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Brigham City’s Electric Interurban Railway
The Ogden Rapid Transit Company decided in 1910 to include an extension from the “Utah Hot Springs” (this was a hot springs, hotel, and other offerings that stood where the Allan Plant Company now stands) into Brigham City. This electric interurban railway system ran from 1910-1919. In 1914, Marriner Eccles (son of David Eccles) orchestrated the combination of the Ogden Rapid Transit Company and the Logan Rapid Transit Company and the new “Ogden, Logan, and Idaho Railway” (OL
Through the years: Compton Corner
In 1883, Alma W. Compton came to Brigham City and initially set up his photography business near the Capitol Theater and rented the shop of another photographer, Jens Gasberg, for a few months. He then built a building for his business between Forest and 100 South and Main. Around 1890, he was able to secure the lot on the northeast corner of the 100-200 South block. In 1900, he had a large, brick building erected and moved his business there, where it stood for 98 years and
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