Marker #1

Southeast corner of Fort Payson

You will want to begin your tour at the northwest corner of Utah Avenue and 200 East. Here we will observe our first marker.  This marks the southeast corner of Fort Payson.  On May 20, 1973, one of Payson’s reservoirs broke sending a nine foot wall of water down Payson Canyon and into Payson City. This marker was washed one block north to the service station on the southeast corner of 200 East and 100 North. Royce Hermansen, owner of the station found the marker while cleaning debris. The city reset it for the D.U.P. (Daughters of Utah Pioneers) Thus, there are two foundations for one marker.