Wellsville Pioneers/Maughan's Fort

Cache Valley's first town began here. On September 15, 1856, Peter Maughan led a small band of families into this grassy valley under the mountains and founded the settlement they called Maughan's Fort, later renamed Wellsville — the earliest white settlement in all of Cache Valley. Among them was Mary Ann Weston Maughan, whose careful diaries would become a treasured record of pioneer life. From this fort the settling of the whole valley followed, town by town. The monument names the founders, the Maughans and Riggses and Gunnells who broke the first ground.

What the plaque says

This monument erected in honor of these pioneer men and their families who on September 15, 1856 founded the first white settlement in Cache Valley then known as Maughan's Fort now known as Wellsville Utah Peter Maughan · Mary Ann Weston Maughan · Charles W. Maughan · Joseph W. Maughan · Hyrum W. Maughan · Willard W. Maughan George W. Bryan Zial Riggs · Eveline Knox Riggs · Egbert Z. Riggs · Celia k Riggs · Robert K. Riggs · Delia K. Riggs John Maughan · Sarah M. Davenport Maughan · Sarah A. Maughan · Mary A. Maughan · William H. Maughan · Barbara Morgan Maughan · Ruth Maughan Francis W. Gunnell · Polly Ann Edwards Gunnell · Francis C. Gunnell · Sarah E. Gunnell O.D. Thomson Dedicated Founders Day 1931

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 0.9 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 4.4 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Logan — 8.4 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• American West Heritage Center — 13 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley

More markers nearby

• Cache Valley — 2.2 mi
• Hyrum Pioneers — 4.0 mi
• The Great Fur Cache — 4.0 mi
• Hyrum First Ward Building — 4.1 mi