Settlement of Provo

Provo began as Fort Utah, and it began on ground that was already someone's. In 1849 Mormon families built the fort on the Provo River, beside the Timpanogos Ute village and the fishery at the heart of their year. The settlers fenced the pastures and netted the river, and their food thinned. When settlers murdered a Ute man and hid it, then blamed the band for cattle taken in a hard winter, the militia came. In February 1850 they besieged a Timpanogos camp with a cannon, killed scores, and sold the survivors into servitude. The town grew from that.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bridal Veil Falls — 7.6 mi
  A dramatic double waterfall cascading 607 feet into Provo Canyon
• Sundance Mountain Resort — 11 mi
  Robert Redford's intimate, arts-minded ski resort on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos, in the North Fork of Provo Canyon.
• Aspen Grove — 12 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls
• Alpine Loop Summit — 12 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos

More markers nearby

• Utah Lake Fishing Industry — steps away
• Old Tabernacle Lintel Stone — 0.7 mi
• The American Family — 0.8 mi
• Dan Jones, Missionary — 1.8 mi