Lehi City Hutchings Museum Veterans Memorial Foyer

This plaque in the museum's foyer marks the beginnings of Lehi itself. Settlers reached this ground near the Jordan River, at the north end of Utah Lake, in 1850; the next year they organized as a Latter-day Saint ward under David Evans, their first bishop; and on February 5, 1852, Lehi was incorporated as a city, with Silas P. Barnes as its first mayor — one of the earliest chartered cities in the territory. The town took its name from a prophet in the Book of Mormon.

What the plaque says

Lehi Settled 1850 Organized as a Ward 1851, David Evans First Bishop. Incorporated as a City Feb. 5, 1852, Silas P. Barned First Mayor

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lehi Roller Mills — 0.2 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Thanksgiving Point — 5.3 mi
  A massive complex with dinosaur bones, gardens, and a curiosity museum
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 8.2 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

• Lehi Memorial Building — steps away
• Lehi Veterans Memorial Building — steps away
• John Austin Cabin — steps away
• Fort Wall & Lehi Pioneers (4) Markers — steps away