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To introduce myself, my name is Ken Bott and Brigham City history is one of my favorite interests! My ancestors first arrived here in...

After Brigham City was settled, pioneers continued to push north to create new settlements. Mantua was settled in 1863 and a steep, dangerous pioneer route connected Mantua with Cache Valley. For about 70 years, this route was used only during the summer.  According to an article on https://mysteryofutahhistory.blogspot.com/2015/05/ “The first Mormon settlers on the way to Cache County in the fall of 1856 likely traveled about the same route to Sardine Summit and to about Dry

Through the Years: 200 North between 200 and 300 W The Third Ward built their school/chapel out of log and adobe in 1879 on the corner of 200 N and 300 W. It later burned down. In 1887, they built a new school, “Emerson”. On May 12, 1912, the Third Ward Chapel was dedicated by President Joseph F. Smith and has continued to stand on the corner of 200 North and 200 West. Emerson School was attended by the school children growing up north of Forest Street and west of Main Street

Homes of Brigham City Home of Oliver G. Snow on corner of 308 South Main Street Oliver G. Snow was born in Great Salt Lake City in 1849 and later came to Brigham City with his father, Lorenzo Snow, and his mother, Mary Adaline Goddard Snow. He grew up in Brigham City and was the owner of the Bank of Brigham City and also became the stake president, after his father, in 1877. He was often named in the Brigham Bugler as “Banker Snow.” He owned the home east of the tabernacle (c