Society For Perpetuation of Memory of Trials of Early Days of Utah

.........continued Utah Pioneers of the Second Generation by James William Pyper (a grandson) ~ Mina Simpson Bjelke

Daughters of Utah Pioneers - with names

We first posted this picture in the summer of 2009 without names from the original photograph found at the Relic Home.  We found a printed version in the book "These Our Fathers" printed in 1947 by all the DUP Camps in Sanpete County.  While it gives the names, there may be a discrepency in the order.  It is also interesting that Hilda Madsen Longsdorf was the first chapter president. Hilda is the author of the "History of Mt. Pleasant".

"Old Armory" now Recreation Center, Honors Mt. Pleasant Soldiers

The "old armory", now Recreation Center, located on the north east corner of the intersection of State Street and Main was given special treatment by a couple of local artists last summer. Soldiers were painted on the outside walls in a very realistic 3-D effect that actually looks like they have been carved into the exterior wall. On the inside of the building, in the foyer area, the names of all the veterans of Mt. Pleasant are displayed from the Blackhawk War to the present day. Then all along the bottom wall of the building are faux stones which look very realistic and add so much to the aesthetics of the old building.

The Doughboy that once stood in the middle of the intersection, had lost his rifle. Rather, the rifle had been stolen. Now it has been replaced. A number of years ago, the Doughboy was moved to the corner to avoid traffic problems.

A lot of hours were put into the project and a lot of dollars to honor our Mt. Pleasant Veterans.



The grounds around the building have been re landscaped. In 1991 the Daughters of Utah Pioneers placed this marker to mark this corner as the location where the Old Mt. Pleasant Fort once stood. All improvements make for a very nice addition to our city.