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Nephi (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ / NEE-fy) is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. [2] It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 6,443 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the county seat of Juab County. [5] It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851 as Salt Creek, and it acquired its current name in 1882.
The Nephi massacre was an 1853 incident when a group of Mormons invited a group of peace-seeking Goshute Native American men, woman (singular), and children into their fort in Nephi, Utah and executed the seven men and took the remaining three as prisoners.
Salt Creek Canyon, photographed in 1872. The Salt Creek Canyon massacre occurred on June 4, 1858, when four Danish immigrants were ambushed and killed by unidentified Indians in Salt Creek Canyon, a winding canyon of Salt Creek east of present-day Nephi, in Juab County, Utah.
Juab County (/ ˈ dʒ uː æ b / JOO-ab) is a county in western Utah, United States.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 11,786. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.
The Fountain Green massacre was an incident in 1853 near Fountain Green, Utah when a group of Utes killed four Mormons. The next day, Mormons in nearby Nephi, Utah killed eight Goshutes who had no connection to the earlier killings. The event is often classified as part of Wakara's War, a series of battles and skirmishes in the region from 1853 ...
The Edwin Robert Booth House is a residence located at 94 W. 300 South in Nephi, Utah. Built in 1893, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It is a two-story Late Victorian style house. According to its 1979 National Register nomination: The significance of the Booth House lies in the merit of the architecture.
The George Carter Whitmore Mansion is a historic house in Nephi, Utah. It was built in 1898 for George Carter Whitmore, who founded the First National Bank of Nephi and served as a Democratic member of the Utah Senate from 1900 to 1908. [2] The house was designed in the Queen Anne and Eastlake styles by architect Oscar Booth. [2]
Joseph L. Heywood (August 1, 1815 – October 16, 1910) was a local leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 19th century, and the founder of Nephi, Utah. Heywood was born in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. In 1839 he moved to Quincy, Illinois where he was a merchant. It was here that he first met the Mormons ...