Fairfield, Utah Historical Society

The Fairfield Utah Historical Society ...

Benefits

 * What are the benefits for becoming a member of the society?
 * What are the benefits the society has to offer for those who are not members?

Society Officers

 * Michael C. Helmantoler, President
 * Bradford R. Gurney, Vice President
 * Margaret C. Buttars. Secretary/ Treasurer
 * Russell Felt, Chairman
 * Pam Carson, DUP Liason
 * Chuck Mood, Military Liason

Collections

 * Record collections or papers to which your society has access
 * How these records can help researchers (May link to a Wiki article connected with the location)
 * Where the record is located (online, on site, at nearby repositories)
 * How to access it from a distance (order information, if any)
 * Indexes for records about this area
 * Where the index is located (online, book, or on site)
 * Look ups, and copying records from local repositories, if any (here or in Q & A below)
 * Directions on how your society does this, and sends the information back to the patron

Events

 * (also include society trips to areas of interest here, in workshops, or in training below)

Workshops

 * (also include presentations online, on site, or elsewhere about how to do research in your area)

Frequently Asked Questions

 * Q. What are the directions to the society?
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 * Q. What are the society's hours of operation?
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 * May also include such items as: cost to join your society, how members access online records, free look ups, online meetings, newsletter queries, access to publications, or support from other members

Nearby or Alternate Repositories

 * (List each repository, link to it, and briefly describe their collection. Ideally list around 3 to 7 repositories, but this is flexible.)

United States States  Utah County  Fairfield, Utah'' |. ''

Guide to Fairfield, Utah County, Utah ancestry, family history and genealogy, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Fairfield Utah is best known as the host town of Johnston's Army from 1858 to 1861. The town was called Frogtown during the Army occupation by 3,500 troops. Frogtown was a boom town similar to those found in mining towns complete with saloons, hotels and painted ladies. After the Army left at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 only 18 families remained.

The Friends of Camp Floyd is a non-profit support organization for the Camp Floyd Stage Coach Inn State Park. The "Friends" support the military and civilian living history events on holiday weekends during the summer. During the winter the Friends acts as the Fairfield Historical Society which focuses on Family History of the solgiers, civilian settlers and camp followers during the 1858-1861.

We have collected a 100 article archive that is housed in the Lehi City Historical Archive in Lehi. Many of these articles will be available on our website http://friendsofcampfloyd.org.

Other photographs and articles appear on our Friends of camp floyd Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest media sites.

Signs for stops in a historic Fairfield / Frogtown / Camp Floyd walking tour are being created and will be in a tour book of showing where families lived and businesses operated during the days of Camp Floyd.