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Show ) .j 448 Ij I i I I i $ ~ I1 .1 lj l 1 I f 1 1 I l j I 1 1 j I1 ' il:a n I' TREASURES OF PIONEER HISTORY LIBERTY PARK 1 J ! 3 No. 130 The original five·acre plot, located in the Big Field Sur· vey, was assigned to Isaac Chase, a pioneer of 1847. A spring of clear water made it a verdant spot. Later he purchased three other tracts and planted seeds of locust trees around his home and mill. In 1860, it became the prop· erty of Brigham Young, who added varieties of mulberry, cottonw ood and other trees. In pioneer days it was known as the Mill Farm, Forest Park and Locust Patch . In 1881,Salt Lake City purchased the land from the You ng estate. On June 17, 1882, it was formall y opened as a recreational area and officially named Liberty Park. Liberty Camps Salt Lake Co. Liberty Park is located in Salt Lake City and it is the largest and most adequate of the municipal pleasure grounds. When it became the property of Brigham Young it was used by him for pasture and agricultural land. A grist mill was erected there in 1852, which was known as the Chase Mill. Brigham Young planted the area with a number of trees, which leads one to think that he had a large park in mind. The beautiful pioneer home used by both the families of President Young and Isaac Chase still stands as a monument to early building. Brigham Young designated before his death that it was his wish that this one-hundred and ten acres of ground be sold to the city at the lowest price and made into a public park. I ,! His wishes were cariied out, for the city bought Mill Farm on April 26, 1881 for the sum of $27,500. Liberty Park, as we know this land today, still holds the mill which at the present time contains the relics donated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. The land has been made into a recreation and beautiful garden spot for the appreciative citizens of Salt Lake City and tourists. The marker was dedicated December 29, 1948, at Salt Lake City. . i5 5 , w f 2 MARKERS ERECTI No. 131 :;' - This marker stan North of the gate t( Gardens, first play Utah. In 186~, 1>1 sey and wife Bith Lindsey, handcart l' 18~9, homesteaded section; built a ho hall, museum, lun a bathhouse fed fCOl in the ravine, plant! made swings, giaJ whirlygigs, grea5 croquet and basebal sold soft drinks, ice cream and cake. adu lts 10c. Childrl Camp 27, Camp 21 , Camp Ensign. In 1865, N homesteaded a t City, and imme( outings and parti spring in a ravil bathing on a sn of the 1. D. S. other attractions ground. This re it was reached i tops, carriages al tained. Later, n and the walk f r< line, was not to spacious arbors bles and rustic Lindsey built tv. on the grounds, as lemonade, h( daughters. The The ideals · run according t City g rew othe borrow money 1 called for other he refused to d for amusement '; Marker ere |
