Editing Eagle Mountain, Utah (section)

==History==

=== Founding ===
In 1994, John Walden, a real estate developer from Florida, and physicians Scott Gettings and Andrew Zorbis, who all own houses in Park City and come to Utah to ski, bought about 8,000 acres of land in the Cedar Valley at a bankruptcy auction, under the company names of "TI Mortgage" and "Monte Vista Ranch".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utah County Real Property Owner Name Search - Results |url=https://www.utahcounty.gov/landrecords/NameSearch.asp?av_name=monte+vista+ranch&av_valid=%25&Submit=++++Search++++ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.utahcounty.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BMI Web |url=https://bmiwebh5.utahcounty.gov/BmiWeb/?page=Document&Entry_No=34896&YR=1994 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=bmiwebh5.utahcounty.gov}}</ref> No one lived in the area they wanted to incorporate, so they, along with developer Debbie Hooge, who lives in what is now in Eagle Mountain, approached those living in two communities about five miles away, Cedar Pass Ranch, a community of large lots, and Harvest Haven, a polygamous community on the opposite side of Highway 73.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-12-17 |title=Eagle Mountain: A town from scratch 2 years after incorporating, town is on its way, founders say |url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/12/17/19418152/eagle-mountain-a-town-from-scratch-br-2-years-after-incorporating-town-is-on-its-way-founders-say |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref> 

They signed and the town, at 24 square miles, incorporated in December 1996 as the Town of Eagle Mountain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONTENTdm |url=https://images.archives.utah.gov/digital/collection/p17010coll50/id/336/rec/2 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=images.archives.utah.gov}}</ref> Debbie Hooge was appointed as the First Mayor of the Town of Eagle Mountain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONTENTdm |url=https://images.archives.utah.gov/digital/collection/p17010coll50/id/338/rec/2 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=images.archives.utah.gov}}</ref> In 2001, the city was reclassified and renamed to Eagle Mountain City.<ref name="CONTENTdm"/> In 2011, Eagle Mountain extended further west with the annexation of the White Hills neighborhood, which had about 400 residents, as well as an area that is part of the Pole Canyon development plan. The land outside of White Hills was almost 2,900 acres.<ref>[http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/north/eagle-mountain/eagle-mountain-annexes-white-hills-and-pole-canyon/article_f85b79f3-355d-5405-86e3-72df9a372193.html Provo Daily Herald article on annexation of White Hills to Eagle Mountain]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Landmarks ===
The area is home to several natural and manmade landmarks, including a site along the original [[Pony Express]] trail,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.emcity.org/newsletters/June&July2007.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107125904/http://www.emcity.org/newsletters/June%26July2007.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-01-07| title=Dedication of Pony Express Trail Monument| publisher=Eagle Mountain City| access-date=2007-09-23}}</ref> and a boulder with 1,800-year-old rock art [[Petroglyph|petroglyphs]] carved by ancient [[Fremont culture|Fremont Indians]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=500539| title=Eagle Mountain Hopes to Protect Rock Art| publisher=KSL| access-date=2010-07-06}}</ref>