Pioneers of Lehi

Lehi took three tries and four names to become Lehi. Thirteen families settled at Sulphur Springs — soon Snow's Springs — in the fall of 1850, while another group formed the Lott Settlement to the southeast. Within a year most had moved to higher ground along Dry Creek, a townsite first called Evansville. The name that stuck came from the Book of Mormon: Lehi, the patriarch who led his family on a long migration — fitting for a town of migrants that wandered before it settled. This monument went up for the town's centennial.

What the plaque says

The pioneers of Lehi settled in this vicinity in the fall of 1850. Thirteen families located at Sulphur Springs, later Snow’s Springs, forty rods east of here where a fort was begun. Another group formed the Lott Settlement, to the southeast. Others located nearby. The following year most of the families moved to higher ground on Dry Creek, selected in July 1850 by Canute Peterson and six companions, and established Evansville, named for Bishop David Evans. By legislative enactment, February 5, 1852 the “City of Lehi” was incorporated. It included the area between Utah Lake and the north foothills. The name Lehi was taken from the Book of Mormon. This monument was erected as a part of Lehi’s Centennial Celebration.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lehi Roller Mills — 2.3 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Thanksgiving Point — 3.5 mi
  A massive complex with dinosaur bones, gardens, and a curiosity museum
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 10 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Alpine Loop Summit — 14 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos

More markers nearby

• Lehi Hotel — 2.0 mi
• ZCMI Co-Op Building — 2.1 mi
• Lehi Veterans Memorial Building — 2.2 mi
• Lehi City Hutchings Museum Veterans Memorial Foyer — 2.2 mi