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On a moonlit night in September 1850, near this spot, Urban Stewart fired his gun at rustling he heard in the corn patch he had planted that spring. To his dismay, he had killed Chief Terikee of the Shoshones. The consequences were far reaching – Stewart fled for his life; the Shoshones retaliated, killing another man in his stead, and then vacated the area. It was another year before Martin Henderson Harris built his own cabin by Four Mile Creek in what would become Harrisville.
In the spring of 1853, northern Utah officials laid a county road through the Harrisville settlement. The county court appointed Martin Henderson Harris as Road Supervisor. Harris held this position for eleven years, during which time he laid out most of the public roads north of the Ogden River.
In 1937, When the Highway Department built Highway 89 through Harrisville, they split Harrisville Road into West Harrisville Road and North Harrisville Road. With a mix of architectural styles from different eras, each home on these country roads tells a part of Harrisville’s history.*
*Much of the Information on the early homes was gathered and compiled by Ada Jensen Taylor in 1978. Additional information was gathered from interviews with Ben Maxfield, June Brown, Gary Larsson, Shanna Edwards, current homeowners, Weber County records, and family histories. Anyone with additional or conflicting information may e-mail Harrisville City Historian Shanna Edwards at [email protected] or [email protected].