The land was purchased from the Utah State Land Board in 1909 by a group of three men: R. E. Morrison, Joseph Simpson, and J. E. Davis. They planned to divide the land and sell it in tracts for peach
orchards. They named their project
Mosida, an
acronym formed from the first two letters of each of their surnames. Within months they sold out to a group of promoters from
Denver, Colorado who
incorporated as the Mosida Fruit Lands Company. The company began to improve the property and advertise to prospective investors and buyers. Since the land west of Utah Lake lacks any major streams, A large
boarding house was constructed to house up to 250 workers. In 1911 the boarding house filled with workmen from surrounding towns, recruited to clear and plow the land and plant apple and peach seedlings. A
steam tractor pulling a massive
gang plow was used to break up the soil By 1912, of land had been plowed, Some ruins of Mosida still stand, including the foundations of the hotel and schoolhouse and the concrete walls of a pumphouse. ==See also==