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A Struggle for Water – West of the Jordan River

County: Salt Lake
Monument #: 71
Sponsor/Year: Oquirrh Mountain Chapter - 1996

Location: West Valley City Park In 1848, Joseph Harker built a dugout along the west bank of the Jordan River at about 3300 South and a dozen families moved in to the area of 45th South and Redwood Road. A dam built at Jordan Narrows and the South Jordan Canal, excavated from 1870– 1875, brought...

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