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Thatcher, Utah

11 Thursday Aug 2016

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Bothwell, Box Elder County, Penrose, Thatcher, Tremonton, utah

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Thatcher is a census-designated place in Box Elder County. It is a small farming community, located 3 miles southwest of Bothwell and 7 miles  west of Tremonton.

The population was 789 at the 2010 census.  The community was named for Moses Thatcher, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Thatcher was first settled in 1890.

Thatcher Mountain, 2 miles to the west, is named after the community.

Tremonton, Utah

16 Monday May 2016

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Bear River Valley, Box Elder County, Elwood, Garland, Tremonton

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Although the first settlers came to the Tremonton area in 1888, it remained largely uninhabited until just before 1900, when land agents started promoting the Bear River Valley as a place for Midwestern farmers to relocate. Small groups from Nebraska and Illinois began to arrive in 1898. These settlers were a diverse blend of Protestant faiths, in contrast to their mostly Mormon neighbors. Then an Apostolic Christian Church group came in 1901–1904. The main body was from Tremont, Illinois, joined by a few families from Ohio and Kansas. Mostly of German descent, this group was referred to as the “German colony”.

When a townsite was laid out in 1903, the new town was named “Tremont” at the request of the German colony. Within four years, the post office had it renamed “Tremonton” due to confusion with the central Utah town of Fremont. Around 1907 the congregation was caught up in a larger schism of the Apostolic Church. Some moved back to the Midwest, and the German colony came to an end. But the church left a permanent mark in the name of Tremonton, and a nearby cemetery filled with German names.

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Bothwell, Utah (Formerly Rowville)

07 Sunday Dec 2014

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Bothwell, Box Elder County, Penrose, Thatcher, Tremonton, utah

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Bothwell was founded as a farming community in 1894. It was originally named Rowville, after Mormon pioneer William H. Rowe. It was renamed Bothwell in 1918, to honor the builders of the Bothwell Canal, a project that aided farming in the area by bringing irrigation water from the Bear River. John R. Bothwell was president of the waterworks at that time.

Bothwell voted to incorporate as a town in 1937, in order to issue municipal bonds to develop the culinary water system. It was disincorporated sometime in the 1960s.

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Penrose, Utah

03 Friday Oct 2014

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Box Elder County, Penrose, Tremonton, utah

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The community was named for Charles W. Penrose, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The first permanent settler to the Penrose area was C.S. Rowher, in 1890. He, along with others, farmed beets, wheat, corn and hay.

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Penrose is a collection of homes situated along the last seven miles of Highway 102.  Everyone lives between Mile Marker 1 and Mile Marker 7 on the road from Tremonton to Promontory.  It was named for Mormon Apostle Charles W. Penrose in 1911, and is a place of refuge and safety.  Anciently, it was part of large grassland ranging from the Snake River to Promontory Point.  The lush, tall grass supported great herds of deer and tribes of Indians that sought out the many watering places located at the base of the mountains.

After Spanish Exploration, it supported great bands of wild horses that made trails from watering holes to highland pastures.  Penrose ranchers were amazed when the sky would become darkened, so large were the dust clouds when the great numbers came to Connor Springs for water.  As the grass died out and was replaced by scrub sagebrush and June grass, the land was ready for farming. 

It was not until 1890 that C.S. Rowher, a dry farmer from Park Valley, became the first permanent settler to locate on the slopes of the valley with its excellent view of the majestic Wasatch sunsets.  He and those who followed knew that the parched, overgrazed land would be turning into an oasis as soon as clear water from the Bear River was diverted to the sloping community.  They fought alkali soil, snakes, mosquitoes, gnats, and coyotes.  They delighted in the ample supply of muskrat, ducks, and pheasants.  They cultivated beets, wheat, corn and hay, and they prospected for gold, oil, coal and diamonds.  The first L.D.S. bishop in Penrose, P.N. Pierce, owned a sand and gravel company that he used to make road beds for the county.  In all, they strove to provide for their families and provide a better life for their children, including higher education and an appreciation for culture.  Travel didn’t appear to present a great problem, as early farmers walked to Brigham and back in a single day.  With horses, several trips a month were not uncommon, and with cars, it could be done daily.  To the question:  “Can anything good come out of Penrose?”  Our reply:  “Only the best!” (*)

Boise Ford

05 Thursday Jun 2014

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Box Elder County, DUP, historic, Tremonton, utah

A natural ford on Bear River, first used by Indians, trappers and explorers, was selected by John Hailey in 1863, as the crossing point for his new stagecoach road from Salt Lake City, Utah to Boise, Idaho. Unknown hands carved “Boise Ford, 1853” on a large stone on each bank of the river. Located approximately three quarters of a mile south and two miles east of this marker, the ford was used until bridges were built.

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