Editing Brigham City, Utah (section)

==History==
Latter-Day Saint pioneer William Davis first explored the Brigham City area in 1850.<ref>{{Citation | last = Bradford| first = Kathleen | title = Utah History Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Utah Press | year = 1994 | chapter = Brigham City | chapter-url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/b/BRIGHAM_CITY.shtml | url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221103115749/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/b/BRIGHAM_CITY.shtml | archive-date = November 3, 2022 | isbn = 9780874804256 | access-date = March 22, 2024}}</ref> He returned with his family and others a year later to create permanent homes. [[Brigham Young]] directed [[Lorenzo Snow]] to lead additional settlers to the site and foster a self-sufficient city at the site in 1853.

[[File:Bird's-eye view of Brigham City and Great Salt Lake, Utah, Ty. 1875. LOC 75696607.jpg|thumb|[[Panoramic map]] of Brigham City from 1875]]
Snow directed both religious and political affairs in the settlement, eventually naming it Box Elder in 1855.<ref>Snow himself did not settle permanently in the city until later. Nielsen, Vaughn J. 1977. The history of Box Elder Stake. Brigham City, Utah: Pat's Print Shop. 3.</ref> When the town was incorporated on January 12, 1867, the name was changed to Brigham City in honor of Brigham Young.<ref>Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah. University of Utah Press, 1990.</ref> That same month, after the Utah legislature authorized a municipal election, residents elected Chester Loveland to be the town's first mayor.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170215114931/https://brighamcityhistory.org/wiki/Chester_Loveland Chester Loveland biography]</ref> Brigham Young gave his last public sermon there in 1877 shortly before his death. In 1864, the cooperative movement began in earnest with the creation of a mercantile co-op store and was an important element of the [[United Order]]. Other industries were added, and the Brigham City Co-op is widely recognized as the most successful of the Latter-Day Saint Co-op ventures. Economic hardships brought an end to the Co-op in 1895, though the Co-op had first started selling businesses off in 1876.<ref>[http://brighamcityhistory.org Brigham City History Project]</ref>

World War II brought a major economic boost to the city. The federal government created Bushnell General Hospital on Brigham City's south side to treat soldiers wounded in the war. Locals sold supplies and food to the hospital while hospital staff patronized local businesses. After the war, the hospital's buildings were used as [[Intermountain Indian School]]. Many young Native Americans attended the boarding school until it closed in 1984, although the Intermountain "I" on the mountain is still visible in tandem with Box Elder High School's "B". The facility has left its mark in a number of other ways, with most of the buildings still standing. Some have been converted into businesses and condos, while others remain empty. Utah State University purchased the site and demolished all remaining buildings in 2013. The Utah State University Brigham City regional campus will be expanded to permanent buildings on this site and will mainly serve students from Box Elder, Weber, and Davis counties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/utah-state-university-to-break-ground-on-new-brigham-city/article_5ec26116-4c35-11e4-bafc-5702453b2b97.html|title = Utah State University to break ground on new Brigham City campus}}</ref> Construction will begin in the fall of 2014.

Despite layoffs over the past decade, much of Brigham City's economy relies on [[Thiokol]], the creator of many missiles, as well as the [[solid rocket booster]] for the [[Space Shuttle program|Space Shuttle]]. Additionally, the local [[Autoliv]] (formerly a part of Thiokol) airbag plants also net Brigham City many jobs. [[Nucor]] Corporation has two facilities in Brigham City, in addition to its steel mill nearby [[Plymouth, Utah|Plymouth]]. The addition of a [[Walmart]] distribution center in nearby [[Corinne, Utah|Corinne]] has also brought new jobs.

===Historic sites===

====Baron Woolen Mills====
Built in 1870 as part of the Brigham City Manufacturing and Mercantile Association, the mill produced high-quality blankets and sweaters from locally produced wool fleeces.<ref>Bradford, Kathleen. 1995. Brigham City historic tour: a survey of Brigham City's past through its historic buildings. Brigham City, Utah: Brigham City Museum-Gallery.</ref> It was damaged by a blaze in June 2014 and destroyed by a fire on July 20, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mims|first=Bob|date=July 20, 2015|title=Fire destroys what was left of old Baron Woolen Mills building in Brigham City|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2748400&itype=CMSID|url-status=live|access-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210517024844/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2748400&itype=CMSID|archive-date=May 17, 2021}}</ref>

====Cooley Memorial Hospital====
Dr. A.D. Cooley opened this hospital in 1935, operating as the only acute care facility in Brigham City until 1976, when the Brigham City Community Hospital opened.<ref>Sarah Yates, Stitches in Time: A Historical Overview of the Practice of Medicine in Brigham City and Surrounding Communities, Brigham City Community Hospital, 2001.</ref>

====Hotel Brigham====
Originally built to house transient railroad workers, rooms in Hotel Brigham were meant to be inexpensive. Very few rooms had bathrooms. An original owner was James Knudson, a former mayor of Brigham City. His grandson, Cameron Kay Harmon, became a part owner and managed the hotel after World War II and into the 1950s.<ref>National Register Nomination https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/91001543</ref>

====Brigham City Archway Sign====
Installed on 6 September 1928, this sign was financed by citizen donations totaling $2,400. The sign spans the width of Main Street, welcoming visitors to the business district. Made of [[opalite]] glass, the {{convert|12|in|cm|adj=mid|-high}} lettering welcomes all to Brigham City, "Gateway to the World's Greatest Wild Bird Refuge."<ref>Bradford, Kathleen. 1995. Brigham City historic tour: a survey of Brigham City's past through its historic buildings. Brigham City, Utah: [[Brigham City Museum-Gallery]].</ref>

====Brigham City Cemetery====
Established in 1853 with the burial of a pioneer infant, the Brigham City cemetery is a beautiful, old-fashioned cemetery with above-ground grave markers. A final resting place for pioneers, peach orchard farmers, cholera epidemic victims, workers, and a host of others, the cemetery is peaceful and shaded with a wide variety of grand old trees.<ref>Brigham City Cemetery History http://brighamcity.utah.gov/brigham-city-cemetery-history.htm accessed 5/30/2017.</ref>

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File:Baron Woolen Mills, 2007.JPG|Baron Woolen Mills, 2007
File:Cooley Memorial Hospital, 2007.JPG|Cooley Memorial Hospital, 2007
File:Hotel Brigham, 1946.jpg|Hotel Brigham, 1946
File:Archway.JPG|Archway
File:Brigham City Cemetery.jpg|Brigham City Cemetery, 1969
</gallery>

===List of mayors===
{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Mayor !! Term
|-
| 1 || Chester Loveland || 1867–1875
|-
| 2 || John D. Rees || 1875–1878
|-
| 3 || Samuel Smith || 1879–1883
|-
| 4 || Adolph Madsen || 1882–1891
|-
| 5 || Joseph M. Jenson || 1891–1893
|-
| 6 || John D. Peters || 1895–1895
|-
| 7 || William L. Wight (acting) || 1895–1895
|-
| 8 || Jonah Mathias || 1895–1897
|-
| 9 || John F. Erdmann || 1898–1900
|-
| 10 || Heber C. Boden || 1900–1904
|-
| 11 || Christian Holst || 1904–1908
|-
| 12 || Thomas H. Blackburn || 1908–1912
|-
| 13 || Robert L. Fishburn, Jr. || 1912–1914
|-
| 14 || William T. Davis || 1914–1916
|-
| 15 || John F. Erdmann || 1916–1918
|-
| 16 || John W. Peters || 1918–1922
|-
| 17 || N. Chris Simonsen || 1922–1924
|-
| 18 || James Knudson || 1924–1926
|-
| 19 || Hervin Bunderson || 1926–1928
|-
| 20 || Abel S. Rich || 1928–1930
|-
| 21 || James E. Halverson || 1930–1932
|-
| 22 || Lorenzo W. Anderson || 1932–1934
|-
| 23 || J. Wesley Horsley || 1934–1936
|-
| 24 || Roy T. Shaw (acting) || 1936–1937
|-
| 25 || Francis J. Law || 1937–1940
|-
| 26 || Alf L. Freeman || 1940–1942
|-
| 27 || Carl Wold || 1942–1946
|-
| 28 || Rulon Baron || 1946–1948
|-
| 29 || Lorenzo J. Bott || 1948–1954
|-
| 30 || C. LeGrande Horsley || 1954–1958
|-
| 31 || Ruel M. Eskelsen || 1958–1962
|-
| 32 || Willis L. Hansen || 1962–1966
|-
| 33 || Olof E. Zundel || 1966–1973
|-
| 34 || Wayne A. Jensen (acting) || 1973–1974
|-
| 35 || Harold B. Felt || 1974–1978
|-
| 36 || Peter C. Knudson || 1978–1990
|-
| 37 || Clark N. Davis || 1990–1998
|-
| 38 || David T. Kano || 1998–2002
|-
| 39 || Lou Ann Christensen || 2002–2010
|-
| 40 || Dennis Fife || 2010–2014
|-
| 41 || Tyler Vincent || 2014–2022
|-
| 42 || Dennis "DJ" Bott || 2022–present
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brighamcityhistory.org/government/mayor-of-brigham-city/|title = Mayor of Brigham City|date = 15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcutah.org/mayor.htm|title = Mayor}}</ref>