The Frontier Homestead State Park Museum is located in Cedar City, Utah. The Homestead includes an indoor museum which houses a number of pretty cool horse-drawn wagons, buggies, stagecoaches and early transportation pieces, including a 1941 precursor to the snowmobile and a horse-drawn hearse. Outside, the Homestead displays a couple old log cabins and farm implements. The photo above is a picture of the George Wood cabin - the fifth oldest structure still standing in Utah. The Homestead actually started out as the Iron Mission State Park displaying numerous iron implements from the early pioneers, including binders, mowers, reapers, scrapers and plows. The collection is pretty impressive. The name was later changed to the Frontier Homestead to incorporate more displays and history of Iron County. If you like wagons and old transportation exhibits, you'll like this place. Admission is $4.
Location: Approximately 250 miles south of Salt Lake City. Take exit 57 off of I-15 in Cedar City.
One Star*
The Utah Territorial Statehouse and Museum is an old building built from 1852-55 as commissioned by Brigham Young and paid for by the federal government. The Territorial Statehouse is located in Fillmore and was intended to be the capitol building for the new State of Deseret. The plans for the new Statehouse showed many more wings and a large dome. The project was abandoned in 1855 after the federal government refused to provide more money for the project. The Territorial legislature held one session at the Territorial Statehouse in 1855. In 1858, the seat of government was returned to Salt Lake City. The Statehouse is now a museum with lots of old pictures and some artifacts from early pioneers. I think it is worth a walk through. Friendly staff and admission is only $2. No camping facilities.
Location: Approximately 141 miles south of Salt Lake City in Fillmore, Utah. Take exit 167 off of I-15 heading south.
Two Stars**
Territorial Statehouse and Museum
