Fort Utah on the Timpanogas (Provo River) River, 1850
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Fort Utah (also known as Fort Provo[1]) was the original European American settlement at modern-day Provo, Utah, United States. The settlement was established March 12, 1849 by President John S. Higbee with approximately 150 persons sent from Salt Lake City to Provo by President Brigham Young.[2]
Located west of present-day downtown Provo, the fort consisted of several log dwellings, surrounded by a 14-foot (4.3 m) palisade 20 by 40 rods in size (330 by 660 feet [100 by 200 m]), with gates in the east and west ends, and a middle deck, for a cannon. Following flooding, the settlement was moved to the current location of Provo's North Park in 1850.[3][2]
^"Chapter Twenty-Seven: Establishing a Refuge in Deseret". churchofjesuschrist.org. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2003. Retrieved 30 Mar 2016. Fort Utah was also called Fort Provo in honor of Etienne Provot, an early French trapper.
^ abWeiser, Kathy (Aug 2011). "Utah Forts of the Old West – Page 2". legendsofamerica.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 Mar 2016.
^"Fort Utah". provolibrary.com. Provo City Library. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved 30 Mar 2016.
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