In November 1851, Hyrum and John Bybee with their families settled below the mouth of Weber Canyon. Robert Watts, Robert Nelson Watts, Ebenezer C. Cherry, Levi Hammond, James Heath, Cyrus Canfield, George W. Hickerson, Mark Hall, and others arrived in 1852. They built cabins in fort style and named the area Kingston's Fort in honor of Thomas Kingston, the first bishop of South Weber Ward. A log schoolhouse was built, with Cyrus Canfield as the first teacher, and Sarah, wife of President Wilford Woodruff, also taught in the primitive building. The Weber River was diverted for irrigation.