WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Fort Harmony, Utah

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LOCATION

Between New Harmony and I-15.

37° 28' 46" North Latitude, 113° 14' 5" West Longitude

FEATURES

Fort Harmony was constructed of crude (without binding materials) adobe. The walls were 300 feet on a side. Houses along the inside of the 10 foot east wall were one story high. Houses along the inside of the 16 foot west wall were two stories high.

Culinary water was obtained from a well. Irrigation water for the fort and surrounding areas was supplied by Kanarra and Harmony Creeks.

HISTORY

In March of 1853, a wooden fort was built by the John D. Lee party near Ash Creek in northern Washington County.

A new adobe fort was built between May 1854 and February 1855.

The fort served as a stopping place and local headquarters.

Fort Harmony was abandoned after 28 days of heavy rain washed away most of the adobe walls in January and February of 1862. Most of the occupants moved a little ways west and created the town of New Harmony or moved east to Kanarraville.

Fort Harmony was put on the National Register of Historic Places (#1979003493) on November 16, 1979.

PHOTOS

Photos on the web:
Northeast corner of Old Fort Harmony, probably in the 1930s
Photo of a crowd at the Fort Harmony site on 5/9/1936
Photo of a 1935 meeting at the Fort Harmony site
Photo of the monument at Fort Harmony
Photo of a crowd, band, and flagpole at the Fort Harmony side on 5/9/1936
Photo of the monument at the Fort Harmony site just before it was unveiled on 5/9/1936
Photo of William R. Palmer watching a boy scout speaks to the crowd at Fort Harmony on 5/9/1936
Photo of dignitaries and children beside the new monument at Fort Harmony on 5/9/1936
Photo of William R. Palmer reading a paper to the crowd at Fort Harmony on 5/9/1936
Photo of the crowd watching performers on a truck bed at Fort Harmony on 5/9/1936
Photo of Wilson Daniel Pace at Fort Harmony
Photos from the National Register of Historic Places nomination form

REFERENCES

Fort Harmony Historical Society

A history of Fort Harmony

"Harmony, Fort Harmony, New Harmony and Surrounding Area"
Book by Sheldon Grant
Salt Lake City: Sheldon Grant, 1992, 2001

Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, " Under Dixie Sun".
1950 with 1978 Supplement.
Page 127.

National Register of Historic Places, Inventory - Nomination Form