Syracuse, Utah history

Joseph Bodily also homesteaded eighty acres and built the first log cabin in 1877.

In 1882 the LDS Church created the Kaysville-South Hooper Branch, with William Beazer as presiding elder.

The fertile land would not produce much in a desert without water, but by 1884 the extended Hooper Canal brought water from the Weber River.

The Union Pacific Railroad constructed the Ogden and Syracuse Railway in 1887.

The first general store in town, which also adopted the name Syracuse, was built by Isaac Barton in 1888.

At one time the community also had a post office, which was commissioned on 10 November 1891.

In 1894, the Davis/Weber Canal Company brought water to this portion of thirsty land.

On 1 December 1895 the Syracuse LDS Ward was created.

The Syracuse Canning Factory started up in 1898, canning tomatoes, pickles, and all kinds of fruit.

Schofield became postmistress until 15 May 1905 when the post office was discontinued.

In the fall of 1909 permission was granted by the Davis County School Board to open North Davis High School in Syracuse.

In 1913 electricity lighted the meetinghouse and amusement hall.

The Japanese people first came to Syracuse in 1914.

In 1935, Syracuse formed a Town Board with Thomas J. Thurgood as the first Town Board President.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Syracuse community changed dramatically.

A 1946 Ford Pumper was purchased and by September, a small fire station was built, a siren was ordered (believed to be the same one used today), and volunteer firefighters were trained by Mr.

Prior to 1955 the only fire protection for Syracuse City came from Davis County.

In December of 1964, Clearfield City declared that they would no longer give fire protection to Syracuse.

On June 23, 1965, Councilmember Lawrence Briggs proposed that if Syracuse had their own department, fire insurance rates would decrease.

On January 5, 1966, Roy Miya was appointed by the city council as the new fire chief with Val Cook being elected by the volunteer firefighters to serve as his assistant.

Roy Miya served faithfully for 19 years, retiring the last day of December 1984.

On January 1, 1985, Thomas Jensen was appointed by the city council as the new fire chief with Gary Hamblin being elected by volunteer firefighters to serve as his assistant.

The fire department moved into a new 3 bay fire station that was constructed during the winter of 1993-94.

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

To staff the ambulance, Syracuse City hired its first full-time firefighters and in August of 2002 began staffing the fire station 24 hours, with 4 firefighters during the day and 3 firefighters throughout the night.

In 2008, a transport engine (Combination Fire Engine/Ambulance) was purchased from Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton Wisconsin.

In 2015, a new Horton F-350 ambulance was purchased.