Fort Harmony was an early settlement on the northern edge of
Washington County,
Utah
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, United States.
Description
The settlement was founded in 1852. Among the settlers there was
John D. Lee. It was also the original headquarters of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...
's Southern Indian Mission.
Settlers were driven from Fort Harmony when the fort had to be abandoned after most of its adobe walls were washed away after the month long rains during the
Great Flood of 1862
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows tha ...
.
New Harmony and
Kanarraville, in
Iron County were the settlements created by refugees from this disaster later in 1862.
Janet Burton Seegmiller, A History of Iron County, Community Above Self; Utah Centennial County History Series: The Face and Faces of Iron County; Physical Characteristics; Ancient Peoples; Explorers, Traders, Trappers and Expeditions; Utah State Historical Society, Iron County Commission, 1998
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See also
* List of ghost towns in Utah
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Utah, a state of the United States.
Classification
Barren site
* Sites no longer in existence
* Sites that have been destroyed
* Covered with water
* Reverted to pasture
* May have a few dif ...
References
* Ronald W. Walker, Glen M. Leonard and Richard E. Turley, Jr., ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows''. (New York:Oxford University Press, 2008) p. 55, 67.
External links
Populated places established in 1852
Ghost towns in Washington County, Utah
1852 establishments in Utah Territory
Ghost towns in Utah
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