Pioneer Memorial Cabin

One of the first cabins raised in Manti, this little log house went up around 1853 inside the settlers' fort, the work of Nathaniel Beach. It moved once, to a lot on Second North, where William and Johannah Richey made it their family home; for a time it served as a schoolroom under a teacher, Alvira Coolidge. In 1925 its owners deeded it to the Manti camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, who keep it still as a memorial and a place to preserve pioneer relics — a first house grown into a keeper of first things.

What the plaque says

This pioneer cabin, one of the first erected in Manti, was built inside the log fort, about 1853 by Nathaniel S. Beach. He later moved it to 104 West 2nd North where it was purchased by William and Johannah Richey, as a home for their family. At one time, it was used as a school room with Alvira Coolidge as teacher. On January 19, 1925, the cabin was deeded to Manti Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, as a memorial to the pioneers and for a home in which to preserve relics.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Manti Temple — 0.2 mi
  A striking pioneer-era temple crowning a hilltop above the Sanpete Valley
• Manti — 0.4 mi
  Sanpete's first settlement, crowned by an 1888 oolite temple
• Palisade State Park — 4.6 mi
  A pioneer-built lake turned central Utah's favorite state park
• Sterling — 6.0 mi
  A highway hamlet and the doorway to Palisade State Park

More markers nearby

• The John Patton House (2) Markers — steps away
• Manti City Hall — steps away
• The Manti Temple — 0.3 mi
• Manti Pioneers — 0.3 mi