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Show Welcome Edition Ot The BOX ELDER If UeW5- -s rOfULHtCl Brigham City, Utah, Box Elder County IAMED "United CITY, FIRST SETTLED IN 1849, WAS IN HONOR OF UTAHS GREAT COLONIZER Order' Thomas Pierce and Meritt Rockwell came about this time and in the following year eight n Early Days families moved to the new setfrom any tlement, including the Cliffords, Visitors to Utah the Dees, Eli H. Pierce and puzzled as acre in the world F. Hamson. George at such strange First y may he Child. as Moroni, Nephi, m names Reputedly the first child bom anti, Ephraim and the like in the colony that later was to ver need Inquire as to the or City was City. become Brigham n of the name Brigham George F. Hamson, Jr., who first Igham Young, great spiritual saw the light of day in Decemecon-liader, pioneer, colonizer, ber, 1851. ; first leader, and political During the first two years of ritorial governor of Utah, was ill known throughout the the settlement of Brigham City a band of more than 500 Indians irld, in his day and through genera-ns- . threatened from time to time, ory to succeeding of the Everyone can guess, and and for the protection that Brigham City people a fort known as Davis rrectly, Fort, was built with William is named in his honor. Davis as its presiding officer. after Brig-itwo ;n 1849, years About this time Porter RockYoung uttered his famous nis is the place prephesy, well took up Porter springs, on creek. lliam Davis came from Salt Three-Mil- e a home Area Surveyed -- ke City to locate The country was surveyed by histories of Brig-,- n ?ad, early City and Box Elder county Jesse W. Fox in 1851 when it ate. He returned to Salt Lake was part of Weber county. In in 1850 the spring of the following y for the winter, and night his family and located year, the Indians having ceass ed to be so hostile, the farmers permanent me here. moved out of the fort and took Here st year-aroun- d up their farms according to the survey. In the summer of 1853 Brigham Young, president of the L. D. S. church, ordered the families again to build and enter a fort for protection from the Indians. This time the fort was about two blocks 'west of the present center of Brigham City. A list of families who lived in this second fort included: William Davis and his sons, mother and daughters; Eli Harvey Pierce and his family; Cadwalander Owens and his family; Benjamin Thomas; Richard Jones and his family; Captain David R. Evans; Thomas Mathias and his family; William P. Thomas (possibly Tippets) and his family; Simeon A. Dunn; William Harris; John Gibbs and his family; four families of the Ristons; William Dee and his family; Jefferson Wright and his family; David Peters and his family, and the family of Henry Boothe. City Is Laid Out Lorenzo Snow was called to take families to make their (Continued on following page) Box Elder County Seat Bears His Name Were Glad Youre Here... If you're from some Utah county other than Box Elder, out looking over your state and getting better acquainted this year. , . , If you're from some other state in the Union, visiting out West, seeing America first, taking alone, or with your family a and vacation; If you are traveling in that delightful, carefree way that leads you down any road that beckons; II you're unconcerned by time schedules and ne slave to the mileage meter or the road map. . . well-earne- long-awaite- d If you're Just ... The Picture The above ham Young photographic which was 'Utahns and vj passing to through "on your way somewhere you have determined to visit. . . Then we're talking to you. And what we're saying is, in a word, "welcome." Tes. you're welcome in Brigham City and Box Elder county and all of the people of our county and its various communities are represented to some degree, in loading the word with meaning and offering it to you in all sincerity. We like Box Elder county. We think it's a grand place to .Jive, with a lot of fine, friendly, folk, a lot of interesting places and pastimes. Many of us have spent a lifetime seeing and enjoying this beautiful setting, at the foot of the Wasatch mountains. Many of us who have lived here for years are finding new and exciting things to see and do in our home community and the surrounding country- picture of Brigis from an old picture postcard popular with tourists to this state about the turn of the century. Copyrighted by W. A. Morton, on the picture side of the card is the legend, Brigham Young, bom June 1, 1801,. died August 29, 1877, and on the reverse, in addition to the postcard markings, This card is a real photograph, on bromide paper. The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City. Printed in Germany. j 4 s side every year. And again this year, were inviting you to tarry, to get acquainted and to see and enjoy these things with us. Brigham City doesn't look upon "tourists" as an "industry.'' Rather, here you'll find v the Western hospitality. When you are within our gates, you are our friends. We are interested in you, and eager to know you better. We would like to shbw you these things we ourselves enjoy, to let you see and get to know our community and our country as we see it and know it. Make Brigham City your headquarters for your stay in Utah. Spend a day or two. at least, looking over Box Elder - il & j' county. Brigham City is within an hour's drive or so of all of Utah's larger - cities and major attractions. Speak to the people you see on the street in the stores, anywhere about town. This is just a small community. . . the word "stranger" just isn't in our vocabulary. Stay awhile. There's no hurry. If you're out for a good look at the West . . . this is itl If you're vacationing, looking for a change of scene, for comfort and quiet pleasure and rest you'll find them all here. You'll find you get a better perspective of an area from the vantage-poin- t of a small town . . . try itl If you visited Utah three years ago during our Centennial. or lest year, youll find the welcome mat is out again. We're glad you came back and you'll find that true Western hospitality exists forever . . . not just a day or a year, but year in and year out . , . all the time. Perhaps these stories, these pictures, these friendly messages from business firms and service institutions will help you better to enjoy your visit in Box Elder county. We hope so. In any event we are sure they will let you know we're for a day, glad you're bere or a lifetime . . . that in all sincerity, as all Box Elder welcomes yaul , jt i ri P ,4 K' ii; A' T:' : ; K . ... ft: ... THINGS TO SEE IN BOX ELDER You'll enjoy a noon or evening picnic in Box Elder county park. Almost the minute you leave the city limits of Brigham City at the east edge of town, you'll find it is cooler. Four miles up the canyon a large forest service sign marks the road into the park. In : fr hft Young, honored Mormon and first spiritual leader, pioneer f when Brigham S Ld Presideit of the L.D.S. church 7! tte "ent hpr. T?day a gmall dty of some 7,000 population, Jlv!nS fruit industry, is famius for its peaches, andhasa llvestock Prwlucl,on on d horticultural, Pou,try and J6 wth several smaller agricultural, industries. W3S well-varie- just a few hundred yards you'll start coming to shaded, cool, private picnic sites, complete with fireplaces, tables and benches, and water hydrants with pure,' safe mountain If you like, drive on up to the spring water. main park. At the ranger station you may check out softbalKequipment or., horseshoes for recreation, at no cost. There ore teeter-totte- rs and swings for the kids. Be - sure to visit Box Elder county park an ideal picnic spot, and only four or five miles from the 1 ; center of Brigham City. 1 . ; PICNIC IN BOX ELDER COUNTY PARK K t: ;V 1"' |