Field Trip Spring City- Covid-19 days 398-400

 This weekend our family went on a little field trip to Sanpete County. We visited the "Little Denmark", the Mormon Pioneer Heritage area that comprehends twelve little towns. 

We drove through Fairview, Mt. Pleasant, Moroni, and Fountain Green, and we stopped in Spring City, Ephraim, and Manti.

In Spring Town we had lunch at Das Cafe, a restaurant with traditional German cuisine. Ale and I shared a Kraut Burger- hamburger patty with sauerkraut, bacon, brie cheese served on a ciabatta bun. 

We also upgraded our meal with a delicious potato salad. Their mashed potato was really good too. I love the flavored mustard gravy on top of it!

After lunch we walked around the town to see the beautiful Pioneer buildings along Main Street. Each building has its own story. It was so much fun to get know each one of them.

LDS Chapel • 1897-1911

Schoolhouse • 1876

Redick Newton Allred House  • 1875

Spring City Public School • 1899

Spring Town was settled by James Allred in 1852. Brigham Young encouraged Danish immigrants to settle in the Sanpete Valley, in what was soon to be called "Little Denmark". In 1957 when US Highway 89 was built, it bypassed Spring City, leaving it off the beaten path. Considered to be "a town frozen in time", it is widely known as the best preserved example of a 19th Century Pioneer Village. The town leads the way in historic preservation and restoration in Utah. The entire town is listed on the National Historic Register, and in 2010 was named it one of "America's prettiest towns".