“During 1854-55 the settlers built a mud wall around most of the town to better protect themselves from Indian attacks. It was two and one half feet thick at the base, nine feet high and one foot wide at the top (Peter M. Clegg said 18 inches). The wall started at the corner of West Vine and 1 West, went south one block to First South, st then east two blocks to First Street, then north two blocks to First north, then west about one block, where it stopped, never to be completed.” The time, energy and manpower for such a tremendous project was a challenge for these struggling settlers and every able-bodied man and boy was required to help. After the corners were finished a bastion was built into each corner that would accommodate about ten men. Into each bastion was built portholes so arranged that the men on guard could shoot through them in case of Indian attack. The top of the wall was wide enough for men to walk along as they patrolled. As occupants within the mud wall, Cyrus Tolman and his sons would surely have helped with this project. (History of Tooele County, p. 26.) The monument is at the Library corner of 100 West and Vine Street.
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