Friends of Fremont Indian State Park and Museum

The Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is of great value in this small community.  All around it is the history of Utah's gold mines, its cattle ranchers and mountain men. 

It is the "only" museum that preserves Utah's unique Indian culture, the Fremont.  It is home to rock art, historic writings in axle grease, a historic log cabin, cattle trails, ATV trails, hiking trails, picnic sites and campgrounds.  We are hosts to; families, individuals, special needs groups, schools on all levels, senior citizens, civic groups, Utah tourists, and the Park is an entertainment/picnic attraction to its local citizens as well.

Between historic, prehistoric and present day cultures, native plants and animals, the awesome geology, and beautiful Clear Creek, we have something to offer to everyone.

With the economy as it is our budgets have been cut so severely that we cannot maintain what we have, repair what needs to be updated, nor add new displays or teaching materials to our programs and workshops.  The staff has been cut so badly that we rely almost entirely on volunteer help.  That is why we have organized the "Friends of Fremont Indian State Park and Museum".  We want to assist the Park any way we can to keep it open, alive and growing.  We want to offer more workshops and programs, teaching all who visit about the history of our valley, our canyon, our mountain men, our gold mines, our ghost towns, our early settlers, our cattle ranchers, and our prehistoric Fremont Indian culture.

Does this place matter?  You bet it does!  It matters to the communities within this rural valley, it matters to our schools, to our Native American population, to our families, to our tourists who travel through on I-70, and those who are making the Park their destination, to our civic organizations, to our local citizens, and to our hurting economy.

Once again, it is time for another grass effort to save the historic/prehistoric past of Clear Creek Canyon.  Ranchers, settlers, Indians, mountain men and gold miners all walked through this canyon and left their mark upon the history of our lives.  We owe it to those very memories to make sure the Fremont Indian State Park and Museum remain long after we are gone.  If we lose touch with our past, we won't have a foundation for our future.

This Place Matters!

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