Memory of Black Hawk War Veterans 1866-1867

These twenty-three names belong to local men who marched in the Black Hawk War of 1866–67 — a war whose roots lay in the taking of Ute land. As Mormon settlement spread into central Utah, it broke the Ute's hold on the country that fed them, and the bands fought back; the settlers formed militia companies like the ones these men served in. The list mixes Danish and English names, the makeup of these valleys, and includes Ephraim K. Hanks, the scout and frontiersman. It honors the settlers' service without erasing the dispossession that set the war in motion.

What the plaque says

Orson W. Allen • Hyrum Jameson • Andrew J. Allred • Christian Johnson • Thomas Baker • Volney King • Christian T. Balley • Amasa H. Lyman • Elijah C. Behunin • Joseph E. Mangum • Elias H. Blackburn • Elijah Maxfield • Jehu Blackburn • William Meeks • Alma Durfey • Charles P. Okerlund • Elisha G. Goff • Ole Okerlund • Ephraim K. Hanks • George Peter Pectol • J.W. Jackson • Allen Russell • Jorgen Smith

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Torrey — 7.4 mi
  A charming gateway town for Capitol Reef National Park
• Gifford Homestead — 17 mi
  A pioneer homestead famous for its fresh-baked pies
• Fruita Historic District — 17 mi
  A pioneer orchard oasis in the red-rock heart of Capitol Reef.
• Capitol Reef National Park — 17 mi
  Utah's most underrated national park — a 100-mile wrinkle in the Earth

More markers nearby

• World War Veterans 1917-1918 — steps away
• Thurber Relief Society Hall (4) Markers — steps away
• First Public Building — 5.4 mi
• Allred Point Pioneers — 7.9 mi