Bountiful City history

Here he constructed a dugout with skins for a roof and wintered, he and his family being the sole occupants of the place until the spring of 1848.

The county was one of the first regions to be settled in both the territory and state of Utah, and was among the first to be organized as a county on October 5, 1850.

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.

Secession and the politics of the Civil War, 1860–65The coming of the warThe political course of the warMoves toward emancipationSectional dissatisfaction

He was born October 4, 1877 in Bountiful.

Grover Cleveland’s first termThe surplus and the tariffThe public domainThe Interstate Commerce ActThe election of 1888

By 1890 the citizens of East Bountiful determined that they needed something stronger than precinct government to take care of their increasing population.

The city of Bountiful was incorporated in 1892 with Joseph L Holbrook as mayor.

In November 1895 the Woods Cross and West Bountiful areas voted to separate from Bountiful.

By the 1900's, the reputation of West Bountiful had enticed several of the wealthier pioneers to build elegant homes in the area.

In 1907 electric lights came to Bountiful through the efforts of its citizens.

He was born in Bountiful on November 6, 1913.

1916 Bountiful, a city of Davis co., Utah, on the Salt Lake and Ogden R., 9 miles N. of Salt Lake City.

In the 1920's, George Mann returned home from a mission with one pound of Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion seed.

World War IIThe road to warThe United States at warWar productionFinancing the warSocial consequences of the warThe 1944 electionThe new United States role in world affairs

The peak Cold War years, 1945–60The Truman Doctrine and containmentPostwar domestic reorganizationThe Red ScareThe Korean WarPeace, growth, and prosperityEisenhower’s second termDomestic issuesWorld affairsAn assessment of the postwar era

West Bountiful was incorporated as a town on January 28, 1949.

The 1990 census recorded a population of 36,659, revealing that Bountiful had fallen to the position of the second largest city in Davis County.

Disclaimer: Information on this site was converted from a hard cover book published by University of Utah Press in 1994.