Lorin Farr

Lorin Farr. , Pioneer-Religious and Civic Leader-Statesman , Lorin Farr was an Utah pioneer of 1847. He was a friend and staunch supporter of Joseph Smith, the prophet, and assisted in the settlement of Nauvoo, Ill. where he helped build the temple., He was the first president of Weber Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a member of the first territorial legislature and a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the State of Utah. He assisted in laying out the original plat of the City of Ogden, organized the first city government and became its first mayor., He built and operated the first grist mill and saw mill in Weber County and, with others, constructed the first highway through Ogden Canyon. Tullidge, contemporary utah historian, proclaimed him "Ogden's most representative citizen." , In 2011, the above plaque was retrieved from its original location at the corner of 21st Street and Washington Boulevard, when the structure it was mounted on was demolished. That was the location of one of Lorin Farr's early homes. The Farr descendants and the Ogden Pioneer chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers remounted it here in 2013, with appreciation to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for allowing its relocation to this site.