"On September 8, 1851, Governor Brigham Young placed his cane on the northeast corner of this block in Fillmore and designated this geographically centered location as Utah's capital."
The pioneers of Utah were anxious to build a statehouse. The first legislative assembly of the territory, which met in 1851, placed the capitol in the center of the territory and appointed a committee to proceed to Millard County immediately to designate the exact location for the new capitol building designed by Truman O. Angell, the primary designer of the Salt Lake Mormon Temple. However, central Utah did not develop as hoped, and only one complete session of the Legislature was held at Fillmore before the governmental offices were moved back north to Salt Lake City. The $20,000 appropriated for the building in Fillmore was considered wasted by Washington, and Congress refused to grant further funds for government buildings in Utah.
I was in Fillmore a few weeks ago, I was really looking forward to seeing the old capitol and all I can is what a diapointment ..it's a slap in the face to Utah History.
Sherman should have burned that Capitol right out from under Brigham Young during his march to Atlanta.
Rob,Looking Good!
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I was in Fillmore a few weeks ago, I was really looking forward to seeing the old capitol and all I can is what a diapointment ..it's a slap in the face to Utah History.
Sherman should have burned that Capitol right out from under Brigham Young during his march to Atlanta.
Rob,
Looking Good!
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