Prattville was a location in
Sevier County,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, United States, settled under the leadership of
Helaman Pratt
Helaman Pratt (31 May 1846 – 26 November 1909) was an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the U.S. states of Nevada and Utah and later in Mexico.
Family
Helaman was the son of Parley P. Pratt and Glasgow-born w ...
in 1873. Pratt served as the first branch president at this location. The settlement was largely abandoned in 1878, and the LDS branch was dissolved that year.
Notable person
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Art Acord
Arthemus Ward "Art" Acord (April 17, 1890 – January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. After his film career ended in 1929, Acord worked in rodeo road shows and as a miner in Mexico.
Early life and career
Acord ...
, (1890-1931), rodeo champion, silent movie star called the "Mormon cowboy",
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,813 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood dist ...
honoree, born on the family ranch in the area.
See also
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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 ...
Sources
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Jenson, Andrew. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church''. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1937.
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Populated places established in 1873
Ghost towns in Utah
Ghost towns in Sevier County, Utah