WEST
BOUNTIFUL
Davis County, Utah
West
Bountiful City
440 North 800 West
West Bountiful, Utah 84087
801-292-4486
History
The land that is now West Bountiful was once a damp, swampy place. Mill Creek ran through it and there was only one narrow trail leading in to it. In 1848, after asking Indians in the area where the best farm land was, James Fackrell Senior and his family settled in the area.
The second person to settle land was William S. Muir, who came in the fall of 1849. These men and subsequent settlers of the area paid $1 per acre for their land.
Charles Pearson taught the first organized school in a room which was added on to Daniel Wood's home. Daniel Wood was another early settler of West Bountiful. About 30 children attended. Then, in 1851, the first school house was built - an adobe school house. And in 1877 the first church was built by William S. Muir, Jr. All the people in West Bountiful helped raise funds to build these places. Mr. Muir was one of the fist carpenters of West Bountiful. He and John Stanford built many carriage houses which are still standing today.
In 1948, West Bountiful incorporated as a separate city from Bountiful.
History taken from Davis County - Land of Peace, Beautify and a Quality Life, ©1994 Davis School District
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