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A day in early Brigham City:
On February 17, 1920, a man who was assumed to be associated with a burglary at the Leader Store was shot and killed near the bridge over the Box Elder Creek on 300 North (location in photo) as he tried to escape local authorities. As no one could recognize him, his body was placed in the window at Stohl’s furniture store (as they also had an embalming business and mortuary) for two to three days in hopes someone would. Fingerprinting was a new technology at this time and uti
1930's Picture
This is a picture from the 1930s showing Brigham City from the north east looking south and west back towards the city. The Tabernacle and original Central School are visible in the city skyline. Very few homes existed east of 400 East until development began in earnest during the 1950s with the arrival of Thiokol.
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