Union Pacific Depot - Built 1907

A depot's busiest years can be its saddest. Built in 1907, the Union Pacific station moved Brigham City's ordinary traffic for decades — passengers, mail, coal, and the valley's fruit and produce heading to market. Then came the Second World War, and a grimmer cargo. The Army built the huge Bushnell General Hospital in town to treat wounded servicemen, and a special track was laid from this depot straight to its doors, so that trainloads of the injured could be carried in and the maimed carried home. The trains are gone; the little depot still stands.

What the plaque says

4-Union Pacific Depot - Built 1907 The depot served thousands of train passengers over the years. The trains also handled shipments of coal locally grown produce and mail. During World War II, a track was installed between the depot and Brigham City's Bushnell Military Hospital for transporting wounded servicemen and medical supplies. This has been funded by a grant from the Division of State History with matching unds provided by the Sons of Utah Pioneers Box Elder Chapter

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 9.4 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 13 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Powder Mountain — 16 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Logan — 19 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley

More markers nearby

• A Pioneer Home — 0.5 mi
• Brigham City, a Co-op Town — 0.5 mi
• Brigham City Co-op Store — 0.7 mi
• Box Elder Fort — 0.7 mi