Lambert Homestead

This is a historical site in hiking distance from my house. This is what the historical marker says;

History of George Cannon Lambert and the Lambert Homestead

George Cannon Lambert was born April 11, 1848 at Winter Quarters, Nebraska to Mary Alice Cannon and Charles Lambert. During his life George Cannon Lambert wrote 17 books called The Faith Promoting Series. At the request of president Woodruff he hid the records of the LDS church pertaining to marriages and property in the cellar of his house on the corner of West and South Temple, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Professionally he was the manager and editor of the Juvenile Instructor, then of the Deseret News, and President/Owner of Lambert Paper, and Lambert Roofing Companies.

In 1909, Lambert pruchased 129 acres of ground in the northeast corner of Alpine and built a summer home on this land in 1910. Most of the ground was covered with rocks and ledge outcroppings. Therefore he planted a large orchard and raised some cattle on the land.

This original house was 17 feet wide and 31 feet long, with a full basement. Chimneys were built on the walls for wood-burning stoves. Each room had two windows. The front door was on the south, and opened onto a large summer porch which was all screened. On the west wall of the house you can see etched into stone. "R.H. Sept. 20, 1910." This gives the initials of the rock mason Robert Hunter, and the date that the rockwork was finished. Lambert also built a red barn, which contained a small bell tower on top.

Lambert died, two months past his 69th birthday, at his house in Salt Lake City on Sunday June 12th, 1917 after suffering from a second stroke. The Lambert property was later purchased by the city of Alpine from Zion Securities Corporation for $9,000.00 in 1957 adjoining the Bateman property to the North. This created the largest city-owned park in the state of Utah.