1913: One of the first protests in early Layton involved the railroad

         The Oregon Shortline Railroad Station in Layton as it looked in the early 1900s.                                                                      -Photograph from the Heritage Museum of Layton collection.

LAYTON separated from Kaysville City in 1902. One of the first big protests by residents happened in 1913.
According to the Weekly Reflex newspaper of May 15, 1913: "The complaints of the citizens of Layton relative to placing the section house in the middle of the business part of town have borne fruit as the company has suspended work on the building and will either sell it or move it to Farmington. This change will mean a loss of $150 per month to Layton as that is the amount is spent for supplies at the section house."
   A "section house" was a building where railroad employees were housed. Obviously, Layton didn't favor having a house full of outsiders living in the middle of its business district. Layton was a key hub of the early railroad through northern Utah.