Pioneer Cabin

Utah's coal country was settled on purpose, and late. In 1877 Brigham Young sent Jefferson Tidwell to find a place to settle east of the Wasatch, and by 1879 the first families were breaking ground and turning Price River water onto their fields. Robert Snyder built this log cabin in 1882 — a fireplace, a dirt roof and dirt floor, canvas hung for windows and doors — and like so many first buildings it did every job at once, as home, school, church, and dance hall. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers took it for a relic hall in 1928.

What the plaque says

In 1877 Jefferson Tidwell was called by Brigham Young to find a location for settlement east of the Wasatch Mountains. By 1879 the first pioneers came, built homes, later irrigated their farms with Price River water. This log cabin, built by Robert Snyder, 1882, had a fire place, dirt roof and floor. Canvas served for windows and doors. It was used for home, school, church and recreation. Purchased in 1928 by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for a relic hall.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern — 5.7 mi
  A small-town museum punching way above its weight in dinosaur science
• Price — 5.7 mi
  A gritty coal mining town with a surprisingly excellent dinosaur museum
• Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry — 16 mi
  The densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur bones ever found

More markers nearby

• Assumption Greek Orthodox Church — 5.5 mi
• Matt Warner Plaque — 5.5 mi
• Coal Man Machine — 5.6 mi
• First Meetinghouse — 5.6 mi