03 Wednesday Oct 2018
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Moon Park in Farmington, Utah.
The historic marker The North Farmington School is located here. Other Farmington parks are listed here.
03 Wednesday Oct 2018
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Parks in Farmington, Utah
08 Sunday Feb 2015
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Farmington is a city in Davis County, Utah. The population was 18,275 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Davis County. Lagoon Amusement Park is located in Farmington.
The city has made it onto the Money magazine’s “Best Places to Live” index, and was ranked number 12 on the 2011 list.
Originally known as North Cottonwood, Farmington was permanently settled by Mormon pioneers in 1847. The Children’s Primary Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized here on 11 August 1878. It was the birthplace of one of the longest lived Latter-day Saint apostles, LeGrand Richards. His maternal great-grandfather, Joseph Lee Robinson, was the first bishop of what was then the North Cottonwood Ward. Lagoon Amusement Park was founded here in 1886 and occupies 100 acres of the city. Ezra T. Clark was an early settler of Farmington who later founded the Davis County Bank and built several houses in the area, some of which are located in the Clark Lane Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
07 Saturday Feb 2015
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This is the site of the North Farmington School built in 1860. Ut was a two-story, red brick building and the first public building in North Farmington. The “little res school house,” as it was called, was used for school, church, and social functions. When the North Farmington Ward was organized on March 11, 1917, meetings were held in this school until the L.D.S. chapel across the street was built in 1919.
This marker was placed in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the North Farmington Ward by the young men and young women of the Farmington Utah North Stake in 1992.
10 Monday Nov 2014
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159 North Main Street, Farmington, Utah
The home was constructed in 1914 by George Ernest Spackman. George, a local farmer, and his wife Bertha resided in the home for many decades. The single-story, stucco bungalow has a full-width front porch, front-facing gable, and features a projecting bay. The house retains excellent historic and architectural integrity and is a contributing resource to the Farmington Main Street Historic District.
09 Sunday Nov 2014
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This house was constructed c. 1857 for Hector C. Haight, “the father of Farmington,” who in addition to helping settle the community, was a farmer, builder, hotel proprietor and county prebate judge for a number of years. He and his family loved in this house, which also doubled as a hotel, until his death in 1879.
The Union Hotel, as it was known, is the oldest remaining hotel in Farmington, which was a natural stopping place for travelers because it was located one-day’s journey from Salt Lake City. LDS Church authorities and others with business in the communities to the north often stayed overnight at the Unionand other hotels in Farmington. The rear section of the house was probably added in the 1860s or ’70s, apparently to accommodate the expanding hotel business. The original four-room section of the house is one of the few examples in Utah of a two-story double cell house, a traditional yet relatively uncommon house type in early Utah.
Although the original adobe walls of the house were covered with aluminum siding in the late 1950s, its basic form, window and door openings, and interior remain virtually unaltered.
05 Thursday Jun 2014
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In 1847 Hector C. Haight settled in North Cottonwood, now Farmington, followed by others and a ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized 1849, Joseph L. Robinson, Bishop. In 1861 this cabin, built for Charles W. Penrose by his friends, was typical of the homes of that day. It was moved log by log to the courthouse grounds, rebuilt and dedicated 1926 as a Daughters of Utah Pioneers’ relic hall. Returned to its original site in 1956.
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05 Thursday Jun 2014
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This building, erected in 1849-1850 by Willard Richards, was the first grist mill to serve the community. Rock and lumber came from the nearby canyon. James Leithead and Reuben Broadbent were the workmen. After the death of Dr. Richards, his brother, Franklin D. owned the mill. Later it was equipped as a power station to furnish electricity for the town; also served as an ice house. Many people have lived in this structure, presently known as Heidelberg Rock Farm.
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24 Saturday May 2014
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PIONEER CANNON This old iron cannon was brought across the plains in 1847 by Mormon pioneers. It had been used in Nauvoo, Illinois by the Nauvoo Legion. When the persecuted Saints were driven across the Mississippi River, this was one of the cannons taken by them. It was used in the Morrisite Battle at Uintah at the mouth of Weber Canyon in 1862. It has been fired in many celebrations.
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21 Wednesday May 2014
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Bountiful is Utah’s second settlement and was named for one of the ancient American cities described in the Book of Mormon. Bountiful was settled not long after Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Perrigrine Sessions explored the area just three days after his arrival. In September 1847 Sessions gathered his family into their wagon and herded 300 head of cattle into the South Davis Valley. Other families moved into the area and began planting crops the following year. Fifty-three families had established farms in the area by 1850.
Because of repeated Indian problems, a fort was constructed of dirt walls, three-quarters of a mile square, with the townsite being laid out within its boundaries. Each man from the area was required to put in a ten-hour day of labor toward its construction, and all settlers were urged to move within its fortified walls. Though the fort was never completed and its gates were not installed, portions of the walls stood until the turn of the century.
The settlement was first called “Session’s Settlement,” and later “North Mill Creek Canyon,” which was shortened to “North Canyon.” In 1854, the first post office was established and was named “Stoker” in honor of the settlement’s Mormon bishop, John Stoker. On 17 February 1855 the name Bountiful was accepted unanimously by the people of the community.(*)
