Marker #8

Settlement of Payson Marker

Continue west on 400 North. The cement marker is located in front of a large home with a large front porch across the street on the south side.

This cement marker was placed by the Payson Centennial Committee in 1950 in honor of those first pioneers entering Payson.  This is the spot the pioneers spent their first night in the area.  The creek nearby, named Peteetneet, means “Little Water.”  There is an oil painting, hanging in the Peteetneet Museum, painted by local artist, Samuel McClellan, depicting this scene.

Directly across the street from Marker #8 we see the following monument erected to commemorate the first campsite of the first settlers.  The house you see on the next corner to the west is located in what was known as Nebeker’s Grove.