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YEAR THREE
(In Progress)
10 Updates. 881 Changes.
2,111 Names. 2,752 Documents. 1,393 subpages. 2,100 pages long.
5/21/2024
Information added to Pioneers page.
Information added to the Funk Families.
The Fifield Family completed.
The Dayley Family completed.
The Glazier Family completed.
The Jonas Hansen Family completed.
The Griffin Family completed.
The Hallgren Family completed.
Mayors
Invitation from J. Morris Godfrey to Utah Gov. George H. Dern to Black & White Days 1931 added.
Artifacts
Old Main Drugstore history completed.
Photo added to Plant Auto Company Building.
Richmond Ward history completed.
Information added to Richmond South Ward.
Most recent Stake Presidents added to Richmond Stake.
George & Elizabeth M. Doty Home added to Historic Homes & Farmsteads.
Albert & Emma H. Fisher Farmstead added to Historic Homes & Farmsteads.
Following history books added to History books:
History of Cove, Utah 1871 to 1971 by Kaylene Allen Griffin
Richmond Family Histories 2001-2002 by Barbara L. Stewart
Old Main Drugstore added to Over 100 Years Old.
History about the Sego Milk Plant completed.
Sego Milk Plant added to Historic Buildings.
Brief history of the Brower-Robinson Home added.
Photo of Jed and Helen Robinson added to Big J's.
Photo of Richmond Band with listed members added.
Patriots
Matthew Samuel Phelps Fifield added to Utah War and Indian Wars.
William H. L. Olsten added to Civil War.
Extraordinary Women
Christine Johansen added.
Historical and Other Events
Information added to Richmond Fort.
Information added to President Brigham Young Visit
"I Can't Find My Female Ancestor" added to FAQ.
Cache Valley Daily Article and KVNU radio interview about me added to About.
4/25/2024
Layout changes made to:
Lucy Ann Marina Cole
Alvin Franklin Stewart
Following Pioneers added:
S.D. Allen
The Dayley Families
Enoch Daniels Family
The Fifield Family
Walter E. Garnder
The Hibbert Family
The McCarthy Family
Frank Orvins
The Tidwell Family
Henry Tuttle
Millenium Andrus
Mette Nelson
The Following Pioneer Histories Completed:
The Fisher Family
The Foster Family
James Dayley
Enoch R. Dayley
The Frost Family
Millennium Andrus
William Frederick Fisher Added
Information added to Joseph F. Merrill
NOTICE added to Isreal Keyes
Patriots added:
James Dayley to Black Hawk War
Enoch R. Dayley to Indian Wars and Civil War
List of names added to Richmond Fort
Photos added to Black & White Days
Business' renamed to Businesses & Organizations
Organizations & Groups moved to Businesses & Organizations
Black & White Days added to Organizations & Groups
Photos added to Tithing Office/Relic Hall
Cove Ward Restored to Latter-day Saint History
Photo added to Brower-Robinson Home
Photo added to Hendricks-Dobson Home
Homes added to Over 100 Years old:
Henry Samson Webb Home
Jed & Helen M. Robinson Home
The Red Brick Home located on the Adersen Farm Division
3/24/2024
Pioneers
All Pioneers with the last name of "E" have been completed.
Amanda Ann Andrus completed.
Tamson Parshely removed from Egan Family.
After some considerable research, I have concluded that Major Howard Egan did not live in Richmond, and has been removed from the website entirely.
Historical Events
More information added to President Brigham Young Visit.
Artifacts
Talk by Eliza R. Snow given at the Relief Society Hall in 1878 added.
Information added to Mines.
Journal accounts of Apostal George F. Richards added to Benson Stake.
Milo Andrus added to Patriarchs.
Photo added to Eli & Helena A. Webb Home.
Map of Howard Ransom & Amanda Egan Farm added.
Photo added to Fire Patrol
Historical Documents
Photos added to Richmond City Photo Collection
Following journals added to Journals:
Wilford Woodruff
George Q. Cannon
Emmeline B. Wells
George F. Richards.
Interview of Dr. C. Reed Funk Jr. added to Voices of the Past
Historical Figures
Dr. C. Reed Funk Jr. moved from "Honorable Mentions" and information added.
2/24/2024
Website name changed from Richmond's Encyclopedia to Bryce's History Project: Richmond Encyclopedia.
All pronouns of Richmond's Encyclopedia (We/Us) have been changed for Bryce's History Project: Richmond Encyclopedia (Me/Mine).
Logo Updated.
Pioneers:
The Dobson Family page renamed to the Dobson-Bee Family.
The Dobson-Bee Family completed.
The Davenport Families completed.
The Durney Family completed.
The Day Family completed.
Organizations and Groups added. Following pages added/moved:
Photos of Richmond Fort Marker added to Richmond Fort.
Artifacts:
The "Cheese" Factory renamed to the Sego Milk Plant.
Joseph Peart Blacksmith Shop added to Historic Buildings.
Photos added to the following historic buildings:
Maruice & Ludeen Christensen Home added to Over 100 Years Old.
Cache Valley Transit added to City Improvements.
Following added/edited to Business':
Video added to White Pine Elementary.
Mayors & City Officers:
On the Mayors page, historic Mayoral photos added to the bottom.
On City Council Members page, photo of Alan K. Funk added.
Charles H. Skidmore, Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction, added.
Patriots:
Richard J. M. Bee added.
Richard J. M. Bee added.
Landmarks:
Information about how Cherry Peak received its name.
Information about how Cherry Creek received its name.
"On the News" added. Displays or links to videos of when Richmond was on the news.
State of the City Address added. No information added yet.
Richmond City Photo Collection added to Historic Photos.
Photo of the Norman Day family added to Familysearch.org.
Journal of James H. Durney Sr. added to Journals.
1/31/2024
History and Bishops added to Richmond South Ward.
Hendricks-Davenport Home added to Historic Homes & Farmsteads and Over 100 Years Old.
Photo added to Plant Auto Co. Building.
Photo added to Richmond Stake Center.
Richmond LDS Buildings renamed to Latter-Day Saint History.
Additions to Freedom is not Free Monument.
Photo added to Benson Stake.
All Pioneer families with the last name "C" have been completed.
The Darling Family history completed.
City Council Members organized in decades when they started serving.
Following City Council Members added:
Alan K. Funk
Gale V. Alvey
Norton Thurgood
Calvin Swendson
Les Smith
Claire Sherner
Cordell Johnson
Sandra Bair
Carl Howlett
Historical Figures added/moved to Honorable Mentions:
Justin Shephard
Cyril Reed Funk Sr.
Beason Lewis
James Davenport
Samuel W. Hendricks
Bessie Croshaw
Matthew F. Bell
Following Added:
Historic Photos reorganized.
Photo added to Familysearch.org.
Reserves subpage added. As of now, there are no listed names.
1/2/2024
Photo added to Black & White Days
City Improvements added with the following pages moved:
Parks & Recreation
Water System
Richmondutah.org
City Maintenance Building
Fire Patrol
Carnegie Library
Richmond Community Building
"Freedom is not Free" Veterans Monument
Park Community Center
Garbage Control
U.S. Post Office
The following quotation was added to all Historic Homes & Farmsteads:
"***ATTENTION*** The object that is described in this article is located on private property. Trespassing is punishable by up to six months of prison time. Permission should be granted before passing on private property."
Information about Carnegie Library added.
Photos added to the following:
Richmond Community Building
Cemetery
Cub River Sports Complex
Old Tabernacle
Main St.
Highway/200 W.
U.S. Post Offices
The following artifact pages created:
J.C. Penny Co. Building
ZCMI Building
Red Barn
Organization made to Cemetery Records of Richmond, Utah.
Laura Marie Monk added to Over 100 Years Old.
Early History of Schools added.
Information added to North Cache.
Voices of the Past added.
New map added to 1951-2000.
Newspaper article about Richmond added to News Papers.
Video added to TikTok Videos.
U.S. Census was created with all public censuses.
City Council Minutes added.
Information about "Does the City of Richmond have any control over the website?" added to FAQ.
Info added about the following:
Peck Physical Therapy
Sterling Urgent Care
Photo added to Big J's.
Photo added to Cherry Peak
11/16/2023
All Pioneer citations have been fixed.
The Bullen Family History has been completed.
The Burnham Family History has been completed.
The Buckley Family History has been completed.
The Buxton Family History has been completed.
All Mayors citations have been fixed.
A new possibility of how Richmond received its name added to The Name "Richmond"
All citations have been fixed.
All citations have been fixed.
An "Interactive Cemetery Map" has been added to City Maps.
Commonly used websites section added to About page.
10/29/2023
All Pioneers with last names of A-B citations have been corrected.
The following added to Pioneers:
William Aller
Talket Gould
Frances Stewart
The Whitaker Family
Justin W. Shepard added to World War I
The photo of Bryce Holt changed in About page.
Following pages added
Elizabeth Lavender
Elizabeth Bateman
Charlotte Margaret Bateman
Benjamin Loss Peart.
9/31/2023
What's New page renamed to Updates.
All citations changed and fixed.
Many title changes made.
Subpage Richmondcity.org renamed to Richmondutah.org
New sidebar/header link added. Richmond News added to take you to our blog, Richmond, Utah News.
Many new additions to About.
8/22/2023
Mayors
History of Dean Andrus completed.
Historical Events
Farming/Agriculture name change to Farming, Agriculture & Mines
Mines added to page, with a story from Dean Andrus.
Artifacts
Updated history if the Interurban Depot.
Business'
New page Grocery/Super Market created, with the following pages:
I.G.A Super Market with history added.
Lee's Marketplace with history added.
Theurer's Grocery added with no history.
Richmond Mercantile added with no history.
History of Lower Foods Inc. completed.
Multiple photos now have captioned "(Colorized)" if the photo was colorized.
Link of Lower Foods Inc. is now www.richmondsencyclopedia.org/lowerfoods
YEAR TWO
(Aug 2022-2023)
24 Updates. 502 Changes.
2,046 Names. 2,605 Documents. 1,300 subpages. 2,000 pages long.
7/25/2023
Pioneers
Cooper Family added
Photo added to Marriner Wood Merrill
Addition of Youth City Council
Photos Changed to the following Mayors:
Brigham Monson
George O. Webb
Minor information added to the following Mayors:
August C. S. Schow
James W. Funk
Samuel W. Hendricks
Charles Z. Harris
Clarence L. Funk
Brigham Monson
George G. Hendricks
Hölger Boder F. Olsen
George O. Webb
J. Morris Godfrey Jr.
Henry T. Plant Jr.
Elmer G. Skidmore
Amos W. Bair
Charles I. Stoddard
Ross H. Plant
Dean Andrus
G. Richard Bagley
Marvin A. Traveller
Derwin C. Merrill
Kip E. Panter
Michael E. Hall
Jeff Young
More detailed information added to the following Mayors:
Marvin A. Traveller
Derwin C. Merrill
The following Notice added to living Mayors:
**Attention** Some information about this individual may not contain all details of their life or experiences, as stated by our ethics code.
G. Richard Bagley
Kip E. Panter
Michael E. Hall
Jeff Young
Ross H. Plant added
City Maintenance Building added
Cub River Sports Complex added to Parks & Recreation
Landmarks have been edited or added:
Hills
Richmond Knoll
Honda Hills
Richmond Benchlands
Mountains
Cherry Peak
Crow Mountain
Mt Elmer
Naomi Peak
Mt Gog
Double Top Mountain
Water
Cherry Creek
Stewart Spring
City Creek
Tony Grove
Forests
Mt Naomi Wilderness
7/10/2023
Encyclopedia Home
Change Patriots sub name from "Black Hawk War - Gulf War" to "Black Hawk War - War On Terror"
Pioneers
Completion of the Brower Family
Marriner Wood Merrill, summary of his sermons have been added
Completion of the following John Thomson family members:
Historical Figures
Addition of Ariah Coates Brower
Addition of Hannah Thomson
Artifacts
Rename of "Tithing Office" to "Tithing Office/Relic Hall"
Photos of home owners and updated history of Senator Clarence & Laura Funk Home
Links added to Richmond: A History in Black & White
Basic history and photos of the authors of Images of America: Richmond
Addition of Brower-Robinson Home to Over 100 Years Old
Best of Northern Utah awards added to the following Business':
History added and updated to the following Schools:
Removal of North Cache Principles subpage. List of Principles moved to North Cache page.
Purpose updated
Contacts added to About page:
Instagram
Blog of Richmond's Encyclopedia
6/7/2023
Completion of the Bates Family
Completion of the Bateman Family with the following edits:
Addition of Margaret Turner
Removal of Emma Jane
Removal of Mary Ann
Completion of the Beers Family
Completion of the Bowman Family
Completion of the Bright Family
Completion of the John Barnett Family with the following edits:
Addition of Eliza
Addition of Elizabeth
Addition of John William
Completion of the Bell Family.
Addition of Matthew F. Bell.
Additions to "Old Fort"
Photo added to Old Tabernacle
Photos added to Bainbridge-Merrill Home
Additions to Historic Homes & Farmsteads:
Eli & Helena A. Webb Home
Noel & Zelda B. Stoddard Home
Brower-Robinson Home.
Photos added to U of U J. Willard Marriott Digital Library.
Policy updated in FAQ
5/29/2023
Addition of the Peart Family.
Completion of the Ashment Family.
General History added to the Anderson Family.
General History added to the Andrus Family.
Completion of the Ash Family, with the addition of Sarah Rainer and Faith Ash.
YouTube video added to Jeff Young.
From the help of Nolan Kurt Anhder, Additions to World War II:
Elvin Anderson
Jess J. Anderson
La Farr Brown
Kay R. Bennett
William G. Coley
Roland Guy Hendricks
Joseph H. Hicken
John R. Johnson
Dale Larson
Dale A. Lewis
John R. Lawrence
Garth P. Monson
Foster C. Merrill
Myrle Smith
Eugene M. Spackman
Clain Tripp
Jay Wells
Glen Williams
Addition of the Eli & Helena A. Webb Home to Historic Homes & Farmsteads and Over 100 Years Old.
Edits made to SoulFull Café.
Addition of the Thomas Ashment Sr. Journal.
5/22/2023
To prepare for Memorial Day, we did some touching up in the Patriots page with the following edits:
Creation of new page, War on Terror, with the following people:
Dustin Butler
Richard Tanner Johnson
Addition of Charles Ray Hayes
Completion of all Pictures
Completion of all Pictures
Completion of all Pictures
5/19/2023
Pioneers
Completion of the Andrus Family.
Historical & Other Events
Completion of the Cache Valley Earthquake.
Artifacts & Landmarks
Completion of the North Cache Seminary.
Additions to the following Historic Homes & Farmsteads:
Spackman Farmstead
Funk Farmstead
William Smith Farmstead
Edwin Smith Farmstead
Howard Egan Farmstead
Tripp Brothers Farmstead
Stoddard-Forsgren Farmstead
Andrew & Susanna Allen Farmstead
Hogan-Hendricks Farmstead
Allen Farmstead
David & Amelia Carson Farmstead
Mayors & City Officers
Additions to City Council Members:
Joseph Monson
William H. Lewis Jr
Information added to the following people about their time in office:
Francis A. Bair
Henry Gibson
William H. Lewis Jr.
William Harris
William S. Hendricks
William C. Lewis
Marriner W. Merrill Jr.
Thomas H. Merrill
John Casper Whittle
Neriah Lewis
George M. Thomson
Joseph R. Thomson
Francis M. Stephenson
Newell Bullen
William L. Skidmore
David P. Rainey
Simon Webb
Eli Webb
Joseph Webb
Peter C. Christensen
Joseph Monson
Wallace K. Burnham
Thomas G. Robinson
John Robinson Jr.
August C. S. Schow
James William Funk
Samuel W. Hendricks
Bingham Monson
Holger Boder F. Olsen
George O. Webb
Henry T. Plant Jr.
Elmer G. Skidmore
Amos W. Bair
Charles I. Stoddard
Ross H. Plant
Jeff Young.
5/3/2023
Home:
New Logo
New advertisement on bottom page.
Pioneers:
Addition of the Ash Family
Minor additions of the Albiston Family
Completion of the Andersen Family
Progress made to the Andrus Family
Patriots:
Addition of George J. Andersen to Utah War
Addition of John Ash Jr. and Joseph M. Bright to Indian Wars
Addition of Mary Jane Andrus and Abigail Jane Daley
Testimonial about Richmond Fort
Watercolor painting added to Relief Society Hall
New photo added to Familysearch.org.
4/27/2023
Thomas Levi Whittle page completed.
Stillman Pond page completed.
Amanda Barnes Smith page completed.
Goudy E. Hogan, some information added.
Addition of William D. Hendricks.
Pages and information added to the following:
Samuel W. Hendricks
Charles Z. Harris
Brigham Monson
George G. Hendricks
Hölger Boder F. Olsen
George O. Webb
J. Morris Godfrey Jr.
Henry T. Plant Jr.
Elmer G. Skidmore
Charles I. Stoddard
Den Andrus
G. Richard Bagely
Marvin A. Traveller
Derwin C. Merrill
Kip Panter
Amos W. Bair
Ross. H. Plant
Mike Hall
Jeff Young
The following History Books added:
Cemetery Records of Richmond, Utah, 1931 & 1959
Richmond Scrapbook, 1985
Information updated about Maverik Gas.
Richmond South Ward page created.
New additions to Historic Photos:
New photo added to the carousal of city council members
New photo added to Familysearch.org
3/13/2023
Pioneers:
All families within Pioneers subpage with las names S-W have been completed. This now means that all Pioneers have a subpage.
Artifacts:
Within the Historic Homes & Farmsteads subpage, the Bainbridge-Merrill home was been added with minor historic information about the home.
Within the Business' subpages, Richmond Mercantile has been added, with only a few photos in the page.
Historical Documents:
Journals subpage now created, holding links to journals of the early history of Richmond, including:
Marriner W. Merrill
Goudy E. Hogan
Samuel Roskelley
Richard J. M. Bee
William L. Skidmore
Early Pioneer and Historical Figure Marriner W. Merrill page has been completed.
All pages that had the text "No information" now say "No information. Learn why here" with a link that will take you the FAQ subpage about "How come my Ancestor's page(s) doesn't hold any information?"
Within the FAQ, the question, "What can I find here?" has been updated to add some of the accomplishments of Richmond's Encyclopedia.
Grammar fixes to subpage "Historical and Other Events" by capitalizing the "O" in "Other".
2/28/2023
Pioneers
Addition of the McCaslin Frost Family.
Addition of the James Hill Family.
Addiction of the Hoopes Family.
Addition of the Israelson Sisters.
The Elizabeth T. S. Jarvis Family page has been renamed to the Elizabeth T. L. Monson Family.
Over 100 Pioneer subpages have been added to the last names of those D-S.
The Funk Families pages has been completed.
Samuel Roskelley added.
Anna Mae Merrill added to the Honorable Mentions section.
Lysander C. Pond added to the Honorable Mentions section.
New photos added to:
Richmond Encyclopedia's Purpose has been updated to be more inclusive, located in the About page.
"How to Navigate this Page" has been added to FAQ.
1/27/2023
Removal of the Donations page.
Addition of the Patreon logo located in About.
1/26/2023
New animated Logo.
Additions to John Bair.
New photo added to Familysearch.org page.
New video added to TikTok videos page.
Addictions to Indians Wars.
James Allen.
Additions to Dairies.
Funk Farmstead.
Bridgerland Dairy Farmstead.
Spackman Farmstead.
Additions made to Pioneers:
Removals of the Brickley Family
Additions of the McCalsin Frost Family
Removal of Henry Standly
Addition of the John Thomson Family
The John Albiston Family
All individuals with Histories.
The Clarinda Knapp Allen Families.
All individuals with Histories.
Basic information about Individuals Families:
The Allsop Families
The Albison Family
The Andersen Family
The Andrus Family
The Ashment Family
The Aulred Family
The Bates Family
The Bateman Family
The John Barnett Family
The Beers Family
The Bell Family
The Bithell Family
The Bowman Families
The Bradberry Family
The Bright Family
The Brower Family
The Buckley Family
The Bullen Family
The Burnham Families
The Buxton Family
The Calwell Family
The Carson Family
The Carus Family
The Christensen Family
The Chatterton Family
THe Cherry Family
The Sarah Copper Families
The Crossley Family
The Croshaw Family
12/21/2022
New additions and changes to Pioneers:
General History
Individuals Histories - All Finished
The Clarinda Knapp Allen Families
General History
Individual Histories - Partially Finished.
Glarinda Knapp Allen
Lyndia Jane Allen
Sophronia Allen
Andrew Lee Allen
Historical Figures additions
Charles H. McNut: U.S. General
The Creation of Honorable Mentions:
Glacus G. Merrill
Roy Bullen
Dean R. Hicken
Cyril Reed Funk Jr.
Indian Wars additions
John Albiston III
Andrew Lee Allen Jr.
Cove
Creation of National & Local Historical Places located in Artifacts
Historic Buildings
National Register of Historic Places
Old Train Stations
Historic Homes and Farmsteads
Richmond LDS Buildings
Schools
Factories
U.S. Post Offices
11/27/2022
Photos added to World War I and World War II.
The creation of the Park Community Center that includes The Park Bench.
10/31/2022
Photos added to every individuals page with information in Early Settlers and some Mayors.
New "Richmond's Encyclopedia To-Do List" added to the What's New? page.
9/22/2022
Major edits to Mayors and Government Councils:
Rename to Mayors & Government Officers.
Information about Mayoral terms for:
Creation of new subpages:
The Creation of Highway 91/200 W in Streets subpage.
The creation of a Richmond History Trail in Streets subpage.
The addition of TikTok Videos subpage in Historical Documents page.
Addition of TikTok channel to High Creek Pharmacy and Pepperidge Farm.
Senator Clarence & Laura Funk Home subpage created and completed.
9/15/2022
Information added to Alvin F. Stewart subpage about his term as Mayor (1879-1880).
Photos added to Mayor Jeff Young subpage.
History of Black & White Days completed.
Information updated in Richmond City Rec. Park.
All homes in National Register of Historic Places completed, including:
History of Streets subpage information:
History of State St. added.
Information of old street names added.
9/11/2022
History of North Cache added.
New subpage of the Polaris yearbook added containing a link to the yearbook archive provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and multiple photos contained within the yearbook.
School Principals subpage added with all North Cache High School principals, some of North Cache Junior High School, and some of North Cache Middle School.
Business' added to Main St. subpage.
Photo added to Cache Valley Cabinets & Tops.
Photo added to Big J's.
New subpage of State St. added. Currently only contains business' and historic buildings located on said street.
New video added to YouTube subpage.
9/3/2022
New subpages added and some subpages moved:
Historic Buildings subpage created to hold subpages of historic building, such as:
L.D.'s Café Building
ZCMI Co-Op Building
J.C. Penny Co. Building
"Freedom is not Free" Veterans Monument
Fire Station
Parks & Recreation subpage added to have information about parks and other recreational areas of Richmond.
Streets subpages added to have information about individuals streets of Richmond. Currently holding information of Main St.
Nominations & Interactive map added to National Register of Historic Places.
Pages finished:
8/30/2022
Richmond's Encyclopedia reopened after sourcing corrected.
8/26/2022
Richmond's Encyclopedia closed for serious sourcing corrections.
8/24/2022
Historical Figures removed:
LeRoy C. Funk
Dan W. Stoddard
Over 100 Years Old added:
Maud Peart (100)
Hazel Cosby Lewis (102)
Erma Jane Bell (101)
Mary Minta Goodman (100)
Completion of the Interurban Depot.
8/20/2022
Over 100 Years Old now contains people who lived to 100 years of age with birth and death dates.
Hattie Loenza Merrill (102)
John Newell Purser (100)
Aldean Burnham (103)
Victoria L. Corless (100)
Favell Roskelley (100)
Zelda Ella Bateman (104)
Joseph Stoddard Allen (100)
New additions to History Books.
Richmond: A History in Black and White by Marlin W. Stum.
Images of America: Richmond by Cheri Housley, Marie Lundgreen, and Kathy Jones.
Additions to Business'
Restaurants
Big J's
L.D.'s Café
Toys
Darth Business Outlet
Trucking/Moving
AG Needs Inc.
Auto Dealers
Cache Valley Auto Sales
JVJ Auto Sales LLC
Gas
Maverik Gas
Amusement Rental
Rebound Unlimited Inc.
Alcohol
River City Home Brew
Pharmacy
High Creek Pharmacy
8/15/2022
Following edits performed on the Home page:
Renamed Home to Encyclopedia.
Photo change of Mayors & Government Officials changed from Mayor Clarence L. Funk to Mayor Paul J. Erickson.
Patriots subtitle changed form "Black Hawk War - Vietnam War" to "Black Hawk War - Gulf War"
Creation of the Croshaw Family
Removal of the following pages:
The Anderson Family from Pioneers
Charles Henry Stoddard
William Henry Spackman
Elijah Spackman
Photos added to the Bicentennial Committee.
Photos added to Korean War Vets.
Alinement on photo carousel on Richmondutah.org
Grammar fixtures in the About page.
Major update to Business' page for the following:
Clinics
Peck Physical Therapy
Sterling Urgent Care
Dental
Cherry Creek Family Dental
Home
Cache Valley Counters & Tops
Mentally Awake Painting
Bair Design
Parker Real Estate
Ash & Oak Design Studio
Restaurants
SoulFull Café
Automotive
Randy's Service Center
Bair Auto Repair
Itty Bitty Equipment
Insurance
Alan D. Smith Insurance Agency
Beauty
Shear Seduction Salon
The Beute Shoppe
Boots-N-Things
Veterinary
North Cache Vet.
Valley Vet.
Extermination
Cache Valley Extermination
Ecological Services
Rocky Mountain Landscape Products
Resorts & Hotels
Cherry Peak Ski Resort
Technology
American Physics and Technology LLC
Alpine Industries LLC
Food
Cinna Mo's
Alvey's Chocolates
Rockhill Creamery
YEAR ONE
(Aug 2021-2022)
21 Updates. 185 Changes.
2,000 Names. 435 Documents. 159 subpages. 1,200 pages long.
7/13/2022
Completion of Clarence L. Funk; Mayor and Utah State Senator.
Addition to Historical Figures: Roy Bullen; Mayor of Logan, Utah
Additional 415 names have been added to the Patriots page, along with a new subpage, Gulf War.
Change to Feedback form found in the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.
6/22/2022
Multiple names added to the Patriots page in the WWI, WWII and Korean War subpages.
New information added to Richmondcity.org subpage.
New information added to Funk Farmstead subpage.
4/15/2022
The completion of the Mayors subpage.
New families added to the Pioneer Page:
The Clarinda Knapp Allen Families.
The Harris Families
The Foster Family
The Tew Family
The Larsen Family
The Watson Family
The Dobson Family
The Jonas Halverson Family
The Nelson Families
The Ashment Families
The Walton Families
The Webb Family
The Horne Family
The Rogers Family
The Andrus Family
The Pew Family
The Christensen Family
The Monson Family
The Traveller Family
The Monson Family
The Burnham Families
The Allsop Family
the Bowman Families.
3/27/2022
A large addition to the City Council members, filling in the years of 1868 - 1950, 1976, 2000 - 2022
Addition to Historical Documents:
YouTube Videos. A subpage with a list of videos linked to YouTube that have been filmed in Richmond. Some of them contain interviews, while others are family activities.
Additions to Pioneers:
The Bullen Families
The Glazier Families
The Olson Family
The Rainer Family
The Harrison Family
The Van Noy Family
The Orison Family
The Wright Family
The Pond Family
The Commissions Page has been renovated, and is now the Donations Page. A link provided in the page with take you to Patreon, a website where you can donate towards the production of Richmond's Encyclopedia.
3/17/2022
Over 100 Years Old: A subpage of buildings in Richmond over 100 years old with photographic proof.
Subdivisions: A list of subdivisions in Richmond and their histories.
3/07/2022
The Shepard Families
Mayors and Government Councils
Changes to layout on said page
Newell F. Bullen, Member of the Utah State House of Representatives.
Milton Rees Merrill, Vice President of Utah State University.
Cyril Reed Funk Sr., Member of the Seventy for the LDS Church.
Casper W. Merrill, Businessman
Cyril Reed Funk Jr., Respected Farmer
Mormon Battalion
Addition of Major Howard Egan.
WWI
Charles V. Burnett
WWII
Charles F. Ayloworth
Fire Patrol
Richmond Department. A News article that lasted from 1913-1917.
Multiple changes to all years.
Images of America: Richmond, Utah
History of Richmond, Utah by Amos Bair
U of U, J. Willard Marriott Digital Library
Facebook
Google Images
USU Digital History Collections.
2/11/2022
New Additions to Mayors & City Councils:
New subpage for City Council Members
New subpage for City Recorders
New subpage for other city callings.
New family subpages for Pioneers added:
The Hendricks Families
The Winn Families
The Carson Family
The Bateman Family
The Robert Kerr Family
The Ellsworth Family
The Harris Stephenson Family
The Marion Stephenson Family
The Huff Family
The Fisher Family
The Beers Family
The Wiser Family
The Archibald Kerr Family
Additions to Historical Figures:
George G. Hendricks; Member of the Utah State House of Representatives.
Leroy J. Robertson; Composer, Musician, University Professor.
New Additions to Historic Photos.
1/18/2022
Completion of the Isaac M. Shepard Family.
Completion of the Alvin F. Stewart Family.
With the completions of the Stewart and Shepard families, the Early Settlers page is now complete. An estimated 1% of Richmond's Encyclopedia is now complete.
New Photos added to City Council members subpage
New addition of Richmond Bands located in Historical or Other Events page.
New addition to Historical Documents page. Historical photos.
Additions to Artifacts page:
Addition of U.S. Post Office's.
New Information added to Relief Society Hall.
New Information added to History of Richmond, Utah by Amos W. Bair
New addition to North Cache school of the Polaris yearbook archived from 1917-1964
New addition to Business' subpage. The addition of Power, and the addition of Utah Power & Light Co.
New additions to LDS Buildings. New additions to Old South Ward Building, and to North Cache Seminary.
New subpage added named Agriculture with some additions to it.
Saw Mills
Dairies
Grist Mill
A new main page has been added named Commissions. The Commissions page allows individuals to pay for a specific individual, artifacts, or Documents
1/8/2022
Rename of the Mayors Page to Mayors and Government Councils with the additions of:
New additions to James W. Funk subpage.
100+ veterans have been added to the Patriates pages, including three new subpages:
Information added to Big J's subpage about the filming of Napoleon Dynamite.
New additions to Funk Farmstead.
11/2/2021
Early Settlers Isaac M. Shepard and Rozina Shepard are complete.
Addition made to Indian Wars subpage: Isaac M. Shepard.
Multiple names have been added to Extraordinary Women page.
New subpages have been added to Historical Documents:
City Council Meeting Transcribes has been added for individuals to better read the City Council Meetings booklet. It also holds links to individuals mentioned in the Council Meetings. New additions are:
Ordinances Throughout History will hold all the deferent ordinances that are mentioned in the City Council Meetings booklet. Additions are:
1860-1890 additions made.
New maps have been added to 1800's & 1900-1950 subpages located in the City Maps subpage in Historical Documents.
10/7/2021
Information added to Vinson Cooper in the Cooper Families subpage.
The Petty Family in the Early Settlers page has been completed.
New subpage added to Patriots:
The Black Hawk War has been added with Vinson Cooper as the only Patriot in the subpage.
New subpages added to the Artifacts page:
Richmond State Bank has been added.
Old Main Drugstore has been added.
New subpages added to the Business' subpage:
Dairies have been added with Ute's Dairy as the only business on the page
Government buildings has been added. This subpage will hold building owned and operated by either the country, or the city. The only subpage in the Government section is the old Post Office.
Pharmacy's has been added.
Finances, such as banks, has been added.
New subpage added to Restaurants:
Big J's subpage has been added, though no information has been posted.
New subpage added to Resorts & Hotels:
Richmond Hotel has been added.
New subpage added to Gas:
Texaco gas station has been added.
The About page has been updated.
9/29/2021
Theme changed.
New logo added.
New names added to Early Settlers.
Changes made to the Cooper Family.
Named change to the Cooper Families.
Children and spouse of Vinson Cooper added
Children and spouse of Margaret Ann Cooper added.
The William H. Lewis Family complete.
Martha N. Petty information added.
The Beason Lewis Family has been removed from the Early Settlers page to the Pioneers page.
9/23/2021
The Beason Lewis Family has been added to the Early Settlers page.
Notable changes to the William C. Lewis Family.
New additions and changes made to Historical Events:
The Name "Richmond" has been added to explain where Richmond received its name.
Edits to Richmond Forts.
"Old Fort" has been completed.
Richmond Fort has been completed.
President Brigham Young Visit has been completed.
In the page Artifacts> History Books> History of Richmond, Utah by Amos W. Bair has been completed.
9/15/2021
The Mayors page now holds the mayors of Richmond from 1860-1970 and 2005-today
9/4/2021
Families added from the 1870 U.S. Census into the Pioneers page.
Website renamed from Richmond's History to Richmond's Encyclopedia.
8/25/2021
New page added: Historical Documents. Specifics about what exactly the Historical Documents subpage will contain are not known, but the subpage currently holds maps of Richmond from 1860 to Today.
An interview with mayor and author Amos Bair has been added to his subpage under Mayors.
Notable changes to the Artifacts subpage, such as:
Carnegie Library now holds an informative webpage about architecture, history, and biographies.
Relief Society Hall now holds an informative webpage about architecture, history, and biographies.
Tithing Office now holds an informative webpage about architecture, history, and biographies.
Old Train Stations, new subpage has been added called Interurban Depot. Interurban Depot now holds an informative webpage about architecture, history, and biographies.
Richmond City Grandstand & Baseball Field now holds an informative webpage about architecture, history, and biographies.
Richmond Community Building now holds an informative webpage about architecture, history, and biographies.
The old Historic Homes has been changed to National Register of Historic Places.
New subpage added, Historic Homes & Farmsteads. As of now, the only Home holding information in this subpage is an interview with Janice and LaMar Spackman about the Spackman Farmstead.
8/20/2021
The Bair Family page located in the Early Settlers is now complete.
Gilbert Bright page located in the Early Settlers is now complete.
8/15/2021
Notable Changes to the Bair Family page.
8/9/2021
Agrippa Coopers page has been updated.
8/5/2021
Richmond's Encyclopedia was launched.