Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community
Dive into the rich history of Cedar Valley, from early pioneer settlements to forgotten counties and historic landmarks like Camp Floyd. This section explores the stories, people, and places that shaped Eagle Mountain, Cedar Fort, Fairfield, and beyond.
In the past I have written about some of the weird and bizzare things that have happened in and around the Cedar Valley. You can read more about those type of Halloween activities in the article “The Ghosts of Eagle Mountain“. The purpose of this article is to show traditions and ways that residents of…
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I recently purchased a Creative Ender 3 3D printer. And as any new 3D printer owner would do, I went on the search for things to print. Besides the common ones like the ball in a cube, and Mandalorian figures, I wanted to find some productive educational things to print as well. So I started…
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The CDC website says that the Spanish Flu of 1918 had a huge effect on the United States, and the Cedar Valley was no exception. “Between September and November, a second wave of flu peaks in the United States. This second wave is highly fatal, and responsible for most of the deaths attributed to the…
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Cedar Valley and Utah Valley in general have had several different groups of Indigenous People who have occupied the area over the years. “Archaeologists have determined that the earliest inhabitants of Utah were Paleo-Indian peoples, migratory hunters who first came into the area in approximately 12,000-10,000 BC. By 6,000 BC this group had been replaced…
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On September 1st and 2nd of 1859 two British astronomers recorded what they called a “white light flare” while observing the sun. Richard C. Carrington and Richard Hodgson observed a flare in the solar photosphere of the sun. On 1 September 1859, Carrington and Richard Hodgson, another English amateur astronomer, independently made the first observations…
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Paranormal activity is usually a taboo subject and is looked at with skepticism. Even if you don’t necessarily believe in things paranormal, you can’t deny the accounts of people who have experienced it. What they are seeing could be put up for debate, but the fact they did see something should be taken into account….
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In 2016 the rabbit population in Eagle Mountain exploded. Eagle Mountain Blvd was called by some as “slaughter road” because of the number of rabbits that were hit and killed nightly. During January 2016 the Eagle Mountain Citizens Facebook page had several people ask about the number of rabbits that were killed on the side…
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Eagle Mountain does not have haunted house tours, old cemeteries, or a thousand years of history, but Eagle Mountain does have its share of the macabre, tragic, and haunted. Relics from Eagle Mountain may not make their way to New York’s Obscura Antiques & Oddities, or make Edgar Oliver want to add them to his…
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“In October 1852 a young man by the name of Eli Bennett in search of his dream of finding pasture land for his cattle and a place for a ranch entered what is now called Cedar Valley.” Cedar Valley contains the west side of Eagle Mountain know as Eagle Mountain City Center, Cedar Fort and…
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Cedar Valley High School’s Aviators are not the first group of aviators in Eagle Mountain. Cedar Valley has been the home for Cedar Valley Airport, private runways and the Jake Garn Airport (now the location of the new Facebook Data Center). Cedar Valley is the valley located between the Oquirrh Mountain to the East, which…
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