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.
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…
Read more
“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…
Read more
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…
Read more
A large portion of Eagle Mountain is located in the Cedar Valley. On the West slopes of that valley is a canyon that is called pole canyon. It is located close to the city of Cedar Fort and the Eagle Mountain subdivision White Hills. The canyon was, as its name suggests, a place where the…
Read more
Residents of Eagle Mountain, Cedar Fort, and Fairfield were not the first residents in the Cedar Valley. In the article “Cedar Fort is Link With Utah’s Pioneer Past” printed in the Daily Herald dated Feb 22, 1961, discusses the Indians in the valley. “It is believed that the Indians also had a village where the…
Read more
Along the side of the road on Pony Express BLVD in Eagle Mountain, located North of Hidden Hollow Elementary School there is dry well that is now protected by a split rail fence and has a plaque describing what this location use to be. The plaque is divided into three sections: Joseph A. Dorton, The…
Read more
The United States of America has had some great presidents, and some mediocre presidents. It all depends on who you talk to and what their political affiliation is at the time. But it can be agreed that The Presidents of the United States have shaped the direction of the nation from 1789 when George Washington…
Read more
Eagle Mountain continues to see growth. In 2017 Eagle Mountain surpassed the number of building permits in every category besides commercial over the last 12 years. 2017 showed a decline in the number of commercial permits and churches permitted as compared to 2016. In 2017 the city issued 10 commercial permits, compared to the 12…
Read more
We use names to identify everything in our world. Names are what give us a focal point and a place of reference. I recently did an article on how Eagle Mountain’s name was selected. There are a lot of other areas in Eagle Mountain that have names. One of the most common ones is the…
Read more
Second Chance, a wildlife rescue, that specializes in birds of prey, released a Golden Eagle back into the wild in the Eagle Mountain Area on September 5th. Debbie Souza-Pappas, the founder and director of Second Change Wildlife Rehabilitation of Price Utah, said that the total cost was around $500 for medical supplies and food to…
Read more