First Brick Church

In February 1873 a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized in Evanston by President William Budge of Bear Lake Valley, Idaho. On May 23, 1873, William G. Burton was ordained bishop. On June 24, 1890, the ward was incorporated under the laws of the state of Wyoming and named Evanston. Its board of trustees was James Brown, Thomas Parkinson, John Whittle, Frank Mills, and Arthur W. Sims. In 1890, with James Brown as bishop, the group built the first brick church in Wyoming.

Evanston, Wyoming · United States