ZCMI Co-Op Building

By the time the cooperative reached Wallsburg, it had already spread to over a hundred and fifty towns across the mountains. Few were smaller or more tucked away than this one. Round Valley held a few hundred people, a long wagon ride from anywhere. Still, in 1890 a branch of Zion's cooperative opened here, the Wallsburg Mercantile: the same beehive network that ran the big store in Salt Lake, shrunk to fit a farming hamlet. It sold what the valley needed and kept its doors open until 1960, long after the movement that built it had faded elsewhere.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Cascade Springs — 7.4 mi
  Seven million gallons a day welling up through travertine terraces and clear pools
• Heber Valley Railroad — 8.2 mi
  A vintage steam train ride through a stunning mountain valley
• Sundance Mountain Resort — 8.2 mi
  Robert Redford's intimate, arts-minded ski resort on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos, in the North Fork of Provo Canyon.
• Midway — 9.0 mi
  A Swiss-inspired village with a geothermal crater you can snorkel in

More markers nearby

• Fort Wallsburg — steps away
• Charleston Settlement — 5.8 mi
• Indian Peace Treaty — 8.3 mi
• Abram Hatch Home — 8.3 mi