Thurber Relief Society Hall (4) Markers

The women of Thurber built this hall themselves, and put their names to it. Under their president, Sarah Gardner Meeks, and a full slate of officers — counselors, secretaries, a treasurer, all listed on the marker — they raised it between 1897 and 1899, just as the town was picking up and moving to its present site. It stood as the women's own building, the base for the charitable and community work a frontier congregation leaned on its Relief Society to carry. Thurber later took a new name, Bicknell, but the hall the women built kept doing its work.

What the plaque says

Built by the women of Thurber under the leadership of Sarah Gardner Meeks, President; Mary H. Bullard, 1st Counsellor; Eliza Jane Brinkerhoff, Amanda Haws Durfey, 2nd Counsellors; Viola Cutler Brinkerhoff, Secretary; Mary A. Gardner, Asst. Secretary; Melissa Meeks Snow, Treasurer. Building began June 1, 1897 when the town was moved to its present location. Completed September 19, 1899 and dedicated by President Willis E. Robinson.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Torrey — 7.4 mi
  A charming gateway town for Capitol Reef National Park
• Gifford Homestead — 17 mi
  A pioneer homestead famous for its fresh-baked pies
• Fruita Historic District — 17 mi
  A pioneer orchard oasis in the red-rock heart of Capitol Reef.
• Capitol Reef National Park — 17 mi
  Utah's most underrated national park — a 100-mile wrinkle in the Earth

More markers nearby

• Memory of Black Hawk War Veterans 1866-1867 — steps away
• World War Veterans 1917-1918 — steps away
• First Public Building — 5.4 mi
• Allred Point Pioneers — 7.9 mi