Three Mile Creek Site

Perry began as Three Mile Creek, on ground people had always found worth stopping at. Native travelers and pioneers had long camped by this creek, and Porter Rockwell had once claimed the land, before the Tippetts and Perry families settled here to stay in 1853. Others followed, and the little place filled in the pioneer way: a sawmill at the canyon mouth in 1860, then a shingle mill and a molasses mill, a cooperative store in 1865, a log schoolhouse. The Union Pacific came through in 1869. In time the town took the Perrys' name.

What the plaque says

Three Mile Creek, later named Perry, originated in 1853 with the arrival in the Three Mile Creek Valley of the William Plummer Tippetts family and Lorenzo and May Perry. They were soon joined by William Walker, Thomas C. Young, Alex Perry, and Robert Henderson and their families. Earlier the land had been claimed by Orrin Porter Rockwell and was an important campsite for Indians and pioneers passing through. Ashael Thorne and Hyrum Tippetts built a saw mill at the mouth of the canyon in 1860. Other mills in the area were a shingle mill and a molasses mill. A cooperative store was founded in 1865 with Henry Perry president. The Union Pacific Railroad was built here in 1869. Elizabeth Osborne was the first recorded teacher; school was held in her home. The first school building was built of logs in 1863. Here all community meetings and dances were held. The Three Mile Creek Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in 1854 with Gustavus Adolphus Perry as Presiding Elder. The Three Mile Creek Ward was organized August 19, 1877, with Orrin Alonzo Perry as Bishop and his wife Jane as Rellef Society President. In 1898 the name of the settlement was officially changed to Perry In honor of Bishop Perry. No. 439 1988 Three Mile Creek Camp

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 12 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Powder Mountain — 14 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Hyrum State Park — 15 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Ogden Union Station — 17 mi
  A grand 1924 train depot turned museum complex

More markers nearby

• Bushnell Hospital / Intermountain Indian School — 2.2 mi
• Lorenzo Snow Burial Site — 2.7 mi
• First Ward Meeting House — 2.7 mi
• Brigham City Tabernacle — 2.8 mi