Tithing Granary

In the cash-poor settlements, tithing was paid in grain, and a building like this held it. Homesteaders reached this corner of Emery County before 1890, and by 1912 they had a Latter-day Saint congregation and a granary to store the harvest they gave the church. Ward members built it themselves under carpenters George Hales and James Johnson, stacking two-by-four planks flat and laminating them into solid walls — a frontier method that made the little structure nearly indestructible. The tithing economy it served is long gone; the granary was handed to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1964.

What the plaque says

Before 1890 Thomas E. Davis filed on land in this vicinity. Others followed, erected homes, a schoolhouse and meeting place. June 16, 1912, a branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, George H. Oviatt presiding elder. This tithing granary was built by ward members with George Hales and James Johnson, head carpenters. The walls were made of laminated two-by-four planks. The granary was presented to the Daughters in 1964.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry — 8.4 mi
  The densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur bones ever found
• Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern — 15 mi
  A small-town museum punching way above its weight in dinosaur science
• Price — 15 mi
  A gritty coal mining town with a surprisingly excellent dinosaur museum
• Wedge Overlook — 22 mi
  Utah's "Little Grand Canyon" — a 1,200-foot drop into the San Rafael Swell.

More markers nearby

• First Public Building — steps away
• Charles Winder & Caroline Mills — 2.6 mi
• Old Ranger Station — 9.1 mi
• Pioneer Cabin — 12 mi