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Show - This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. 749 West 1500 South - Hogan, Eric, Cabin Woods Cross Davis County ~ UTAH STATE HISTORY 11 11111111111111111111 11111 1111111111111111 1111111111111111111 11 3 9222 50001 0090 Q Jut! I I) 1913 UTAH PRESS \SSOCI.\.TJO:\l ("lipping Serl'ice I~WI) J1X-X67X D..\. \"IS COUNTY CLIPPER 1f»/,}. f!fjiJN. ~BIN RESTORED: The Jeremiah Willey cabin at Bountiful City park has been preserved and restored through lhe efforts of the City, under the direction of City Parks and Recreation director, Neil JenkinS. The grounds have .'.. been beautifully landscaped. It was saved In 1992, when It was found encased in a house that was being demO!IsheeJ, and brought to Its present location. The cabin was built in 1854. Two restored pioneer caDlns on display to public July 24th·· Two restored pioneer cabins in the Bountiful area will h,~ or. display to the public on July 24 from II a.m. to 4 p.m. The Jeremiah Willey cabin on Bountiful City park has been preserved and restored through the dforts of the city. under the direction of city Parks and Recreation director. Neil Jenkins. The grounds have been beautifully landscaped. It was saved in 1992. when it was found encased in a house that was being demolished. and brought to its present location. The cabin was built in 1854. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. under the supervision of Maxine Smith have furnished the cabin and will be hostesses for the open-house. Jeremiah Willey was an early settler of Bounti(Ul. I:I~~~.i,fe wa·~ Samantha Call. of another prominent familv in the Sessions Settlement. as it was then called. Jeremiah had served in the Monnon Battalion. After making the long trek to California he was ~ pan of the group that esconed the officers back to Kansas. On their way over the Sierra Mountains they found the remains of the Donner pany and helped bury them. He built this log cabin at 495 E. 500 South. Later he built the fine rock home just west of the city park at 415 N. 200 West. Now his two homes are one-h.alf block apan! They are both fine examples of the early construction of homes in this area. The Eric Hogan cabin. located on the Woods Cross City Park at 749 W. 1500 South will also be open to the public. It is owned by the BUILT IN 1857: The Eric Hogan cabin is located on the Woods Cross City Park at 749 W. 1500 South. It is owned by the Eutah Camp of the Daugl1ters of the Utah Pioneers. Members of the camp will explain the historY of the cabin and Its pioneer furnishings. In 1857 Hogan built this cabin for his second Wife, Ingeborg. The cabin was donated by the family to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers in 1934 and has been their relic hall since then. Eutah Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Members of the camp will explain the history of the cabin and its pioneer furnishingL Eric Hogan and his wife. HeJge and five children emigrated from Norway in 1837. After arriving in Utah in 1858. they came to this area and he built a log cabin. In 1857~e built this cabin for his second wife. . Ingeborg. Eventually the house was shared by his third wife also. EYen . though the cabin looks small,:.:it became a social center in the community. It was a gathering place for neighbors. friends and the traveler in need. The cabin was donated by .. the family to the Daughters onhe Utah Pioneers in 1934 and has been · . their relic hall since then. It pr:e":. sents an atmosphere of the Past."!: and stimulates the imagination to \·ision of what pioneer life was • a;.t |
