Redmond Pioneers

Redmond took its name from the red mounds just west of town, but its fortune lay underground. When Mormon pioneers settled this stretch of the Sevier River, they found beneath their feet a buried seam of salt, the remains of an ocean that dried up ages before anyone came to farm. The settlers dug it for their tables and their herds; their descendants still do. The deposit is mined yet, sold across the country as "Real Salt." Few pioneer towns can say the thing that first sustained them is the thing that sustains them now.

What the plaque says

In memory of Utah pioneers buried in this cemetery Annie C. Anderson · Peter Christensen · F. C. Mickelsen Else Anderson · Severine Christensen · Chris G. Nielson Gertrude Anderson · Annie Jensen · Mads Nielson Johanna Bastholm · Annie C. Jensen · Margret Nielson Niels P. Bastholm · Barbara Jensen · Thora Nielson Chris Breinholt · Charles Jensen · Christine Peterson Fredrecka Breinholt · Christen Jensen · Matilda Peterson George Breinholt · John Johnsen · Thomas Peterson Louis Breinholt · Kisten Johnsen · Elsine Poulsen Caroline Christensen · Jens Jorgensen · Clows Rassmussen Fred Christensen · Kisten Jorgensen · Johanna Rassmussen N.L.Christensen · Christene Mickelsen · Josephine Rassmussen Redmond Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Chastie McKenna Christiane H. Breinholt Hannah Breinholt

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Gunnison — 10 mi
  Sanpete's southern hub, home to Utah's oldest operating theater
• Mayfield — 11 mi
  Gateway to Twelve Mile Canyon and the Skyline Drive high country
• Sterling — 16 mi
  A highway hamlet and the doorway to Palisade State Park
• Palisade State Park — 17 mi
  A pioneer-built lake turned central Utah's favorite state park

More markers nearby

• Redmond Town Hall Monument — 0.6 mi
• Old Rock Church — 4.0 mi
• CCC Camp F-32, Co.-479 — 4.1 mi
• CCC & POW Camp Museum — 4.1 mi