First Post Office in Roy

Roy began in the corner of a kitchen. The first post office sat in the Field family's two-room home, tucked into a corner of the kitchen, with Orson Field sworn in as the first postmaster in May 1894. The town needed a name to go with it, and the postal department chose from a short list — Central City, Lake View, Sand Ridge, Roy — preferring the last for its brevity. "Roy" honored a minister's son, David Peebles's boy, who had died at the age of two. The office soon moved to a building of its own.

What the plaque says

Located at 5900 S. 2700 W. (Field Home) The Field home had two rooms: a kitchen and bedroom. The post office was in a corner of the kitchen. Orson Field was appointed first postmaster on 25 May 1894. Name choices for the Federal Post Office were: Central City, Lake View, Sand Ridge, and Roy. The Federal Post Office Department preferred the shortness of the name "Roy". Roy was the son of Rev. David Peebles who had died at the age of two. The first Roy Post Office Building outside a home was at 5700 S. 1900 W.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hill Aerospace Museum — 5.4 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Ogden Union Station — 6.0 mi
  A grand 1924 train depot turned museum complex
• Snowbasin — 11 mi
  One of the country's oldest ski areas and a 2002 Olympic downhill venue — world-class terrain that somehow still skis uncrowded.
• Lagoon Amusement Park — 14 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886

More markers nearby

• Clinton — 0.8 mi
• General Thomas L. Kane Civil War Memorial — 3.4 mi
• Muskrat Springs-Hooper — 3.7 mi
• The Kington Fort – Morrisite War Site — 4.0 mi