Peterson is an
unincorporated community
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in northwestern
Morgan County,
Utah
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, United States.
Geography
Peterson is located in northwest
Morgan Valley
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Playing career
High school
A two-time Vermont Miss Basket ...
, near Peterson Creek and
Interstate 84, northwest of the town of
Morgan.
Thurston Peak, the highest peak in the county at an elevation of , is located near Peterson.
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History
Peterson was first settled in 1855. It was originally named Weber City after the nearby Weber River
The Weber River ( ) is a long river of northern Utah, United States. It begins in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains and empties into the Great Salt Lake. The Weber River was named for American fur trapper John Henry Weber.
The Weber River ...
. The first public building, a combination school
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and LDS Church
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, was opened in 1861. The town was designated county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...
in 1862, and remained so for four years, until it was replaced by Littleton in 1866, and then Morgan in 1868.["The Settlements of Morgan County"](_blank)
''Morgan County Utah Historical Society''. Accessed 21 Jun 2009. The Peterson General Store, which also housed a U.S. post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
, opened in 1869. Other businesses included the Dexter Hotel, a train station
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, and a stockyard
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Places
* Stockyard, Queensland, Australia, locality in the Shire of Livingstone
*Stockyard Landing, original name of Arabi, Louisiana
*Stockyards, California, former town
*Stockyards, nickname for the northw ...
.Mormon
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leader, and the first settler of Morgan County.
See also
References
External links
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Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Utah
Populated places established in 1855
Unincorporated communities in Utah
1855 establishments in Utah Territory