Iron County Monuments and Markers from Cedar City Library

Metal in concrete. Monument not on actual site. Placed on Parowan City property for convenience. Partial inscription: "This site marks the southwest corner of the old Parowan adobe fort. It was constructed at the direction of LDS leader Brigham Young, to help secure the new pioneers as they developed the Mother Town of Southern Utah. Conceptualized in 1851, the fort began as a vertical log "picket style" fence then progressed to a massive adobe enclosure. The perimeter was "112 rods square" (one rod equals 16 1/2 feet). The adobe wall was 10 to 12 feet high, 6 feet thick at the base, tapering to 2 1/2 feet at the top. The for was completed circa 1855 and lasted for many years. When the fort enclosure was no longer needed some of the adobe was restructured into bricks. Remnants of the wall persisted into the 20th century. The three other corners of the fort are appointed with flat ground level plaques with the approximate locations: northwest corner near 100 North and 200 West, northeast corner near Pioneer Avenue and 100 East, Southeast corner near 100 east and 200 South." Sponsors and attributions included. Intersection of 200 S. and 200 W, Parowan, Utah. Parowan Power Plant in background.