Kaysville on the Salt Lake Cutoff

Kaysville on the Salt Lake Cutoff. Hensley - Salt Lake City Cutoff. , Hensley - Salt Lake City Cutoff , In August 1848, ten men with a mule pack train under the leadership of Samuel Hensley pioneered a trail near California Road at City of Idaho Utah border. Traveling Humboldt River, Hensley met and gave directions to a wagon train of discharged Mormon Battalin members who then hacked out a wagon road over Hensley's Trail to Great Salt Lake City, thus establishing the Hensley-Salt Lake Cutoff., Kaysville on the Salt Lake Cutoff , In the fall of 1848, Hector C. Haight moved his family to a stream in West Kaysville that later became known as Haight's Creek. On the flood plain around the creek, a fine grove of trees provided shade and shelter. This was a natural resting place on the trail and was a comfort to thousands of travelers on their way to California. It became known as Blooming Grove. Eventually, Hector Haight offered hotel accommodations and blacksmith services for travelers on the trail. It has been estimated that one-third of all immigrants responding to the California Gold Rush came along this route in the years 1849-1854. The trail, which followed the bluff through Kaysville to Layton and points north, has seen thousands of wagons making their way to join the California road, at City of Rocks in Southern Idaho.