Park curfew changes to 10pm year round.Cedar Hills is designated as a HERitage City for 2020.Declared state of emergency regarding COVID-19.Jared Anderson appointed as a voting member of the Planning Commission.John Dredge, Jared Anderson, Eric Schloer and Lori Anne Spear appointed to the Planning Commission.The ranch was put up for sale in 1971 and the Cedar Hills community would later be built on the land. The ranch also struggled with increases in wages for hired help and heavy losses. The ranch began to struggle in the 1960s as the area became more populated and residents complained of dust and noise caused by the ranch. And, as NBC ran a news story about turkey farming on the bench, the photographer was taken back by the beauty of the bench and continued to say, “beautiful, beautiful.” In 1962, the Saturday Evening Post also ran stories about turkeys still living upon the bench. In 1939, the National Poultry Congress in Cleveland, Ohio, displayed photographs of turkeys raised on the beautiful bench upon which Cedar Hills is now located. The David Evans Company Advertising Agency, advertiser for the National Turkey Federation, would take pictures of the Adams turkey ranch because of its impressive mountain background. Nixon, and Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson for Thanksgiving dinner,” the Utah State Historical Society wrote. “That year the Adamses presented one of their large turkeys to President Dwight D. The Utah State Historical Society says that the turkey ranch gained national publicity as Azra Adams served as the President of National Turkey Federation in 1956. According to the Utah State Historical Society, Effie Warnick Adams and her husband Azra settled the area north of Pleasant Grove and developed a turkey ranch in the depths of the Great Depression. The area where Cedar Hills now sits was once home to a nationally recognized turkey ranch. Other forms of livelihood among early settlers included trapping and turkey farming. A few planted plots existed among the sage brush, but much of the area was used to pasture livestock. Later, a large portion of the area was used for dry farming, which proved to be unsuccessful. Early SettlersĮarly settlers began to make their homes in settlements around the area of what is now Cedar Hills. The surrounding cities of Pleasant Grove and Alpine were settled between 18. Some deer, skunks, and rabbits can still be seen around Cedar Hills. Wild cats, red foxes, bears, deer, skunks, and rabbits also lived in the area. Various forms of wildlife flourished in the area. The arrowheads were probably dropped during skirmishes between the Utah Valley Indians and the Shoshones. Several Native American artifacts were found upon the bench, however, including an Indian bowl (found by Paul Adams and currently on display at a Brigham Young University museum) and numerous arrowheads. They preferred camping near streams, such as in American Fork Canyon. The dry bench upon which Cedar Hills is located provided little attraction to Native Americans.
Cedar Hills was established as a community in 1977. The bench provides a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains, Utah Lake, and Utah Valley. Early settlers referred to the area as “The Bench.” Because of the growth of cedar trees, the area was later referred to as Cedar Hills. Cedar Hills is built upon an alluvial fan, or bench, created thousands of years ago when it was a shoreline of Lake Bonneville.
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