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On this site in 1870, the first house in Soda Springs, Uppertown, was built under the direction of John Walmsley. It was a one-room log cabin twenty-two by eighteen feet, with floor, windows, and a shingle roof, known as the Brigham Young Summer Home. Brigham Young enjoyed the health benefits from the famous springs of soda water. The cabin stood until 1944, when the roof caved in during an attempt to move it. Rustic seats were made from the logs in the cabin. Brigham Young planned the wide streets and square blocks of the settlement.
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Soda Springs, Idaho · United States
