Historical Marker
Porterville
Historical marker location:
3100 South Morgan Valley Drive, Porterville, Utah
( Marker is at the intersection of South State Street (Utah Route 66) and South Morgan Valley Road, on the right when traveling south on South State Street.)
Marker installed: 1986
The first permanent non-indigenous settlement in Utah was established by Mormon pioneers in 1847. They founded the city of Salt Lake City and the state of Utah was later admitted to the Union in 1896.