Historic markers installed on Kaysville and Fruit Heights trails, pathways, and sidewalks bring art and history to a different audience than traditional museum exhibits. The signs are designed to provide visual interest to the walking and hiking public with images of paintings and photographs illustrating historical places and events. Locations identified by the Kaysville – Fruit Heights Museum of History and Art in coordination with individual properties and city administration are placed to memorialize early individuals and locations key to the area’s development. QR codes will direct passersby to explore each event or location in more detail.

Stories include how a photograph by Major Andrew J. Russell of a local Bunting family gathering was used as 19th-century propaganda. Others tell of the Samuel Ward family’s encounter with the Shoshone and their brickyard, the establishment of the Raymond stagecoach station, how the Green Gas Station was central to the incorporation of a town, and when the Rock Loft cherry packing plant near Bair Canyon sustained orchards along the mountain, as well as the development of early water infrastructure by the Harvey family.

Paintings illustrative of Miles Goodyear’s horse drive, Osborne Russell’s exploration of the Wasatch Mountains near Kaysville, the circumnavigation of the Great Salt Lake by trappers, Peter Skene Ogden’s encounter with rival trappers, and overwintering by natives and trappers are shown. Each sign or QR Code relates how those events impacted pioneer settlers locally.