Brigham City, << BRIHG uhm >> (pop. 19,650), is in northern Utah at the foot of the Wasatch mountain range.
One of Brigham City’s leading employers manufactures rocket motors for missiles and spacecraft. Other factories make steel beams, and air bag parts for automobiles. The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge lies just west of the city.
Brigham City, founded in 1851, was named for the Mormon leader Brigham Young. It became a model of Mormon economic cooperation in the 1870’s. In 1942, the federal government built a large military hospital in the community. In 1950, the hospital was converted into a federal Indian boarding school, which operated until 1984. The city has a mayor-council form of government. It is the seat of Box Elder County.
