Cove Fort, UTAH

 

by

Gary B. Speck

 

 

Just northeast of the junction of I-15/I-70, about 20 miles north of Beaver.  It is 1.9 miles southeast of Exit 135 east of I-15.  On the west side of the road just below the western edge of the Pavant Mountains.

           

This is a restored 100' square, 20' high, black volcanic, cut stone-walled stockade originally built by Ira Hinckley in 1867 to protect the local settlers.  Brigham Young asked for protection from Indians during the Black Hawk Indian Wars, and the US Army occupied the post until 1877.    The post was restored by the W. H. Kesler family.

 

A massive wooden gate on the east side served as the entrance for people.  Barracks and offices line the north and south walls.  Each row includes six individual rooms, each with its own fireplace and picturesque brick chimney.  Three huge locust trees and scattered hollyhocks decorate the central parade ground.

 

It is considered one of the best preserved military posts in the western states.

           

After it was abandoned in 1877, private citizens then occupied it.  Today it is operated by the Mormon Church as a historic site, and was recently purchased by the state.

           

It is also a state historic site and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

 

This was our GHOST TOWN OF THE MONTH for December 2002.

 

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