Field Trip Ephraim- Covid-19 day 401

Continuing our field trip to the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage area in Sanpete County, after leaving the beautiful historic Spring Town, we headed to Ephraim, about ten minutes from Spring City.

Ephraim is considered the largest city within the district, and you definitely can tell just by entering the city, as you start seeing familiar stores and restaurants like Walmart, Dollar Tree, and Subway. 

But even though it is a larger city comparing to the others, we can still see and feel the Pioneer heritage in their constructions.

We drove by Snow College, and we visited Granary Arts- an art center that was previously used by The Relief Society to feed the hungry.

 We also visited the Co-op (Ephraim Cooperative Mercantile Association)- constructed in the early 1870's and it is now used as a local house of crafts and arts for sale. They have so many cute stuff!

Ephraim was founded as a city in 1854 and incorporated in 1868. There used to be a fort named Fort Ephraim. Supposedly Peter Madsen, who was a person who worked on the fort, was the first to call it Fort Ephraim. Soon the word 'Fort' on the Fort Ephraim was dropped, and the name Ephraim prevailed.