Pioneer Museum

Pioneer museum plaque  museum sign
Morgan, UT Pioneer Cabin

 Near the Morgan County courthouse, on the lawn outside in fact, there stands a small building about the size of a garage, with a sign that says "Morgan Company – Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum". A person wishing to visit and learn more about the pioneers who settled Morgan Valley might think it looks more like an Old West jail than a museum, with its block walls and barred windows. But once inside, there is a treasure trove of information to be discovered; photos, artifacts, tools and items used by Pioneer women. Clothing, buttons, jewelry, combs, a spinning wheel and many other interesting relics of the past are housed in the museum.

 Morgan has a rich pioneer history. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers was organized in Salt Lake City in 1901 by Annie Taylor Hyde, daughter of John Taylor, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She met with a group of women whose goal was to preserve the names and achievements of the men, women and children who settled in the pioneer commonwealth. Chapters sprang up in every city, including Morgan.

 Right next to the museum sits a tiny log cabin that was moved from Peterson, a settlement near Morgan. It was the home of the first white boy born in the valley in 1866. Nearby a burr stone has been placed that came from the first grist mill in the valley.