Settlement of Fairview

A handful of families from Mt. Pleasant laid out this townsite in 1859 and called it North Bend, for the turn of the San Pitch River; the name later softened to Fairview. Through that first winter they quarried rock for a fort, and by 1860 three stone walls stood, the fourth closed off by the backs of their own log houses, with portholes cut along the top for lookouts. Inside were rows of houses, a tithing office, and a schoolhouse that doubled as church. Fairview became a Latter-day Saint ward in 1868.

What the plaque says

In 1859, a small group from Mt. Pleasant laid out a townsite here called North Bend. Later the name was changed to Fairview. During the winter rock was quarried and hauled to build a fort, and in 1860 walls of three sides were finished; the other side was made by the backs of log houses abutting at the end. Portholes in top walls were for watcher. Inside the fort were rows of houses, a tithing office, and a schoolhouse which also served as church. James N. Jones was presiding Elder. In 1868 Fairview was made an L.D.S. Ward with Amasa Tucker as Bishop.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fairview — steps away
  The north gate of the Heritage Highway, home to a near-complete Ice Age mammoth
• Mount Pleasant — 5.6 mi
  A National Register Main Street and Utah's oldest boarding school
• Spring City — 10 mi
  An entire pioneer town preserved on the National Register
• Skyline Drive — 14 mi
  A hundred miles of dirt along the 10,000-foot crest of the Wasatch Plateau

More markers nearby

• Mill Stones — steps away
• An Inspiring Heritage — steps away
• Mt. Pleasant Fort — 5.6 mi
• Memorial Hall Recreation Center — 5.6 mi