Welcome to Box Elder County! - Where the east and west rails met at Promontory Point.
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Box Elder County in northern Utah the state's third-largest county. It is well-known for its wonderful peaches and apples. It is also the county in which two pivotal pioneering efforts took place just seven miles apart.
The nation's first transcontinental railroad came to completion at Promontory Point (30 miles west of Brigham City) in 1869. Less than 100 years later, in 1959, a first-stage Minuteman missile motor was test-fired seven miles east of Promontory by the Thiokol Chemical Co., as it was then known. That motor was the forerunner for the rocket boosters that today power the Trident and Peacekeeper missiles and NASA's space shuttles.
Yet Box Elder County is much more than the Golden Spike Monument, Thiokol Corp. and the famous Fruit Way. The county offers a casual lifestyle, a strong sense of community, and a firmly ingrained work ethic that have made Box Elder County an appealing place for families to live, work, and play.
The nation's first transcontinental railroad came to completion at Promontory Point (30 miles west of Brigham City) in 1869. Less than 100 years later, in 1959, a first-stage Minuteman missile motor was test-fired seven miles east of Promontory by the Thiokol Chemical Co., as it was then known. That motor was the forerunner for the rocket boosters that today power the Trident and Peacekeeper missiles and NASA's space shuttles.
Yet Box Elder County is much more than the Golden Spike Monument, Thiokol Corp. and the famous Fruit Way. The county offers a casual lifestyle, a strong sense of community, and a firmly ingrained work ethic that have made Box Elder County an appealing place for families to live, work, and play.
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