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Show O MB N o f'J P $ hmll 1 U (KJU·,. 1002 4-001 8 t ll uh W o ld ",,, ,1" C I ~ 1 I Olrnnt 1'." ..... Iioed , . ~l> . 1~ ~ ' 3) IInited States I)epartn.~nt of the In!.erlOr· Hilt iorl<ll Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sec tion No. 8 Page _1_4_ (1890) 27 , the city incorporated (1892), new irrigation companies \i\lere organized (1892) :3 , and new busine sses were esta bli shed, including ~Iood General ~,tore (1890)' 4, and the Farming to n Commercial & Manufacturing Co mpany (1891) · ~ . The organizatio~ of the latter wa s ass~sted by Ezra T. .Clark, wh0 2ras sub?equently elected chalrman of the Board of Dlrectors of the lD~tltutlon · . Durlng the following year, the Davi s County 8ank was organized ?' to which Cl ark was elected as its first president. His son, Amasa L. Cl~rk, concurrently se rved 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 FarmiD~ ton. These included the Rampton Drug Store (l9~7), L.H. Oviatt and Company (1902r and Farmington Livery and Feed Stable (1907) 0. 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 Jhoice shrubs were award~d to those planting the largest number of roses on this day 3. While it 22 Ibid . p. 14. 23Ibid. p. 49. 24Ibid. p. 43. 2:;""hite, John S., Farmington, The Rose City (Kaysville, Utah: Reflex Print, 1913) p.37. 26Tanner, 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. 3OIbid. p. 41. 3'Hess, Margaret Steed, My Farmington (Salt Lake City: Moench Letter Service, 1976) p. 50. 32Gould. p. 32 3Jwhite, John S., Farminaton , The Rose City (Kaysville. Utah: Reflex Print, 1913) p. 17. .!.. See conhnualion shee, |
