Cove Fort, UTAH
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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
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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