Mormon Church converts from Polynesia settled in Skull Valley from 1889 to 1917, working for the Church-owned Iosepa Agriculture and Stock Company. Their settlement, located 1/2 mile to the southwest and named Iosepa (Joseph) after Joseph F. Smith, then president of the Church, flourished until 1917, when a Hawaiian temple was constructed. Most of the islanders returned to their homeland. Many who succumbed to the hardships of the land are buried in this cemetery.