Box Elder Courthouse

Brigham City's first public building went up the hard way. Begun in 1855, it lost its half-built adobe walls to a windstorm in 1857 and had to be raised again — then Lorenzo Snow asked the builder James Pett for a roof that would last, and Pett framed one with wooden pegs and horse hide, no nails. For decades the courthouse did everything: drama, church, school, county business. Its tower bell rang work, lunch, and quitting time for the town's cooperative. A 1910 remodel wrapped the original in a grander front, leaving it the rear wing.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 9.1 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 12 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Powder Mountain — 15 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Logan — 18 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley

More markers nearby

• Brigham City Fire Station — steps away
• Brigham City Carnegie Library — steps away
• Brigham City Co-op Store — steps away
• Brigham City Archway Sign — steps away