EAGLE MOUNTAIN

Incorporated only a few years ago in December 1996, Eagle Mountain is one of Utah's newest cities. More than 42 square miles of beautiful, high-desert prairie land known as Cedar Valley were included at incorporation. Just west of the bustling Wasatch Front and strategically located directly between Salt Lake City and Provo, Cedar Valley is where the deer and the antelope still play, giving residents and visitors a opportunity to see what the pioneers must have seen upon first arriving in the Great Basin area more than 150 years ago.

Since incorporation, hundreds of additional acres, mostly in the City's northeast growth corridor, have been annexed making Eagle Mountain geographically the state's third largest city. Approximately 250 people lived in the newly incorporated city that now boasts, six years later, more than 8,000. At least 2,000 residential units have been built with an average of 4.06 persons per household (according to the U.S. Census), making Eagle Mountain one of the fastest growing communities in the state. The City's estimated build-out population is roughly 150-200,000 residents.

Although the City's history is short, the history of the valley in which it resides is rich. Even before the Mormon pioneers arrived in 1847, Native American tribes inhabited the area and Mexican traders had established trading routes. The first federal military post in Utah, Camp Floyd, was established in the southwestern portion of the valley. At its high point, Camp Floyd housed one third of the country's army reserves and boasted 3,500 troops and officers, 500 wagons, 600 horses and 3,000 mules-not to mention the merchants and camp followers that pushed the community population to nearly 7,000.

The valley is most famous for the Pony Express Trail, which crossed through the central part of the valley. In honor of this history, Eagle Mountain City annually celebrates its Pony Express Days in June.

Today, people move to Eagle Mountain for its wide-open spaces and quality of life. Even with an average issuance of 40+ residential building permits a month, the sheer size Eagle Mountain promises room for anyone who wants to raise a family in a master-planned community that incorporates the technology of today and tomorrow with the values from the past.