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Hot Springs Hotel and Brewery: Rockwell’s Station
Hot Springs Hotel and Brewery was a Utah Pony Express station, inn and brewery founded in 1856 by Porter Rockwell at Point of the Mountain, modern-day Bluffdale, Utah. In Harold Schindler’s biography, “Orrin Porter Rockwell”, it states: On July 29, 1858, Orrin Porter Rockwell counted out $500 and purchased from Evan M. Green sixteen acres of real estate at Hot Springs near…
Read MorePorter Rockwell’s Dog
Porter Rockwell lived a long life, much longer than any one dog could live. He may have had many dogs but one specifically is mentioned a few times in various accounts. This dog was by his side certainly during his tenure running the “Mormon Tavern” in Sacramento California during the late 1840s and early 1850s.…
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