The Kelly Ranch

For seventy-nine years and three generations, one family kept this canyon corner. Joseph and Elizabeth Kelly came to Springville in 1852 and homesteaded a hundred and sixty acres up Hobble Creek Canyon, on a bench the Ute had long used as a camping ground. Here they raised their family, farmed, and grew known across the valley for taking in travelers — 'they lived in the house by the side of the road and were friends to man.' Joseph died on the place in 1885, Elizabeth in 1904, and the ranch stayed in Kelly hands into the next century.

What the plaque says

Joseph and Elizabeth Potter Kelly, Springville Pioneers of 1852 homesteaded 160 acres in Hobble Creek Canyon which remained in the Kelly family for 79 years (three generations). This was an old Ute Indian camping ground, and here the Pioneer Kellys lived and died. Their home was known for its hospitality. Joseph Kelly died here in 1885 and his wife in 1904. "They lived in the house by the side of the road and were friends to man".

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Thistle Landslide — 11 mi
  The ruins of a town destroyed by a massive landslide in 1983
• Bridal Veil Falls — 13 mi
  A dramatic double waterfall cascading 607 feet into Provo Canyon
• Sundance Mountain Resort — 16 mi
  Robert Redford's intimate, arts-minded ski resort on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos, in the North Fork of Provo Canyon.
• Aspen Grove — 18 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Springville Presbyterian Church — 5.5 mi
• Springville High School Art Gallery — 5.5 mi
• The Pioneer Mother — 5.7 mi
• First Mills in Utah County — 5.8 mi