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Show 105 Year-Ol-d City Is Named After Great Brigham Young; Who Made Last Talk Here United Order Was Successfully Operated Here During Early Days Visitors to Utah from any 3 of Brigham residents and first where in the world puzzled as W. Dalton, ware Mathew they may be at such strange City N. Boothe, Jonah Mathias, town names as Nephi, Moroni, Lewis D. W. WalPeter Greenhalgh Manti, Ephraim and the like Rebecca never need inquire as to the or- ker, Barbara T. Walker, Bertha John Merrell, igin of the name Brigham City. Thorn, Christian Olsen, Lewis J. Wells, Brigham Young, great spiritual Johnson, Simeon Carter, Sr., leader, pioneer, colonizer, econ- Charles W. Hubbard, John omist and political leader, first James Whitaha, Sr., territorial governor of Utah, was Woodward, R. Ensign, William P. Martin well known throughout the Thomas S.) (possibly world, in his day and through Tippets Omer Call, Homer Call, iiistory to succeeding genera- Cyril and Call Jonathan Wells. Many tions. Everyone can guess, and of these names are familiar here City correctly, that Brigham today, borne by the third, fourth .was named in his honor. In 1849, two years after Brig- and fifth generation of descenham Young uttered his famous dants of these pioneers. Jason Wells and Sarah Gibbs Baty this is the place prephesy, also are recorded as being William Davis came from Salt babies the white earliest . among home-to locate a . Lake City born in Brigham. stead, early histories of Brigthe town ham City and Box Elder county It is significent thatmost suchonor his in named relate. He returned to Salt Lake carestablished and City for the winter, and in 1850 cessfully dream out ried Brigham Youngs brought his family and located of a United Order, or as it was his permanent named here, cooperative Merhome here. asThomas Pierce and Meritt cantile and Manufacturing sociation. Rockwell came about this time and in the following year eight Successful United Order families moved to the new setOrganized by Lorenzo Snow the Cliffords, tlement, including in 1863 at request of Brigham the Dees, Eli H. Pierce and Young, the United Order encom(George F. Hamsbn. passed virtually all of the busiChild ness and agricultural life of the first Reputedly the first child born new community for more than in the colony that later was to 13 years. According to existing become Brigham City was reports of the order's operation, George F. Hamson, Jr., who first people lived within It happily saw the light of day in Decem- and cooperatively, and it was ber, 1851. notably successful. During the first two years of The United Order operated the settlement of Brigham City between 30 and 40 industrial a band of more than 500 Indians branches, and the community s threatened from time to time, was about and for the protection of the growing and manufaca Davis as known fort that pedple percentage of all turing was William various necessities with built and luxthe Fort, as in officer. used Davis uries its presiding the lives of the RockAbout this time Porter people living here. In 1875, the well took up Porter springs, on Brigham City Mercantile and Three-Milcreek. Manufacturing associations proArea Surveyed ducts reached about $260,000 in The country was surveyed by value. Jesse W. Fox in 1851 when it Along about this time similar was part of Weber county. In communities later to grow inthe spring of the following to towns and cities were being year, the Indians having ceas- established or colonized by ed to be so hostile, the farmers order of Brigham Young through moved out of the foi;t and took out the state. A vigorous and up their farms according to the active man, with interests runsurvey. ning through every phase of In the summer of 1853 Brig- life in the territory he colonized, ham Young, president of the L. Brigham Young visited in all D. S. .church, ordered the fam- parts of the state frequently, ilies again to build and enter a counseling with the communifort for protection from the In- ties leaders, speaking to their dians. This time the fort was people. about two blocks west of the Last Address Here present center of Brigham City. But his namesake city has the A list of families who lived distinction of having heard his !n this second fort included: last public address, and today a William Davis and his sons, mother and daughters; Eli memorial park on wrest Forest between Second and Harvey Pierce and his family; street, west Third streets, commemorCadwalander Owens and his this ates address and marks its family; Benjamin Thomas; Rich- scene. ard Jones and his family; Captain David R. Evans; Thomas A simple monument standing Mathias and his family; William back of a reflecting pool bears P. Thomas (possibly Tippets) a bronze plaque with a bias rehis and family; Simeon A. Dunn; lief of the great colonizer, and William Harris; John Gibbs and the following inscription: his family; four families of the "Erected in honor of BrigDee William ham and his IRistons; Young in commemoraof Jefferson the outstanding service Wright and tion family; his family; David Peters and his he rendered the Intermountain West as patriot, pioneer, colfamily, and the family of HenBoothe. church leader, and onizer, ry Is On this plot of Out statesman. Laid City to Lorenzo Snow was called ground, August 19, 1877, he fake families to make their delivered his last public adhomes at Box Elder, as the set- dress when he organized the tlement was known, after the Box Elder stake." fall conference in. 1854. When he arrived he commenced lay- If Lake Bonneville, fresh water ing out the city, with the help ancestor of Great Salt Lake, were of Jesse W. Fox. After the com- restored to its maximum origipletion of their work, most of nal development, more than which stands today in the citys 100 cities and towns would be streets, the city , was named submerged and 90 percent of Brigham, in honor of Brigham Utahs population would be rendered homeless. Temple Square Young. Other early settlers, according in Salt Lake City would be buried under 850 feet of water. to the records of the time year-aroun- Box Elder County Seat Bears His Name d five-sixth- self-supportin- e g, Brigham Young, honored Mormon spiritual leader, pioneer and first territorial governor of Utah, was president of the L.D.S. church, when Brigham City was founded and named in his honor. Today a city of 6,790 population, Brigham City is the center of a thriving fruit industry, is famous for its peaches, and has a modest but sound economy based largely on agriculture. 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