by Thomas R. Jones, who deeded it to the city. In 1872 when the road was widened and the railroad cut through the cemetery, many bodies were moved to a new cemetery; yet several pioneers of the community still lie buried here.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lehi Roller Mills — 0.8 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Thanksgiving Point — 6.2 mi
  A massive complex with dinosaur bones, gardens, and a curiosity museum
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 7.5 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Alpine Loop Summit — 12 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos

More markers nearby

• The Peter Julius Christofferson Family — 0.4 mi
• Lehi Pioneer Cemetery — 0.4 mi
• Fort Wall & Lehi Pioneers (4) Markers — 0.9 mi
• John Austin Cabin — 0.9 mi