Payson, Utah: Difference between revisions

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History of [http://www.onlineutah.com/paysonhistory.shtml Payson], Utah County, Utah.

Payson has a [http://www.paysonutah.org/ city web site], with the current calendar of community events, education information, parks and recreation and other information.

[http://www.payson.org/index.php?module=ibcms&fxn=cemetery.main Payson City Cemetery]

I was able to use this website to find my ancestors headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/  

 

===== Payson City Cemetery Department  =====

 

439 W Utah Ave<br>Payson, UT 84651-2042<br>(801) 465-5260

 

 

805 E 400 N<br>Payson, UT‎<br>[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=cemetery&ie=UTF8&hl=en&radius=0.37&sll=40.050269,-111.720421&sspn=0.01227,0.014141&rq=1&ev=p&hq=cemetery&hnear=&ll=40.050121,-111.719048&spn=0.01227,0.014141&z=16 Google Maps]

 

 

*[http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?cemeteryId=183 Names in Stone]&nbsp;Search for names in Payson cemetery, will show location of plot.  

*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=77381&CScnty=2798&CSsr=21& Findagrave.com] Search for names in Payson cemetery

*[http://history.utah.gov/apps/burials/execute/viewcemetery?id=UT2400 Payson City Cemetery] from Utah State History website (history.utah.gov): Descriptive information (contact info, number of plots, etc.)

*[http://www.payson.org/index.php?module=ibcms&fxn=cemetery.main Payson City Cemetery] on Official City Website (payson.org)

**[http://www.payson.org/img/File/Cemetery/Cemetery%20Burial%20List.pdf Cemetery Burial List] of persons buried in Payson Cemetery (PDF, 179 pages)

Utah County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80 - Free (Don's List)<br>- includes every resident in Utah County, [http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/cgi-bin/HandOff-1_0.cgi?Utah1879+Utah1879+0233SP Payson] begins on the bottom of page 233-239  

==== Genealogical and Historical Societies ====

==== Georgraphy and Demographics ====

The [http://www.historymania.com/american_history/Payson%2C_Utah Georgraphy and Demographics ]of&nbsp;the 2000 Census listed 12,716 people.

 

The [http://www.peteetneetmuseum.org/history.htm History of Payson], the city&nbsp;initially called Peteetneet Creek, after a Ute Indian Chief is located about 60 miles south of Salt Lake, and is in Utah County.  

*[http://www.peteetneetmuseum.org/ Peteetneet Museum and Cultrual Arts Center ]is located in the historical Peteetneet School built in 1901, 10 North 600 East, Payson, UT 84651 (801) 465-5265 FAX (801)465-9427

*Take a [http://www.peteetneetmuseum.org/walking.htm Walking Tour of Old Fort Peteetneet, Old Fort Payson, and Historic Payson] and find out about some of the old homes, and historical sites in down town Payson.

==== Pioneers and People of Interest in Payson ====

*[http://heritage.uen.org/companies/Wc8e3e5d180898.htm Irene Colvin Corbett ]was a [http://www.peteetneetmuseum.org/rma.htm Payson Teacher ]and nurse who&nbsp;went to London to study, and on her return was&nbsp;lost on the Titanic, read a [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/174918/TITANIC-SINKING-LEFT-MARK-ON-A-UTAH-FAMILY.html Deseret News Article].

*[http://heritage.uen.org/companies/Wc8e3e5d180898.htm Daniel Stark&nbsp;]a Payson resident came on the Ship [http://californiapioneer.org/historic-events/ship-brooklyn Brooklyn]&nbsp;to Califorina, later&nbsp;he headed President Young called those Saints to come to Utah to&nbsp;help during Johnstons Army.

*The [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sjensen/jensen/references/ref102.htm Curtis brothers, Lyman, Joseph and George ]were some of the first settlers of Peteetneet.

*The Ute Indian Chief, "BlackHawk," is buried at the BlackHawk Memorial Park 2 miles south of Payson. He was a key figure in Utah's Black Hawk War of 1865-1872.

==== Utah County, Utah ====