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Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Crossgrove House Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State October 1999. Jared Kunz sold the property to the current owners, Neil Hughes and Willow Walsh-Hughes in 2009. The Hughes are currently restoring the house and property. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Developmental history/additional historic context information (if appropriate) Draper MPS Contexts The city of Draper is located in the southeast section of the Salt Lake Valley lying against the hills that divide it from the Utah Valley. Originally scouted in 1847, the area was used to graze livestock because of its abundant water and grasses. The community of Draper was established in 1849 just two years after the arrival of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church) in the Salt Lake valley. The Draper settlement was originally known as South Willow Creek, but sometimes called Sivogah, as it was known by Native Americans in the area. Five families were the first settlers, but were soon joined by relatives and friends. The early settlers raised cattle to sell to emigrants on route to the California gold mines. Between 1855 and 1856, a fort was constructed and most of the settlers lived there. By the time the Utah Southern Railway reached the South Willow Creek area in 1871, the community was a thriving though somewhat scattered collection of farmsteads with a population of around 480. In 1876, a town site was surveyed for the community, by then known as Draperville. The name was later shortened to Draper. During the nineteenth century, the community grew steadily with the economy primarily driven by farming (grains and fruits) and ranching (sheep and cattle). After the arrival of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway 1881 several industries were established near the rail corridor and a thriving mercantile industry was established near the town center. In the 1920s, several Draper business men established a thriving poultry industry in Draper, which became known as the "Egg Basket of America" by World War II. Although the poultry industry declined in the 1960s, the town retained its rural atmosphere until the late 1980s. During the last three decades, Draper has experienced a high level of residential development around the town and in the foothills. The main transportation corridors have seen a heavy commercial development in retail and restaurant establishments. 8 |
