This page collects information about people with surname Allphin who were known or believed to have lived in Salt Lake County, Utah.
Notable Individuals
1863 Pine Valley Flood Tragedy
Monument to the Stoneless Graves of Pine Valley
In Memory of :
- Hyrum Allphin (1862-1863)
- Joseph Warren Allphin (1859-1863)
- Mary Matilda Coldiron (1855-1863)
- Sarah Ellen Coldiron (1853-1863)
- See Also Pine Valley Cemetery (Utah) - Stoneless Graves Monument:
History - July 16, 1863, a cloudburst in Pine Valley sent a flood down the gorge (7 miles south). Susan Allphin was putting her baby to bed when she heard the roar. Holding tightly to baby Hyrum and Susan Emeline in each arm with her other three children, little Joe Allpin, Sarah and Martha Coldiron clinging to her skirts she rushed down the stream to Burnetta Allphin's house.
Israel Dodge Allphin (Burnetta and Susan's husband) took Susan from her arm just moments before a floating log struck her other arm and knocked baby Hyrum into the roaring current. The other three children at her heels were also swept away. Susan clung to a protruding log on Burnetta's house as she wept for her stolen children.
Israel helped his remaining family members to safety, then swam all night in the cold stream trying to locate the children. The bodies were found hanging naked in the tops of the cottonwood trees farther down the creek. All that was left of their clothing on their torn and bruised bodies were the cuffs and neck band of baby Hyrum's little red flannel nightgown.
Their bodies were taken to Pine Valley and buried in the same grave in the Old Pine Valley Cemetery. Later a flood came down and washed away all but four of the graves in that cemetery. The bodies of Joseph, Hyrum, Sarah and Mary were never found.
Notable Landmarks
- This is the Place Heritage Park
- Utah Pioneer Companies
- Pioneer Childrens Monument - Monument at This is the Place Park to remember 650 children known to have died on the pioneer trail.
- Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos Veterans Memorial - Monument located outside the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.
See Also
- Allphin in Utah
- Early History of Utah
- Salt Lake County, Utah/First families
- Salt Lake County, Utah/Monuments and Memorials
- Salt Lake County Church - (Religion.Wikia.org)
- Salt Lake County Attractions and Events - (ScoutHut)
External Links
- Salt Lake, Utah - Wikipedia
- Salt Lake County Genealogy - FamilySearch.org
- Salt Lake County Archives
- History of Salt Lake County
:Note, for the following tables, that there may be more than one county or district of this name and that some contributors may have entered a different (possibly shorter and/or ambiguous) name when this one was meant. Search for similar names to get a more complete result. Common abbreviations are "Co." and "Cty", but there may have been no word for "county" (or equivalent) included, or such a word may have been wrongly included.
Familypedia people with surname Allphin in Salt Lake County, Utah
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