
Spring Lake Villa ~ 390
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brwhiz
N 40° 00.064 W 111° 45.011
12T E 435965 N 4428145
Spring Lake was initially settled in 1859.
Waymark Code: WMBREZ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2011
Views: 10
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 390
Erected 1974
Spring Lake Villa
In 1859, James Pace and James Butler
built large adobe home on this site, purchased
by Joseph E. Johnson, 1861. He and brothers
Benjamin F. and George W. operated many
industries: drug stores, fruit-tree nursery,
trunk factory, sorghum mill, cannery, broom
factory, wholesale seed house, and printing
office where first Utah farm paper, The
Farmer's Oracle, was published. Benjamin
F. Johnson, became first bishop; Samuel
Openshaw, Justice of Peace; Don Carlos
Babbitt, Constable.
Spring Lake Camp
Marker Name: Spring Lake Villa
 Marker Number: 390
 Marker Text: See Long Description

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