| Show s Agricultural r Community to to Be Honored in Radio Salute 1 I A Y 1 f r Bountiful Farmington r Together Together the these names II signify bounteous harvests the very thing f 1 that gives avis county Its Us pla place I t. t In the sun In fact tact Bountiful if It legends can be trusted received r Its III name when pioneers In In the area discovered the land produced I 1 abundant crops t The story runs that when the first lint settlers at Salt It Lake City found their cattle food supply rapidly rap idly diminishing a few v families were ordered by President Brigham Brig Brig- k ham Young of the L. L D. D S S. S church k to move northward with herds into the area reported to be covered covered cov cov- r ered with tall taU green grass First of these thee was the Peregrine Sessions family They took up upLand upland upland land in 1847 1347 where Bountiful Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now situated and began herding about head of animals they had taken with them At about the same time Ume Hector C C. Haight f 4 a 1 Y i r rBRUCE BRUCE MAJOR Davis County Clerk who had arrived In Salt Lake val valley al alley ley with the Sessions company bf I pioneers on September 26 1847 set setout setout setout out with a similar number of cat catt cattle tie tle to settle at the present loca loca- location cat I tion ion of Farmington I 1 This was the humble beginning I of Davis county But the area situated on ferUle fertile slopes of the Wasatch mountain range between Salt Lake and Weber We We- Weber ber counties did not long remain remaina a mere herding site for animals The industrious pioneers soon loon found they were living on land landI Where vegetables fruits berries I and grains would grow as abundantly i dantly as the grass grau that was In Instrumental Instrumental In In- I in bringing them there In th the fall of 1848 18 Daniel AMiller A A. Miller Uller Thomas Grover Jacob F. F Allan Burk whose names are now historical settled at various various various vari vari- ous points near springs and small all streams where Farmington now stands Miller Is credited with plowing the first land in the area About half hatt a mile south of this camp Daniel C C. Davis a member of the Mormon battalion made his home on what Is now called Davis creek In his honor Davis county received re re- re its III name In the winter of 1849 and 1850 two two men Edward Phillips and John JohnH H H. Green left Salt Lake City to settle where Ogden is now located A severe winter caused them to return to take up land on Kays creek named after William Kajs Kays who joined them This area later became what Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now Ka These three regions now Bountiful ful ful and Farmington grew and prospered and arc are today tho the county's only Incorporated cities clUes In addition to the three cities clUes and Layton there are 10 other municipalities pall ties Clearfield Syracuse Orchard Orchard Or Or- chard North Salt Lake Woods Cross Centerville lUe West Vest Point Clinton Sunset and South Weber The present population of the county Is more than persons S. most of ot whom are supported by agriculture and Industry Its area of the county embraces some acres of land of which acres are under cul cuI Considered one of the most highly Irrigated counties In Inthe Inthe inthe the state water supply sources In Include In elude clude the Weber river about 2000 artesian wells streams from canyons can can- jons ons to the east and the Bonneville Bonne- Bonne yule ville Irrigation district at North Salt Lake A distinct advantage to the county Is seen In Its III many factor facto and plants which process a alar laV lag TJ part of its produce eliminate high shipping costs The Layton Sugar company 1 or or- organized April 5 1915 by E E. p P. P ff tl D lison and Jesse Knight reu practically all beets grown In Da Dati and when county running fW fu speed gives employment to workers Last year the number numbers 0 o pound bags manufactured the factory was Approximately halt half of t tomato crop Is produced In Dati Da county and is made ready for us s throughout the world by the Sj and Woods Cross Canning eom T panics of and the Kay Kays yule Canning corporation at Kan yule Hundreds of laborers ar- ar kept busy In these plants di dithe durin the canning season each year Among the states state's lar largest elt tilt flower lower producers Davis ro CO boasts the Miller Floral com 11 at Farmington l 1 sd the Smith nursery at atthe Coal the Sutton Floral com J Kaysville and the C L. L Sit Salts I jeery scry sery ta to I f y M M. P. P Davis Days chairman u. u |
