Old Pleasant Grove Fort Northwest Corner

Nothing is left of the old fort but four stones, and this is one of them. When the wall came down and the town grew over its footprint, local historians set a marker at each vanished corner — northeast, northwest, southeast — so the outline could still be read. This is the northwest. Between these points once stood a defensive square thrown up during the Walker War of 1853, its outer wall barely chest-high, more a rallying line than real protection: the families meant to gather inside and stand together if trouble came. It never seriously did.

What the plaque says

Fort Wall N. W. Corner

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 5.5 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Lehi Roller Mills — 6.0 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Alpine Loop Summit — 7.1 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos
• Aspen Grove — 7.7 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Pioneer Relic Hall — 0.2 mi
• Pioneer Flour Mill — 0.2 mi
• Nelson Granary — 0.2 mi
• In Commemoration of Utah's First Indian Battle — 0.3 mi