Original Tiny House
One room log house typical of the homes in Provo, Utah in 1849.
Provo was settled by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) in 1849. It was the first Latter-day Saint colony in Utah outside of the Salt Lake Valley. The Latter-day Saint settlers had problems with the Indians that lived in the area. The Ute Indians were very aggressive toward groups of people who tried to move in and take over their land. The new settlers built the town into a defensive fort called Fort Utah. It was built as a stockade with exterior walls that were fourteen feet high. They had to live in a manner that was close to a state of war from the time that the settlers first came to Provo. Peace came slowly between the Latter-day Saints and the Ute Indians, but after the first year, the settlers had to set up homes outside of Fort Utah and make Provo a more comfortable city in which they could live. -- Courtesy Utah.com
Original Tiny House
One room log house typical of the homes in Provo, Utah in 1849.
Provo was settled by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) in 1849. It was the first Latter-day Saint colony in Utah outside of the Salt Lake Valley. The Latter-day Saint settlers had problems with the Indians that lived in the area. The Ute Indians were very aggressive toward groups of people who tried to move in and take over their land. The new settlers built the town into a defensive fort called Fort Utah. It was built as a stockade with exterior walls that were fourteen feet high. They had to live in a manner that was close to a state of war from the time that the settlers first came to Provo. Peace came slowly between the Latter-day Saints and the Ute Indians, but after the first year, the settlers had to set up homes outside of Fort Utah and make Provo a more comfortable city in which they could live. -- Courtesy Utah.com