Stage Coach Station

When the fastest way north was a stagecoach, this was a place to change horses. Ben Holladay established the Layton station in 1857 on the trail running toward Montana and the Virginia City mines, and it carried mail and passengers between Salt Lake and points north and west, with Isaac Brown keeping it and Wells Fargo running it later. Christopher Layton — the town's namesake — had built the nearby Prairie House in 1851 to lodge travelers. When the railroad arrived it made the coaches pointless, and the station closed in 1870.

What the plaque says

On this spot stood the Layton Stage Coach Station on the Utah Idaho Montana (Virginia City) trail. It was established in 1857 by Ben Holladay, and carried mail and passengers between Salt Lake and points north and west. Isaac Brown was the keeper. Later it was operated by Wells Fargo Co. The Prairie House near by was built by Christopher Layton in 1851 to accommodate stage coach passengers. When the railroad was built the stage coach line was discontinued. The station closed in 1870.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hill Aerospace Museum — 4.2 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Lagoon Amusement Park — 6.2 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Ogden Union Station — 11 mi
  A grand 1924 train depot turned museum complex
• Snowbasin — 12 mi
  One of the country's oldest ski areas and a 2002 Olympic downhill venue — world-class terrain that somehow still skis uncrowded.

More markers nearby

• Layton Veterans Park — 0.2 mi
• Layton's Little Fort — 0.8 mi
• Kaysville Tabernacle — 2.0 mi
• Weinel Mill — 2.1 mi