SIMON BAMBERGER conceived the idea of a local railroad between Salt Lake City and
Ogden. When the line came to Bountiful in 1892 it became an important factor in the
city's growth. For 10˘ residents of Bountiful could now ride to Salt Lake . . . — — Map (db m245969) HM
BLISS HALL was erected in 1872 by the New West Education Commission of the Congregational Church for Protestant Missionary Schools. It was named for Charles R. Bliss, a New England minister, and the hall served both as church and school. No . . . — — Map (db m245970) HM
Bountiful City
Incorporated December 14, 1892
Perrigrine Sessions drove his wagon north to this area in September of 1847. Here Sessions Settlement had its beginning, the second settlement in the territory of Utah. In 1855, . . . — — Map (db m245966) HM
The Bountiful Lumber and Building Association, incorporated four years before Utah
statehood was granted, is one of the oldest retail businesses in continual operation since partners Levi S. Heywood and Heber A. Holbrook first opened their doors . . . — — Map (db m245963) HM
One of the oldest L.D.S. chapels. Finest at time of erection. Augustus Farnham architect. Site dedicated Feb. 11, 1857 by Elder Lorenzo Snow. Grain was stored in stone foundation when Johnston's army advanced. The walls are of adobe. Roof timbers . . . — — Map (db m192433) HM
Brick making began early in Bountiful in several areas. The brickyard between 500 and 1500 South, and west of 200 West, was operated in turn by the Kirk Brick, Improved Brick, and Bountiful Brick companies, who made more bricks than any other Utah . . . — — Map (db m245925) HM
Daniel Davis was born on December 18, 1808, in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, the third child of Wells Davis and Mary Kelly Davis. As a young man Davis traveled to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he was converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of . . . — — Map (db m127586) HM
Born Oct. 16, 1800 in Dutchess County, New York. Died Apr. 15, 1892.
Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Feb. 20. 1833, Errestown, Canada by Brigham Young. Persecuted with Saints in states of Ohio Missouri and . . . — — Map (db m245944) HM
This small private cemetery, once known as Nathan's Burial Ground, is the final resting place of the early pioneer settler Daniel Wood and many of his relatives. It is one of the oldest burial plots in Davis County.
Daniel Wood emigrated . . . — — Map (db m245931) HM
George Quinn McNeil was born to John McNeil and Mary Jane Quinn McNeil on January 4, 1865, in Bountiful, Utah. He married Adriane Marie Thomas on August 15, 1888. They lived on the family farm located on the southeast side of Bountiful City. Today . . . — — Map (db m127588) HM
Heber C. Kimball was born on June 14, 1801 to Solomon Farnham Kimball and Anna Spaulding Kimball in Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont. He married Vilate Murray on November 7, 1822.
Kimball was converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of . . . — — Map (db m127584) HM
This site was surveyed August 1, 1852 and the mill (largest of it's time in Utah) was dedicated May 6, 1853.
Built on rock foundation with solid adobe walls trimmed with red sandstone, this Burr mill operated until 1892, when roller mills . . . — — Map (db m125132) HM
Constructed in about 1887 by the owner James Green, with brick from his own brick yard, the house is an early example of a house type most popular around 1905--the one-story brick box. The house was innovative at a time when local styles . . . — — Map (db m272988) HM
Jeremiah and Samantha Call Willey built this cabin in 1854 on land they owned at 495 East 500 South in Bountiful. In 1860 William and Fanny Burgess Gorringe became the owners, and in 1880 sold the cabin and part of the land to Daniel and Mary . . . — — Map (db m246339) HM
The Heber C. Kimball Gristmill, the foundation of which can be seen just east of this monument, was in operation from 1852 until 1892, using these burr-type gristmill stones. When the use of roller mills was introduced, mills of this type were no . . . — — Map (db m125133) HM
This building once housed the largest business in Davis County. It opened in 1869 with a general dry goods store and a post office on the ground floor. An elegant stairway led from the street directly upstairs to a large high-ceilinged room with a . . . — — Map (db m273052) HM
Three days after his arrival in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 Perrigrine Sessions was sent out by Brigham Young to find grazing land for church cattle. His wagon cut the first tracks between the Salt Lake settlement and what later became Sessions . . . — — Map (db m273055) HM
Henry Rampton (1829-1903)
The Rampton family has occupied First North, between Main Street and First West for at least 3
generations, ever since Henry Rampton came to Sessions Settlement (Bountiful) in 1856. Henry
Rampton was born in . . . — — Map (db m272990) HM
