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A list of parks in Bountiful, Utah.
12 Saturday Nov 2016
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Firefighters Park in Bountiful is a cool place for kids, the playground looks like a firetruck and they have a great time on it.
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12 Saturday Nov 2016
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Historic Bountiful Main Street is a beautiful place with classic shops and historic buildings.
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The People’s Opera House and Mercantile Company of Bountiful
This building once housed the largest business in Davis County. It opened in 1869 with a general dry goods store and a post office on the ground floor. An elegant stairway led from the street directly upstairs to a large high-ceilinged room with a hardwood dance floor and stage. This was the setting for community events such as plays, operas, concerts and balls. In 1913 the business became The Davis County Furniture Company. Its operation spread to the second floor and made it necessary to create a third floor from the high-ceilinged room. Union Furniture Company was a result of a merger with The Holbrook and Smedley Furniture Company in 1923. The facility also served the community as a casket supply and eventually made a hearse available. This was the nucleus for the later Union Mortuary.
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Jeremiah Willey migrated to Bountiful in 1851. He built this log cabin in 1854. During the mid-1930’s the cabin was home for his and several other families. A front room and small kitchen were added as well as an attached shed which was used as a bedroom. In 1939 Grant Neath purchased the property which had now been wired for electricity.
Using the main cabin as the bedroom, Neath continued to build around the structure, expanding his home. Later, the property was donated to South Davis Hospital. As the structure was being torn down, the cabin walls were found behind lath and plaster. The only visible part of the cabin had been a painted log and mortar portion. In reality, the cabin had been encased in a time-capsule for the past half century. In 1992 Bountiful City moved the cabin to the city park, and the Bountiful area Daughters of Utah Pioneers provided the furnishings.
In 1868 Jeremiah Willey was accidentally drowned while crossing Barton Creek by his home, closing a long and useful career. He is buried next to his wife, Samantha Call, in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
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UPDATE
I noticed the cabin was moved from the above location (Next to the City building at 900 S 100 E) to a new location next to the Historical Museum (300 N Main).
08 Tuesday Nov 2016
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Val Verda Arch
Dedicated on July 23, 1983
In honor of all past, present and future residents of “Val Verda” (Spanish for Green Valley”)
Especially Mr. V.A. Bettilyon, who in 1917 saw beyond the June Grass and Oak Brush to envision green valleys and hills filled with the beautiful homes and gardens of today.
Original Arch: 1917 to 1959 – Second Arch: 1961 to 1977 – Present Restoration: July 1983 –
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An Obelisk about 16 feet high on the corner of Center and Main in downtown Bountiful, Utah tells the following:
Bountiful City, incorporated December 14, 1892.
Perrigrine Sessions drove his wagon north to this area in September of 1847. Here Sessions Settlement had its beginning. The second settlement in the Territory of Utah. In 1855, thirty-seven years prior to incorporation as a city. The name was changed to Bountiful.
Education in this community was always important. As early as 1848 local pioneer children were taught by Hannah Holbrook in her Wickiup School.
Bountiful Harvests – Orchards and gardens were planted in abundance, supplying produce to local pioneer families. Bountiful harvests brought the development of the growers market, allowing widespread distribution of produce.
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Beginning at the boundary line of Salt Lake and Davis counties and stretching east up the mountainside and west towards the Great Salt Lake sits the city of North Salt Lake. On its northern border the city meets Woods Cross and Bountiful.
In 1847 Brigham Young sent settlers north to find pastureland for cattle and to establish settlements. Among these people were the first homesteaders in North Salt Lake. As they left the Salt Lake area and traveled north, they found several steaming hot springs and ponds. These hot springs are still active on the southern boundary of the city. To the west flowed the Jordan River, and the land was swampy and covered with swamp grass. To the east the land slowly climbed up the tall grass-covered lower mountainsides. This grass sometimes hid a deep crevasse large enough to be of danger to cattle. Small natural springs found their way from the mountains into the grassy valley below. Many of the hillsides were rocky and sandy and not well suited for crops or cattle; however, they did produce several sand and gravel excavations.
The first homes built in the area were crude dugouts, which at least offered protection from the winter storms. Later homes were made of adobe, utilizing the natural clay deposits in the area. One of the first settlers of North Salt Lake, John Winegar, built his home of clay from deposits by the Jordan River. Because of the clay deposits, several brickyards were located in the area for a short time.
05 Tuesday Aug 2014
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GEORGE QUINN MCNEIL
Location: 905 Orchard Drive (corner Orchard Dr. and Mill St.), Bountiful, Utah
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George Quinn McNeil was born to John McNeil and Mary Jan Quinn McNeil on January 4, 1865, in Bountiful, Utah. He married Adriane Marie Thomas on August 15, 1888. They lived on the family farm located on the southeast side of Bountiful City. Today, the area is known as North Canyon.
McNeil assisted Daniel Davis at the grist mill located on this site. NcNeil captured bears in the mountains above Bountiful City which were trained to do work around the mill. The bears were also taught to pull McNeil’s wagon. He desired to take the bears on a tour from Bountiful City throughout the United States and have them perform a circus-type act. McNeil had traveled only a short distance from Brigham City with the bears when they misbehaved and the tour was cancelled.
George Quinn McNeil died on June 23, 1943.
We are pleased to recognise his unique role regarding the mill. (Caption under Photograph) George McNiel (sic), and Jerry Ellis, second from left, caught and trained bears at the Heber C. Kimball Grist Mills.
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