| What makes it historical? |
In 1887, Henry Joseph Wheeler and his wife, Sariah, bought a 75-acre farm that had changed hands several times since 1848. Here, they started a commercial ice business and the Rose Bud Dairy with 40-60 cows, which kept them afloat during the Great Depression! They built a Victorian home and even had a garage where Henry, Sr. kept his fancy Pierce-Arrow motor car!
Today, this is still a working farm with cows, horses, sheep, ducks, chickens, and rabbits! There’s a blacksmith shop, a milking parlor, and wagon rides around the former ice pond in the back! It’s a really neat place to learn about early farm life during the settlement of the Salt Lake Valley! |
