Iron County Monuments and Markers from Cedar City Library

Monuments and markers from throughout Iron County. These items honor people, places, and events significant to Iron County.

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Hamilton Fort Monument Image: Photograph by Jacob B. Arnell. Licensed by Creative Commons (CC BY-SA).
Photograph by Jacob B. Arnell. Licensed by Creative Commons (CC BY-SA).
Hamilton Fort Monument Image: Photograph by Jacob B. Arnell. Licensed by Creative Commons (CC BY-SA).
  • Hamilton Fort Monument, 1965
  • Monument
  • Inv: MM 2021-0110

Native stone set into concrete. Metal plaque attached. Inscription: "Daughters of Utah Pioneers. No. 309. Erected 1965. Hamilton Fort. In 1852 Peter Shirts located a ranch on Sidon Creek, later known as Shirts Creek. He offered John Hamilton half of the water to come and settle there. Hamilton came with his family and Peter Fife. When Walker Indian War broke out they moved to Cedar City but returned in 1855. The three families built an adobe fort enclosing 1/4 acre, 96 feet square, walls 3 feet feet thick; houses formed part of the wall. Soon Jonathan Pugmire, Samuel White and other came. In 1869 a new location for Hamilton Fort was selected on the main thoroughfare. Camps, Iron Mission & Aunt Margaret. Iron County, Utah."

3 mi. south of Cedar City on I-15 Frontage Road or about 3700 W 2700 S, Old Highway 91

  • Current Location: Iron County
  • Collections: Monuments & Structures
  • Condition: Very Good

    Monument shows little sign of wear.