Welsh Settlement

The Welsh who came here in 1849 were the wrong people for the work. Dan Jones — the fiery Welsh missionary who had ferried Joseph Smith on the Mississippi — led a company into the valley, and some tried to raise a farming settlement on the dry ground west of the Jordan. But they were miners and craftsmen, not plowmen; the crops failed, and by 1854 people called this the "old Welsh settlement." Most moved on to Sanpete County, where the coal was, and founded a town they named Wales. The name stuck to a place that didn't.

What the plaque says

Welsh Settlement October 1849, under the leadership of Dan Jones, a Welsh company entered the valley. Later, a few settled a farming community along the river a short distance north of here. They were not adept at farming so the settlement was abandoned with many going to Sanpete County to mine coal and settle the town of Wales Erected by Taylorsville/Bennion Sons of the Utah Pioneers 2007 #132

Where it stands

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