West Weber, Utah
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| Foundation : | 1861 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Utah | ||
| County : | Weber County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 15 ′ N , 112 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Height : | 1292 m | ||
| FIPS : | 49-83720 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1447187 | ||
West Weber is an unincorporated community in Weber County , Utah in the United States . The village is about 13 km northwest of Ogden . West Weber, which had around 700 inhabitants at the time, was formed as a Mormon parish in 1877 . The village is northeast of the intersection of Utah State Route 134 and Utah State Route 39 . The closest interstate is the Veterans Memorial Highway ( Interstate 84 / Interstate 15 ), accessed via Route 39, about five miles to the east.
There is an elementary school in West Weber . The Weber River runs nearby; a bridge has been crossing the river since 1903.
History and economy
The eastern area of West Weber was also known as Alma or Garland for a while. John Staker and Sbenezer Wiggins grew grain here in 1853. However, the land in West Weber was not very productive and in 1903 was considered one of the poorest between the Great Salt Lake and Ogden. Nevertheless, beets were grown in the area , which was made possible by drilling artesian wells for irrigation and fertilization with nitrates . Archibald McFarland had dug an irrigation canal in West Weber in 1859. The early settlers invested around 2500 US dollars in 1860-61 to irrigate ten smaller farms.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ West Weber, Utah ( English ) Online Utah. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ↑ The Latter-Day Saints' millennial star . PP Pratt, 1858, p. 469 (accessed April 11, 2011).
- ^ Hubert Howe Bancroft: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Utah. 1889 ( English ). AL Bancroft & Company, 1889, p. 307 (Retrieved April 11, 2011).
- ^ Home of the Cowboys ( English ) West Weber Elementary School. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved on April 11, 2011.
- ^ Geological Survey (US): Water-supply paper ( English ). GPO, 1947 (Retrieved April 11, 2011).
- ^ West Weber ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ Historical Records Survey (Utah): Inventory of the County Archives of Utah: Weber County (Ogden) ( English ). The Utah Historical Records Survey Project, (Retrieved April 11, 2011).
- ↑ Sugar ( English ) 1903, pp. 25 and 54, (Retrieved April 11, 2011).
- ↑ The Sugar beet ( English ). HC Baird & Co., 1902, p. 219 (Retrieved April 11, 2011).
- ^ Richard W. Sadler, Richard C. Roberts: The Weber River Basin: grass roots democracy and water development ( English ). Utah State University Press, April 1994, ISBN 9780874211641 (Retrieved April 11, 2011).