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Show 10-900-a 5.1 NPS Form Utah WordPerlect Format (Revised Feb. OMS No. 1993) 10024.()(l18 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page ~ Clark Lane Historic District. Farmington. Davis County. UT (1890)22, the city incorporated (1892), new irrigation companies were organized (1892)23, and new businesses were established, including Wood General ttore (1890)24, and the Farmington Commercial &Manufacturing Company (1891) 5. The organization of the latter was assisted by Ezra T. Clark, who ras subsequently elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the ipstitution 2 . During the following year, the Davis County Bank was organized? to which Clark was elected as its first president. His son, Amasa L. Cl~rk, concurrently served as cashier, eventually becoming bank president in 1945 8 • The growth of the 1890's continued into the next two decades which saw the establishment of many new commercial enterprises in Farmip~ton. These included the Rampton Drug Store (199J), L.H. Oviatt and Company (1902) and Farmington Livery and Feed Stable (1907) . Vast improvements were also made to the city's infrastructure incl~ding the addition of a new culinary water system in 1906 and electricity in 1908 1 • Beginning in 1910 the city of Farmington was to undergo a change that would have an effect on both the economy and self image of the community. Amasa L. Clark, who was currentl¥: serving as Mayor of Farmington (19081912), was no doubt involved in this process 2. In April of 1910 a floral entrepreneur by the name of Robert Miller established the Miller Floral Company which, because of its great success in only its first year, encouraged a committee of citizens to christen Farmington as "The Rose City". The committee planned a celebration known as "Rose Day" which was celebrated on Arbor Day. Each year on that date, beginning in 1910, a rose sale was conducted and prizes of rfoice shrubs were awarded to those planting the largest number of roses on this day . While it 22 I bid. p. 14. 23Ibid. p. 49. 24 I bid. p. 43. 2~hite, John S., Farmington. The Rose City (Kaysville, Utah: Reflex Print, 1913) p.3? ~anner, Annie Clark, A Biography of Ezra Thompson Clark. (Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah, 1975). pp. 51. 27Ibid. p. 25. 28Gould, Robert F. Ezra Thompson Clark's Ancestors and Descendants. (Bethesda Maryland, 1975). p. 32. 29Ibid. p. 39. 3O Ibid. p. 41. 31Hess, Margaret Steed, My Farmington (Salt Lake City: Moench Letter Service, 1976) p. 50. 32Gould. p. 32 3~hite, John S., Farmington, The Rose City (Kaysville, Utah: Reflex Print, 1913) p. 17. L See oontinuation sheet |
