The Crismon Mill

Within months of arriving, the pioneers needed to turn their grain into flour, and Charles Crismon built one of the first mills in the Salt Lake Valley to do it — a basic, essential piece of infrastructure for a settlement that had to feed itself or fail. This Daughters of Utah Pioneers marker, placed in 1938, remembers it. The earliest mills were among the most important buildings a new town raised: before there was a temple or a tabernacle, there had to be bread, and that meant a wheel, a stone, and running water.

What the plaque says

Daughters of Utah Pioneers No. 43 Erected Dec. 10, 1938 Crismon Mill Site This monument marks the site of the Crismon Mill, the first grist mill built in the Territory of Utah, built by Charles Crismon in the fall of 1847. This mill ground the wheat brought across the plains by the pioneers of 1847. Vilate Kimball Camp Salt Lake County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.3 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.3 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 1.2 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.0 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Ottinger Hall — steps away
• Brigham Young's Garden Wall — steps away
• The 18th Ward Chapel — steps away
• Council Hall — steps away