Scott O'Mack

William Self Associates, Inc.

History and Archaeology of a FarmsteadTurned Duck Club near Salt Lake City

Utah State History Conference

Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City

September 10, 2011

42SL255

UNEV centerline

North Point Consolidated Canal

Surplus Canal

Goggin Drain

UNEV centerline

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UNEV centerline

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Henry Cohn's claim, 1877(640 acres)

North Point Consolidated Canal

Surplus Canal

Goggin Drain

Henry Cohn and Company, South First East (now State) Street, Salt Lake City, 1887.

Trustees of the B'Nai Israel Synagogue, Salt Lake City (1905).

42SL255 as a Farmstead, 1877–1905

1877 Henry Cohn files Desert Land Act claim, 640 acres (patent not received until 1888).

1886 Surplus Canal completed, empties onto Cohn's claim, creates "Cohn's slough" on north half.

1890 Cohn shares ownership of property with Frederick and Samuel Auerbach.

1896 House and barn first reported in property tax records (Cohn resides in city).

1898 First mention of property being leased (to Chinese tenants).

1899 Samuel Auerbach becomes sole owner of property.

1905 Property described as "old Cohn ranch" and abandoned.

Cohn's Slough

Detail from Elwood Mead, Report of Irrigation Investigations in Utah, Plate II (1903).

Detail from USGS 1:24,000 Map of a Portion of Salt Lake County (1922–1923).

42SL255 as a Duck Club, 1900–1925

1900 Peter Jensen, lessee, warns duck hunters to stay off property.

1902 Earliest newspaper mention of Bailey Lake Duck Club, based at Cohn's slough (20 members, including Harry Finch).

1904 Membership of Bailey Lake Duck Club reported as 40.

1905 Bailey Lake Duck Club incorporates, Harry Finch as president.

1925 Most recent newspaper mention of Bailey Lake Duck Club.

Bailey Lake Duck Club Members(mentioned in newspaper articles, appearing in federal census)

Member Occupation

E. W. Anderson [no information]Bert Bailey seed and grain dealerR. S. Connors [no information]Harry L. Finch restaurant proprietorF. W. Francis merchantF. L. Gardner shopkeeperW. T. Jackson [no information]Herschel B. Lyman saddle makerJohn F. Mitchell shopkeeperW. W. Mitchell bookkeeperCharles Patterson lawyerCharles Peters [no information]Richard E. Rogers restaurant proprietorJohn Lee Vier butcherC. G. Wirick barber

Harry FinchSalt Lake City Commissioner of Parks

(1925)

1904 Liberty Head dime

Vienna Cafe, 141 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, ca. 1896–1930s

Winchester New Rival, 1901–1919

Union Metallic Cartridge Company Smokeless, 1891–1911

Peters Referee, 1887–1934

Scott O'Mack

William Self Associates, Inc.

History and Archaeology of a FarmsteadTurned Duck Club near Salt Lake City

Utah State History Conference

Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City

September 10, 2011