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Location: Arizona Location: Pioneer Park, 526 E. Main Street The first settlers that came to the Mesa, Arizona area in 1878 found the remains of an irrigation system built over a thousand years earlier by the Hohokam—“those who are gone.” After eight months of hard work, the new settlers restored one of the ancient canals and water...
County: Apache
Monument #: 14 Sponsor/Year: Little Colorado River Chapter - 1987 Location: St. Johns, Arizona In August of 1880, the first Mormon settlement in St. Johns, Arizona was established with D. K. Udall as the first bishop. President John Taylor charged the settlers to keep proper accounts, organize the Priesthood, collect and account for tithing’s, and teach diligently. This settlement was named after the ancient biblical...
County: Maricopa
Monument #: D-1 Sponsor/Year: Salt River Valley Chapter - 1982
County: Coconino
Monument #: UPTLA 77 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - 1938 Location: Tonalea, AZ
County: Pima
Monument #: UPTLA 71 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - 1937 Location: Near Tucson – in State Park  Location: Stoneman Lake, AZ For many centuries Native Americans used this trail as a trade route to traverse the high country from the Hopi Mesas to the Verde Valley. During the mid-1800s, the United States Army, commercial companies, mail routes used portions of this trail, along with early Mormons migrating from Utah and Idaho.
County: Navajo
Monument #: UPTLA 46 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - 1934 Location: Brigham City – near Winslow, AZ
County: Coconino
Monument #: UPTLA 29 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association & Citizens of Kanab Stake - 1933  Location: Directional Marker - Fredonia, AZ, roadside park Fifteen miles southwest is Historic “Pipe Springs” early pioneer outpost and first Telegraph Station in Arizona.
County: Mohave
Monument #: UPTLA 5 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association and Citizens of Kanab Stake - 1933  Location: 15 miles west of Fredonia, Arizona on Highway 389 Established May 31, 1923, through efforts of Stephen T. Mather and friends. Occupied in 1863, by Dr. James M Whitmore who, with Robert McIntire was killed 4 miles S.E. of Pipe Springs January 8, 1866, by Navajo and Piute Indians. WINDSOR CASTLE Erected by direction...  Location: Safford, Arizona When Andrew Kimball was called to preside over the St. Joseph Stake in 1898, church members provided ten acres on which he built an adobe and brick home in 1902. His son, Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived here from age 7 until... |
