Old Pleasant Grove Fort

Inside the fort wall was a whole small town, turned inward. When Pleasant Grove's settlers walled off four blocks square during the troubles of 1853, they built their houses facing in, presenting only blank back walls to the outside world. The four blocks at the center held the barns and a shared community corral, and culinary water was carried in by flume so no one had to leave the walls to drink. This monument marks the southeast corner of that square; stones mark the others too. A town built to look after itself from the inside out.

What the plaque says

In 1853 because of Indian troubles, Brigham Young instructed the people to build forts for protection. A two foot six inch rock wall from three to five feet high, four city blocks square, was built here. Private homes faced the center of the Fort. In the center four blocks were situated the barns and a community corral. The culinary water was flumed in. This monument stands at the southeast corner of the Fort. The other corners are also marked.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 5.7 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Lehi Roller Mills — 6.4 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Alpine Loop Summit — 7.0 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos
• Aspen Grove — 7.5 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Pleasant Grove Town Hall — 0.2 mi
• Nelson Granary — 0.2 mi
• Pioneer Flour Mill — 0.2 mi
• Pioneer Relic Hall — 0.2 mi