Tremonton Birthday Marks Founding Of Wilson Lumber Co
Tremonton born from the 1903 founding by Charles Caldwell Wilson who picked a site near Garland to start the Wilson Lumber Company. Founders Day April 14 honors the community’s first businessman as residents prepare a 73rd birthday celebration with planned activities.
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Box Elder
Tremonton
Gerald Ford
Charles Caldwell Wilson
Tremonton Utahs Founding History and Founders Day Race
Tremonton emerged from a sagebrush site laid out in 1903 by Shuman Nichard and Petty as a rail linked town in Box Elder County Utah. German colonists from Tremont Illinois helped name Tremonton and a chapel and multiple churches formed by 1908. Founders Day on Saturday features a pony express race from Bear River City to the town main street and a ceremony at Schuman Park honoring early residents.
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Garland
Wilson Lumber Company
North Carolina
Bear River City
Julian Thompson
Bear River
Union School
Tremont
Illinois
Tremonton
John Shuman
Fred Nichard
John Petty
Malad Valley
C C. Wilson
Petty
Nehart
Shuman
Felia Zeiger
Nihart
Utah
Samuel Imburn
Henry Baer
Clifton Keff
Box Elder County
Plymouth
Schuman Park
Tremont Street
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