Metal on stone monument. Inscription: Parowan Cotton Factory. On this site, in 1862 the first Cotton Factory was erected in the west. Designed and operated by William Marsden and owned by Ebenizer Hanks. Here the first ball of Cotton Yarn was made west of the Mississippi River. Girls that worked in the Cotton Factory
Caroline Newman (Mitchel), Maria Coombs (Taylor), Ellen Newman, Mary Mortenson (Wardell), Annie Lewis (Whitney), Christiann Scogard, Hanna Taylor (Mickleman), Lara Marsden (Benson), Caroline Mortenson (Durham), Elizah Lewis (Fish), Amanda Dalton (Mortenson), Ellen Hobbs, Lizzie Grimshaw (Benson)
Little Salt Lake Chapter S. U. P.
NW corner of 200 S. 100 W. intersection, Parowan, Utah.