Northern Ute Veterans Memorial

A hard history lies in the ground this memorial stands on. Fort Duchesne was built by the U.S. Army in 1886 to keep watch over the Ute reservation — to hold a people in place. The same ground is now the seat of the Ute Indian Tribe, and this monument honors its veterans: Ute men and women who put on the uniform of that same country and served, as Native Americans have in every American war, at higher rates than any other group. It asks nothing simple of the visitor. It records that they went, and it names them.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Utah Field House of Natural History — 21 mi
  A dinosaur museum with life-size replicas in an outdoor garden
• Vernal — 21 mi
  The self-proclaimed Dinosaur Capital of Utah
• Steinaker State Park — 24 mi
  A warm-water reservoir popular for swimming in the desert heat
• McConkie Ranch Petroglyphs — 26 mi
  Massive Fremont-era rock art panels on private ranch land open to visitors

More markers nearby

• Settlement of Neola — 12 mi
• Uintah Stake Tithing Office (2) Markers — 21 mi
• Uintah Stake Tabernacle — 21 mi
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church — 21 mi