Elk Mountain, Utah refers to several things. Most recently, a ski resort near
Beaver, Utah
Beaver is a city in, and county seat of, Beaver County in southwestern Utah, United States. The population was 3,112 at the 2010 census.
History
Indigenous peoples lived in this area for thousands of years, as shown by archeological evidence ...
.
However, Elk Meadows Ski Area closed but reopened under new ownership. The ski area is now called Eagle Point Ski Resort and reopened in December 2010. Eagle Point has added many new amenities including restaurants, hot tubs etc.
History
In 1854,
Brigham Young
Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...
, the
territorial governor of Utah and
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of the
LDS Church
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, directed a group of a dozen men to establish a major control point on the
Old Spanish Trail in southeastern Utah on the site of the current city of
Moab
Moab ''MΕΓ‘b''; Assyrian: π¬πͺπππ ''Mu'abΓ’'', π πͺπππ
''Ma'bΓ’'', π πͺπ ''Ma'ab''; Egyptian: ππππ
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. Additional settlers followed, but conflicts with the local
Ute
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Indians wiped out the settlement.
The demise of the Elk Mountain Mission marked one of the rare failures for a
Mormon
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settlement during the church's widespread colonization of the West under President
Brigham Young
Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...
. For more than two decades afterward, no permanent settlers lived in the Moab area. The return of permanent settlers did not happen until 1877, when prospector
William Granstaff
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and a trapper known as βFrenchieβ arrived in the
Spanish Valley
Spanish Valley is a flat in Grand and San Juan counties in Utah, United States, south of Moab.
Description
The valley lies at an elevation of , and is south southeastward of the Moab Valley. Pack Creek flows through Spanish Valley north northw ...
area and moved into the old fort itself.
Elk Mountain Mission
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References
{{Ski areas and resorts in Utah
Buildings and structures in Beaver County, Utah
Populated places in Beaver County, Utah
Ski areas and resorts in Utah