Isaac Behunin

Historical marker location:

Mount Carmel, Utah

( Marker is at the intersection of State Street (U.S. 89) and the road to Mount Carmel Cemetery, on the left when traveling north on State Street.)

Marker installed: 1993

Meribah Morton Behunin and Elmina Tyler Behunin.

The Mormon pioneers who settled in Utah brought with them a unique form of irrigation known as "Mormon irrigation." This method involved diverting water from rivers and streams into irrigation ditches and canals to irrigate crops.