In July 1859, under the leadership of John Bair, an interpreter and guide, sixteen families settled here and built log cabins and dugouts between City Creek and Brower Springs. The following spring, other families arrived and a permanent fort was built for protection against Indians. The fort consisted of two rows of houses running east and west and facing each other, with corrals and sheds for livestock behind the homes. The southwest corner stood at a fort that ran 3000 feet east by 465 feet north.