Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Jefferson Hunt was born at Mound Fort, Weber, Utah
| Site of Mound Fort SITE OF MOUND FORT Mound Fort as a settlement began in 1848 when the first pioneers arrived in this locality. Others followed and erected a fort on an Indian burial mound. Its steep west slope, cut to a perpendicular face 10 feet high topped with a 3-foot breastwork, served as a lookout. Mud walls were begun on the other side. Cabins were built. A spring furnished water. Meetings and school were held in private homes. As more settlers came, Indian threats subsided and the fort fell into disuse. | ||||||||||||
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| Location: | 952
Childs Avenue
OGDEN WEBER County Corner of LDS Church grounds; Childs Ave. & 10th Mound Fort (1853 - unknown), Ogden A Mormon settlers' fort located around a natural clay mound, in the vicinity of today's Washington Ave. and 12th Street | Source: Utah History Record Center: Markers and Monuments. | ||||||||||
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