Uinta Springs Settlement

Long before it was a town, this was a good spring to camp by — and once, a dangerous one. On September 30, 1853, in the midst of the Walker War, four teamsters resting here with their ox teams were killed by Ute fighters, in a conflict set off by settlers crowding onto Ute land and the closing of the trade the bands relied on. The spring stayed a travelers' stop for six more years, until 1859, when George W. Johnson and a company sent by Brigham Young settled the place that became Fountain Green.

What the plaque says

This location, later called Fountain Green, was a favorite camping place for travelers. Sept. 30, 1853, James Nelson, Wm. Luke, Wm. Reed and Thos. Clark, while camping here with their ox teams, were killed by Indians. Under direction of Brigham Young in July, 1859, George W. Johnson, his son, Amos, and a group of pioneers established a settlement. Big Spring, one mile west, supplies this city with water and power and the major part of the electricity for Moroni, Wales and Levan.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fairview — 11 mi
  The north gate of the Heritage Highway, home to a near-complete Ice Age mammoth
• Mount Pleasant — 11 mi
  A National Register Main Street and Utah's oldest boarding school
• Nephi — 12 mi
  A quiet ranching town at the foot of Mount Nebo
• Devil's Kitchen — 12 mi
  A pocket of red-rock hoodoos high in the green Wasatch — a "little Bryce Canyon"

More markers nearby

• Fountain Green — 0.3 mi
• Lewis Lund — 0.3 mi
• Salt Creek Canyon Massacre — 6.3 mi
• ZCMI Co-Op Building — 7.7 mi