The Old Rock Granary

The women organized this granary and got it built. When Bishop Rawlins asked the sisters here to store wheat in December 1876, they set to work: the first grain came in that February, land was set aside, and by the following summer Mary Rawlins was chairing the building committee. Young men were recruited to haul the rock, and the granary was finished in May 1878. It's easy to read these projects as things that simply appeared, but this one had a chairwoman, a schedule, and a crew — a rock building run up by a committee of frontier women.

What the plaque says

As early as 1845 Brigham Young advised the Saints to store grain. December 14, 1876 Bishop Joseph S. Rawlins asked the sisters living in this vicinity to store wheat. February 8, 1877 the first donations were received. A temporary bin was built later, a tract of land 20 rods wide was given for the granary. On July 13, 1877 Mary Rawlins was made chairman of the building committee. Some of the young men were asked to haul the rock. On may 17, 1878 the granary was completed. South Cottonwood Camp Salt Lake County

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 5.8 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 6.5 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 6.6 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 7.8 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon

More markers nearby

• South Cottonwood Campground (Half-way Camp) — steps away
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• Murray Smelting — 0.7 mi
• Pony Express Station — 0.7 mi