Lehi Pioneer Cemetery

Every pioneer town has one of these — the old cemetery where the first generation lies, the people who broke the ground and didn't live to see the town it became. Lehi's, marked here in 1950, holds its founding settlers. These pioneer burying grounds are quietly among the most honest historical sites in Utah: no interpretation, no reconstruction, just the names and dates of people who came to a hard place and stayed for good. A cemetery doesn't romanticize. It simply records who was here, and when they left.

What the plaque says

No. 153 ERECTED JUNE, 1950 LEHI CEMETERY 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 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 THIS COMMUNITY STILL LIE BURIED HERE. LEHI CAMPS UTAH COUNTY

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lehi Roller Mills — 0.5 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Thanksgiving Point — 5.9 mi
  A massive complex with dinosaur bones, gardens, and a curiosity museum
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 7.9 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 Cemetery Veterans Memorial — 0.4 mi
• Fort Wall & Lehi Pioneers (4) Markers — 0.7 mi
• John Austin Cabin — 0.7 mi
• Lehi Memorial Building — 0.7 mi