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Salina, Utah Tithing House Monument Inscription


 Photo Id: 521

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Photo Information:
Date: 2002, June
Place: USA, Utah, Sevier, Salina
Editor's Comments:
     The inscription on the monument is as follows:
     
     Daughters of Utah Pioneers, No. 41.
     Erected Oct 13, 1938.
     
     SALINA FORT & TITHING OFFICE
     
     Work on the fort began in 1865. The fort waw 214 feet square on ground purchased from Christian Sorensen. The walls were 10 feet high and 2 feet thick with bastions 10 feet square at the four corners with port holes in walls and bastions. Inside of the fort a one room rock building erected by Jens Jensen was used for many years as tithing office and is now the Relic Hall of Old Fort Camp. The enclosure was large enough to shelter all families.
     Stone used was taken from the Old Quarry Northeast of Salina.
     
     Old Fort Camp

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[Photo]:  Salina, Utah Tithing House Monument


Associated Persons and Marriages:
JENSEN, Jens (Id# 34) Name, HIGH 
JENSEN, Jens (Id# 34) Religion, HIGH