Cove Fort Historic Site

I'm grateful this place has been preserved for us to view for free! It's a very cool glimpse of the past.

This is a wonderful place to bring your family and feel immersed in pioneer times. The tour guides are all volunteers and do an excellent job in the tour and answering any questions you may have. We loved visiting and anyone who's in the area should do the same.

Nice place to visit for a glimpse of early western history. The fort is the main attraction and has set hours. The grounds around the fort are less controlled and make a good place to get out of the car even if the fort is closed.

Beautiful place unfortunately covid-19 has it closed will have to visit another time.

The site for Cove Fort was selected by Brigham Young because of its location about halfway between Fillmore, then the capital of the Utah Territory, and the nearest city, Beaver. It provided a way station for people traveling the Mormon Road. A town would have been constructed at the Cove Fort site, but the water supply was inadequate to support a sizable population. Another key factor in the selection of the site was the prior existence of a wooden-palisade fort, Willden Fort. The fort is a square, 100 ft on each side. The walls are constructed of black volcanic rock and dark limestone, both quarried from the nearby mountains. The walls are 18 ft high and 4 ft thick at the base, tapering to 2 ft thick at the top. The fort has two sets of large wooden doors at the east and west ends, originally filled with sand to stop arrows and bullets, and contains 12 interior rooms. As a daily stop for two stagecoach lines, as well as many other travelers, Cove Fort was heavily used for many years, often housing and feeding up to 75 people at a time. In addition to providing a place to rest, a blacksmith & farrier resided at the fort, who shod horses and oxen, and also repaired wagon wheels. With its telegraph office and as a Pony Express stop, it also acted as a regional communications hub.nnThe site was closed when I stopped but I was able to walk around the outside and check it out. Jeff Mullins Photography Adventures. Get Your Hike On!