ZCMI Co-op Store/Fire Department /Sandy Museum
N 40° 35.555 W 111° 53.156
12T E 425034 N 4493908
In 1890 This build stood as the ZCMI Co-Op Store. Then from 1939-1984 it was the Sandy Fire Department. Now it is called the the Sandy Museum from 1987. Located in Historic Sandy Utah.
Waymark Code: WMARP6
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2011
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Our photo was taken approximately taken as the original photo. Which is South East of the building.
Pioneers came into the Sandy area in the 1860s. It was a farming community with few people and widely spaced homes. When mining began in the nearby canyons and the railroad arrived in 1877, Sandy changed from a quiet agricultural village to a booming mining town. There were three smelters and two sampling mills here for testing the ores brought down from the mines. The railroad station was located almost directly across the street from where the Sandy Museum is now. In those days the museum building was a ZCMI Co-op store where the farmers, miners and even local Native Americans came to buy or trade items. It is said that Sandy got it's name from the nickname of the red-headed train engineer called " Sandy" Kinghorn. In 1893 Sandy's population was over 1000 and Sandy incorporated and passed its first ordinances. The first Mayor was Arthur J. Cushing and Sandy was a one-mile square town containing many thriving businesses including 17 saloons. The rich ores brought to the smelters provided jobs for hundreds of men and made Sandy a major hub of society and business. Today Sandy has grown to be large suburban community with a population of over 100,000 citizens.
We highly recommend that you tour this historic building:
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
12:00-5:00, and by appointment
Phone:
801-566-0878
Free to the public
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