Utah's Canning Industry

List of Canneries and Canning Companies

by Don Strack

Adams Nursery and Tin Can Manufacturers

1900 - 1902 (1903)

Ogden, Weber County

Built in West Ogden, at west end of 24th Street. Reorganized in 1903 as the Wasatch Gardens and Orchard Canning Company.The Adams company built the brick building that still stands at the original location.They installed can manufacturing equipment and later installed equipment for the canning of vegetables and fruits, being the first factory for the canning of fruits in the state of Utah.

Associated Canners, Incorporated

(1941 to 1942)

Ogden, Weber County

Located in former Wright-Whittier cannery at 33rd Street and Pacific Ave. (Terry-3, p. 31)
Destroyed by fire in 1941. (Walton p. 21, personal interview in June 1962)

Atory Food Products

1938 to 1952

(location unknown)

Banner Canning Company

1904 - 1918

Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Organized by William Van Alen, who had been general manager of the Wasatch Orchard company.Took over the old building of the first Ogden Canning Company at 21st and Reeves Ave.Cannery sold to Van Alen Canning Company in 1918.Fire destroyed cannery in 1922.Rebuilt in 1924, out of business in 1926.Reorganized in 1928 as the Rocky Mountain Packing Corporation.Cannery stayed in business until 1938.

Ben Lomond Orchard Company

1912 - (1945)

North Ogden, Weber County

Organized by A. P. Biglow, of the Ogden State bank, and others.
Purchased the orchards and canning factory of the McGriff Canning Company in 1912.

Blackinton and Son Canning Company

1941 - 1971

Ogden, Weber County

First year in home of E. R. Blackinton.
In 1942 moved to 127 7th Street.
Closed in 1972.
(Terry-3, p. 31)

Box Elder Packing Corporation

1936 (2 plants)

(Brigham City, Utah?)

Brigham City Canning Company

1903 - ? [1910, 1919 (2 plants), 1924 (2 plants)]

Brigham City, Box Elder County

Organized in spring 1903.Into operation in fall 1903, under management of John L. Pierce.
In 1908 bought the operations of Rocky Mountain Canning Company. (Box Elder, p. 71)

Cache Valley Condensed Milk Company

Wellsville, Cache County, Utah

California Packing Corporation, Mountain States Division (see Utah Packing Corporation)

Chief Canning Company

1908 - ?

Plain City, Weber County

Built in 1908 by same interests as North Ogden Canning Company.
Located at 1975 North 4650 West.
Later called Plain City Canning Company. (Terry-3, p. 24)
Closed during the early 1930's. (Terry-1, p. 15)

Clearfield Canning Company

1907 - 1912

Clearfield, Davis County

Organized in April 1907. (Davis County Book of Deeds U, pp. 239, 241)
In May 1907 the company granted an easement for right of way for a spur to the OSL. (OSL Val Map)
Also circa May and October 1911. Located east of OSL tracks, opposite the wye for the Syracuse Branch, in SW1, SE2, 4N, 2W. (Davis County Grantee's Index, Book 2; Book of Deeds A, p. 9)
Reorganized as the Woods Cross Canning Company in January 1912. (Davis County Book of Deeds E, p. 94)

Craig Canning Company (see William Craig Canning Company)

Colorado-Utah Canning Company

1886 - 1887

Ogden, Weber County

First commercial canners in the state.Operated at 9th (now 29th) and the UP tracks.
The company was dissolved in 1887.
The two owners went their separate ways, Lundy as the Utah Canning Company, and McKinney as the Ogden Canning Company.

Davis County Canning Company

1912 - 1914

Syracuse, Davis County

Factory located on 2000 West at crossing, and south, of UP's Syracuse Branch.The business began as a reorganization of the John R. Barnes Company. The Barnes company sold out to the Davis County company in May 1912. Davis County Canning Company was sold to the Kaysville Canning Company in June 1914. John R. Barnes was president of the Kaysville company.

Ephraim Sanitary Canning Company

1924 (1 plant)

(location unknown)

Ephraim Sun Canning Company

1919

(Ephraim, Utah?)

Everfresh Food Company

1916 - 1919

Ogden, Weber County

Built a factory at 2050 Wall Ave.
Organized in 1916 by A. P. Bigelow, earlier of the Ben Lomond company, F. G. Taylor, of Amalgamated Sugar, and W. H. Wattis.
In 1917 they hired William J. "Jake" Parker as manager.
Closed in 1919.

G. A. Blake and Company

1936

(location unknown)

G. A. Craig

1906

Ogden, Weber County

Opened in 1906 at 2230 Wall Ave., at corner of Ogden Ice Company. (Terry-3, p. 25)

Garden City Canning Company

1910, 1911

Provo, Utah County

Geneva Canning Plant

(years unknown)

(location unknown)

Completely destroyed by a lightening caused fire in October 1938. (Walton p. 21, Salt Lake Tribune, 10/3/38)

Goddard Pickling and Preserves Company

1912 - (1922)

Ogden, Weber County

Original location was at 2454 Wall Avenue.
Bought the abandoned National Packing Corporation's plant at 2005 Lincoln Ave. in 1913 or 1914.
Name changed to Goddard Packing Company in 1918.
In early 1920's the pickle works was closed because Mr. Goddard became a manufacturer's agent for industrial suppliers. (Terry-1, p. 16; Terry-3, p. 27)
Walton's "The Utah Canning Industry" history shows the Goddard Packing Company as having two plants in 1919. (Walton, p. 16)
The company became the Pacific Coast Canners in 1927 and remained in business until 1932. (Terry chronology, #31)

Goddard Packing Company

1919 (2 plants), 1934 (3 plants)

(Ogden, Utah?)

H. W. Jacobs Canning Company

1936

(location unknown)

Hillcrest Canning Company

1914 - 1934 [1924 (1 plant)]

Roy, Weber County

Went into operation in 1914 when Oscar Jones moved his operations to the old Wright-Whittier cannery from 5800 South and 3100 West, in Roy.
May also have been known as the Jones Canning Company, which was known to be in operation at least between 1919 and 1934.

(Hooper, Utah canneries)

Earliest one built by Nephi Hardy on his property at 6510 West 5500 South in Hooper.Destroyed by fire.
Second one built before 1897 by Hardy and his associates, including Jake Parker, on the Hooper Slough.
This second cannery was also destroyed by fire.
Nephi Hardy built a new cannery in Roy in 1898.
Hooper Canning Company.Farmer owned and organized by William J. "Jake" Parker. Located at 5680 West 5500 South in Hooper.
Parker took control after the other farmers became disenchanted with the canning business.
Began canning peas in 1916.
Sold to Utah Packing Corporation in 1918. (Belnap, p. 69)

Hunt Foods Company, or Hunt Canning Company

Bought the two canneries in Murray, one of which was the Twin Peaks Canning Company. (Murray p. 295)

(Hyrum, Utah green bean cannery)

Sold to Utah Packing Company in 1930. (Terry-3, p. 20)

Or, sold to Utah Packing Company in spring 1928. (Those Good Peas)

Jones Canning Company

1924 (1 plant)

Roy, Weber County

Kaysville Canning Company

1902 - 1914

Kaysville, Davis County

Organized in March 1902. (Davis County Book of Deeds P, p. 508, 509)

In November 1908 and in May 1910, the company purchased property in (Southeast quarter of Section 33, T4N, R1W) from John R. Barnes. (Davis County Book of Deeds C, p. 249; Book of Deeds E, p. 91)

Reorganized as the Kaysville Canning Corporation in April 1914. (Kaysville, pp. 112, 115)

Kaysville Canning Corporation

1914 - (?) [1919 (2 plants), 1924 (2 plants), 1936 (2 plants)]

Kaysville, Davis County

Syracuse, Davis County (1914-1964)

Syracuse, Davis County (1918-1945)

Organized in April 1914 as a reorganization of the John R. Barnes Company. (NE 9, 4N, 2W) (Davis County Book of Deeds A, p. 205)
The John R. Barnes Company was a holding company for the interests of John R. Barnes.He had transferred all these interests to his children in July 1907, and they in turn had transferred them to the John R. Barnes Company in October and November of the same year. (Davis County Grantee's Index, Book 1)
In June 1914 the Kaysville Canning Corporation purchased the factories of the Kaysville Canning Company and the Davis County Canning Company. (SE 35, 4N, 2W) (Davis County Book of Deeds C, p. 249; Book of Deeds E, p. 250)
The former Davis County factory was sold to C. H. Dredge in 1964.
In 1918 the Kaysville company bought the factory of the Syracuse Canning Company, which they sold to the adjoining landowner, Willard Bambrough, in 1945.

Layton Canning Company

1903 - 1912

Organized in March 1903. (Davis County Book of Deeds T, p. 18)
Factory was located at 80 North Cross Street in Layton.
Served by an OSL spur south from the remaining stub of the former Utah Central through Layton. The canning company granted an easement for a spur to their factory to OSL in May 1903. (OSL Val Map)
Reorganized as the Woods Cross Canning Company in January 1912. (Davis County Book of Deeds E, p. 55)
Became the Layton Plant of the Woods Cross Canning Company.Cannery closed in 1954. (Layton p. 295)

Lehi Canning Company

1919

(Lehi, Utah County?)

McGriff Canning Company

1910 - 1912

North Ogden, Weber County

Built in 1910 by Edwin G. McGriff, on Ben Lomond Drive in North Ogden, on a spur of the OSL.
Sold to Ben Lomond Orchard Company in 1912.

Morgan Canning Company

1904 - 1928 [1924 (2 plants)]

Morgan, Morgan County (opened in 1908)

Smithfield, Cache County (opened in 1920)

Organized in 1904 by James A. Anderson of Morgan and James Pingree of Ogden.
By 1911 James and Joseph Anderson were the sole owners.
Opened factory in Morgan in 1908.
New factory built in 1916.
First pea crop in Cache Valley was in 1918.
Completed pea cannery in Smithfield in Cache County in July 1920, under construction since fall 1919.
The Smithfield plant was known as being the largest pea canning plant in the world.
Sold to Utah Packing Company in Spring 1928, after the death of both Anderson Brothers in 1926 and 1927.
(Those Good Peas pp. 169-175)

Mount Nebo Canning Company

1919

(location unknown)

National Packing Company

1912 to 1914

Ogden, Weber County

Built in 1912, at 2005 Lincoln Ave.
Sold to Goddard Pickling and Preserves factory in 1914.
(or to the George W. Goddard Pickle Factory)

National Packing Corporation

1924 (2 plants)

(location unknown)

North Ogden Canning Company

1900 - 1970 [1924 (1 plant), 1936 (2 plants)]

North Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Built at 2000 North Washington Blvd.
Label was "Utah's Pride".
Privately owned by the Randall family since its incorporation in December 1900.
Leroy Randall died in May 1970 and the corporation was dissolved and the cannery sold to Lloyd Searle. (Terry-1, p. 9)

Ogden Canning Company (first)

1888 - 1902

Ogden, Weber County

Located on the north side of 21st Street, west of Wall Avenue.
Closed in 1902 after death of A. C. McKinney.
Building sold to Banner Canning Company in 1904.

Ogden Canning Company (second)

1911 - 1913

Ogden, Weber County

Built at 139 Spencer Ave., between 20th and 21st Streets, west of Lincoln. (Terry-3, p. 26)
Operated for three years. (Terry-1, p. 16)

Ogden Ice Company

1940 to 1946

Ogden, Weber County

Ogden Packing and Provisioning Company

Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Products were mostly canned meat, then slaughter of lambs
Built before 1916
Later sold to Swift & Company, closed circa 1972.

Olson Canning Company

1938 - 1942

Ogden, Weber County

Started in home of H. D. Olson.
Moved in 1940 to former location of the Wright-Whittier cannery at 33rd and Pacific Ave.
Operated there until 1942. (Terry-3, p. 31)

Oscar Jones/Orson Fields

circa 1906, in Roy, 5855 South 3100 West

circa 1914, moved operations to old Wright-Whittier cannery, as Hillcrest Canning Company, closed in 1930's

circa early 1940's, opened another cannery at 820 West 25th Street, renamed in 1950 to Vel-Donna Canning Company, closed in 1951

Pacific Coast Canners

1927 - 1932

Ogden, Weber County

Bought the cannery at 20th and Wall in 1927, formerly owned by Goddard Packing Company.
Closed in 1932. (Terry-3, p. 30)

William J. (Jake) Parker

1898 — Built first canning factory in Roy.
early 1900's — Built Hooper Canning Company in Hooper.
1910 — Purchased Riverdale Canning Company.
(?) — Purchased the Star Canning Company in Roy.
1912 — Built he built a fifth cannery, in West Weber.
1914 — Purchased plant of Wasatch Orchard Company in West Ogden, on west 24th Street. This last one became the center for his operations.
1918 — Sold five canneries to Utah Packing Company. The Parker canneries were the basis for the organization of the Utah Packing Company in 1918.
1918 — Parker became manager of the Everfresh Food Company in Ogden. Jake Parker's label was "The Great Salt Lake Brand". That operation closed in 1919.
1919 — Parker opened the Utah Fish Canning Company, which had its canning plant located on shores of Utah Lake. That operation closed in 1931.
1922 — Jake Parker opened the Roy Packing Company. That operation closed in 1929.
1933 — Jake Parker became president of American Packing and Provisioning, a meat packing business in Ogden. AP&P took over the operations of Ogden Packing and Provisioning. The same facility, just north of 24th Street on east side of Weber River, was later sold to Swift and Company.

Perry Canning Company

1917 - ? [1919, 1924 (1 plant), 1936, 1961]

Perry, Utah

Organized on January 22, 1917 by James Wilson.
Bought the former factory that the Willard Canning Company had built in 1907, and closed in 1910.
Others involved in the organization included Gage Rodman and William Craig.
In 1922 the Perry company bought the factory of the Willard Canning Company in Willard.
(Box Elder, p. 73)

Pleasant Grove Company

1919, 1924 (2 plants), 1936 (2 plants)

Orem, Utah County

Canning production started in 1919.
The factory was located at 325 West 700 North in Orem. (Orem, pp. 57, 59)

Plain City Canning Company

(years unknown)

Plain City, Weber County

Renamed from Chief Canning Company. (Terry-3, p. 24)

Riverdale Canning Company

1902 - 1911

Riverdale, Weber County, Utah

Built in Riverdale just north of Riverdale Road, at crossing of Weber River, east of UP railroad yard.
Sold to W. J. "Jake" Parker in 1910.
Parker sold his operations to Utah Packing Company in 1918.

Riverton Canning Company

1919, 1924 (1 plant)

(Riverton, Utah?)

Robins Canning Company

1941 to 1943

Roy, Weber County

Located in old W. W. Craig cannery in Roy. (Terry-3, p. 31)

Rocky Mountain Canning Company

1907 -1908

Brigham City, Box Elder County

Organized by several stockholders of the Brigham City Canning Company.Operations sold to them in 1908. (Box Elder, p. 71)

Rocky Mountain Packing Company

1928 - 1938 (One source says seven operations in 1936)

Ogden, Weber County

Took over cannery of Van Alen Canning Company in 1928.
Closed cannery in 1938.Located at 21st Street and Reeves Ave.
In July 1936 Rocky Mountain Packing Company bought property from Western Gateway Storage, located in Section 23, T5N, R2W, along the UP tracks in Roy.
May have bought the cannery of the Twin Peaks Canning Company in Murray. (Murray, p. 295)
May have been the basis for the operations of the Hunts company in Utah.

Rose Preserving Company

c. 1912

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

George W. Goddard was Vice President, prior to his move to Ogden to start his pickle works in 1913. (Terry-3, p. 27)

(Roy, Utah canneries; apparently six separate locations)

(1) [2650 West 5600 South] Built by Nephi Hardy in 1898 just west of OSL tracks crossing 5600 South (2700 West).
(1) Sold to W. W. Craig in 1917. (Terry-3, p. 15)
(1) Closed in 1930. (Terry-1, p. 7)
(1) Sold to Robins Canning Company in 1941.
(2) [no address] Built in 1905 on farm of Orson Field; closed after one season.
(3) [5855 South 3100 West] Built in 1906 on farm of Oscar Jones, using equipment of Orson Fields.
(4) [2700 West 6000 South] Davis County Nurseries (1908-??)
(4) Jones Canning Company (1919-1928); label was "J&D Brand" because Jones' partner was William H. Dalton.
(4) Dalton left to form the West Point Canning Company and Jones took his brother Arthur as partner and label became J&J Brand
(4) Oscar Jones took control in 1920. (Terry-3, pp. 22, 23)
(4) Taken over by Varney Canning Company in 1931. Operated until 1942. (Terry-3, p. 31)
(4) Stevens Canning Company (1955-1983?)
(5) [3100 West 5800 South] Wright-Whittier Canning Company (1912-1914)
(5) Hillcrest Canning Company (1914-1928)
(5) Jones Canning Company (1928-1934)
(6) [2600 West 6200 South] Star Packing Company (1902-1917)
(6) Utah Packing Company (Jake Parker) (1917-1935)

Roy Canning Corporation

1924 (1 plant)

Roy, Weber County

Roy Packing Company

1922 - 1929 (two plants in 1924)

Roy, Weber County

Opened by Jake Parker and Gage Rodman in 1922.
Located in Roy on the mainline of the UP.
Closed in 1929. (Terry-3, p. 27)

"The plant is in the very center of the finest tomato growing district of Utah, that of the sand ridge territory." (Ogden Standard Examiner, February 29, 1924)

Roy Packing Corporation

1898-1917

Roy, Weber County

Built by Nephi Hardy.
Sold to Wm. Craig Canning Company in 1917. (Terry-1, p.7; Terry-3, p.15)
Sold to Robins Canning Company in 1941; remained open until late 1950s. (Footprints, p. 53)

Roy Stamping and Canning Company

1900 - (?)

Clinton, Davis County

Organized in May 1900. (Davis County Book of Deeds P, p. 243)
Located adjacent to the D&RG mainline just south of the Weber/Davis County line. (D&RG Val Map)

Royal Canning Company, later Corporation

1927 - 1961

Ogden, Weber County

Located at 175 31st Street.
Cannery closed after a fire in 1958.
Company remained in business until 1961. (Terry-3, p. 30)

Salt Lake Canning Company

1897 to 1934

Salt Lake Valley Canning Company

1897 - 1917 (name change)

Ogden, Utah

Started by William W. Craig.
Built by 1897, at 360 Walnut Street (between 3rd and 4th Streets).
Named changed to W. W. Craig Canning Company.
Also in 1917 Craig opened a branch in Roy.

Scowcrofts

1930 - 1939

Ogden, Weber County

Operated as part of Scowcrofts Wholesalers, at 23rd and Wall Ave., from 1930 to 1939. (Terry-3, p. 30)

Smith Canning Company

1922 - circa 1962 [1924 (1 plant)]

Clearfield, Davis County

Organized by Albert T. Smith in the old factory of "the orchard company" near 900 South and Main Street in Clearfield.
Factory burned and rebuilt in July 1931 at 700 South and Main.
Moved in 1941 to 400 South and Main in a move forced by the construction of the Naval Base.
Operated at new location until about 1962.
Property sold to Freeport Cold Storage.
(Davis County Book of Abstracts 4, p. 235; Book of Deeds 1-K, pp. 165, 169; Walton p. 21; telephone conversation with Victor R. Smith on September 15, 1989)

South Ogden Products

1946 - 1967

South Ogden, Davis County

Spanish Fork Canning Company

1906 - (?)

Spanish Fork, Utah County

Sold in 1930 to Utah Packing Company. (Terry-3, p. 20)
Sold in 1925 to Utah Packing Corporation, new plant opened June 12, 1925. (Spanish Fork, p. 111)

Springville Canning Company

1910, 1911, 1919, 1924 (1 plant)

Springville, Utah County, Utah

Star Canning Company

1902 - 1917

Roy, Weber County

Organized in January 1902. (Davis County Book of P , p. 425)
Located at about 2300 North, along the west side of the OSL tracks.
Sold to Utah Packing Company in March 1917. (SW 23, 5N, 2W) (Davis County Grantee's Index, Book 2)
Built about 1/4 mile south of 6000 South in Roy, along west side of the UP tracks.
Sold to W. J. "Jake" Parker.
Parker sold his operations to Utah Packing Company in 1918.

Stevens Canning Company

(1943 to ???), 1961

Roy, Weber County

Located at 2757 West 6000 South in Roy.
Bought the Varney Canning Company in Roy in 1955 and moved from Ogden to Roy.

Storey Foods Products

1938 - 1952

Ogden, Weber County

Started by James Storey in 1938.
Moved to 22nd Street and Kiesel Ave. in 1940.
Closed in 1952. (Terry-3, p. 32)

Sunshine Canning Company

1944

Ogden, Weber County

Located at 33rd and Pacific.
Angus Stevens was leasing the plant in 1944. (Ogden Standard Examiner)

Superior Canning Company

1926 - 1929

Ogden, Weber County

Located at 3180 Pacific Ave. (Terry-3, p. 29)

Syracuse Canning Company

1893 - 1918

Syracuse, Davis County

Organized in 1893 by James T. Walker, D. C. Adams, and others.
Factory was built on two acres purchased by the company from James Walker in December 1898.
The factory was located on 4000 West, at the crossing of UP's Syracuse Branch.
The company expanded on to 6.9 more acres purchased in June 1902.
The company was sold to the Kaysville Canning Company in July 1918 and the cannery was closed in 1945.
The property was sold to the adjacent landowner in 1945.

Twin Peaks Canning Company

1919 (2 plants), 1924 (2 plants)

Murray, Salt Lake County

Located in Murray between 4800 South and 4900 South, about a half block west of Main Street.
May have been bought by the Hunts company, or by the Rocky Mountain Packing Company. (Murray, p. 295)

Uintah Canning Company

(1906 to 1913), 1919, 1924

Uintah, Utah

Offices in Eccles Building in Ogden.
Plant in Uintah on the south side of the westbound (downhill) UP tracks (about 1700 East 6600 South). (Terry-3, p. 25)

Utah Canning Company (first)

1897 - (?) [1910, 1911, 1919, 1924 (1 plant), 1934, 1936]

Ogden, Weber County (1897-(?))

Founded as the reorganized Utah and Colorado Canning Company, which went bankrupt during the financial panic of 1897.
Financed by David Eccles and his First National Bank of Ogden.
By 1904 Utah Canning was one of the largest of seventeen canneries in the state.
Merged with Pleasant Grove Canning Company in 1960. (all from Eccles, p. 248)

Clearfield, Davis County (1925 - (?))

Organized Clearfield plant in June 1925.
Purchased the property from Richard Hamblin.
Located on north side of 700 South at crossing of UP's Syracuse Branch. (Davis County Book of Abstracts 4, p. 79, and Book of Deeds 1-G, p. 137)

Utah Fruit Juice Company

1919, 1924

(location unknown)

Utah Packing Corporation

1919 (5 plants), 1924 (5 plants), 1934 (5 plants), 1936 (7 plants), 1961 (6 plants)

Hooper, Weber County

Roy, Weber County

West Ogden, Weber County

West Weber, Weber County

Riverdale, Weber County

Morgan, Morgan County

Smithfield, Cache County

Organized in 1918 as subsidiary of California Packing Company.
Bought all five of Jake Parker's operations in 1918.
Labels were "Del Monte" and "Sunkist".
In spring 1928 bought the two canneries of the Morgan Canning Company, in Morgan and in Smithfield, along with that same company's green bean cannery in Hyrum.
By 1930 Utah Packing Company had also bought the cannery in Spanish Fork.
In February 1935 the Utah Packing Company sold the property containing the former Starr Canning Company, along with property in South Weber, to the California Packing Company. (Davis County Book of Abstracts 5, p. 197, and Book of Deeds 1-N, p. 7)
The Starr Canning Company property, located at about 2300 North west of the UP tracks in Roy, had been sold to the Utah Packing Company in March 1917.
The property in South Weber had been sold to the Utah Packing Company by the Morgan Canning Company in January 1918, which had purchased it in March 1917. (Davis County Grantee's Index, Book 2, and Book of Deeds C, p. 222)
Reorganized in 1936 as the Mountain States Division of California Packing Corporation. (Terry-3, p. 20)
Name changed in 1968 to The Del Monte Corporation. (Terry-3, p. 20)
Ceased operations in 1968. (Terry-3, p. 21)

Utah Packers, Incorporated

1961 (4 plants)

(location unknown)

Utah Products Company

1910, 1911

Murray, Salt Lake County

Van Alen Canning Company

1919 (2 plants), 1924 (2 plants), 1934 (2 plants)

Ogden, Weber County, Utah [1918, name change - 1926 (Terry-3, p. 21)]

Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah

The Ogden factory burned in late 1923 and was rebuilt in 1924.
Products are mainly tomatoes, catsup, and peas.
The company's operations in Tremonton started with the operation of the former Craig Canning factory in Tremonton in 1916-17 canning season, producing canned apples and canned tomatoes.
In 1918 they built a larger factory in Tremonton and began canning peas.
The farmers in the Tremonton area farmed 500 acres and produced approximately seventy carloads of peas for canning.
They also produced 12,000 bushels of seed peas from eighty acres of land.
The company's pea viners were located at Bothwell, Riverside, and Fielding. (Box Elder, pp. 71, 72)

Varney Canning Company

1931 - 1942

Roy, Weber County

Operated in the building in Roy at 5855 South 3100 West.
Building sold to Stevens Canning Company in 1955. (Terry-3, p. 34)

Vel-Donna Canning Company

(years unknown)

Ogden, Weber County

Organized by Oscar Jones in the early 1940's.Located at 820 West 25th Street, renamed in 1950 to Vel-Donna Canning Company, closed in 1951

W. R. Eddington Canning Company

1936

(location unknown)

W. W. Craig Canning Company (see William Craig Canning Company)

Wasatch Gardens and Orchard Canning Company

1903 - 1914

Ogden, Weber County

Reorganized in 1903 from Adams Nursery and Tin Can Manufacturers Company.
Located at west end of 24th Street in West Ogden.
Sold in 1914 to Jake Parker.
Parker sold his operation to Utah Packing Company in 1918.

Wasatch Orchard Company (see Wasatch Gardens and Orchard Canning Company)

Weber County Canning Company

1919

(location unknown)

Weber Canning Company

(years unknown)

(location unknown)

Weber Packing Corporation

1924 - 1932, 1936

Ogden, Weber County

Took over cannery of former Wright Whittier at 33rd and Pacific. (Terry-3, p. 29)

West Point Canning Company

1925 - 1936

West Point, Davis County

Built on two acres bought from William H. Dalton, of Roy, in February 1925.
Leased an easement for the D&RGW railroad to serve the factory in April 1925.
Officers of the company were Sirl R. Davis and the Wells Brothers, Edwin G. and Robert S.
Sold in a Sheriff's sale on the steps of the Farmington Courthouse on January 25, 1936.

West Weber Canning Company

1912 - ?

West Weber, Weber County

Built by William J. "Jake" Parker in 1912 at 1250 South 4250 West.
Operated by Jake Parker's brother Arnold until entire Parker operation sold to Utah Packing. (Terry-3, p. 16)
Parker sold his operations to Utah Packing Company in 1918.

Western Food Products

1924 (1 plant)

(location unknown)

William Craig Canning Company

(sometimes referred to as William Craig and Son Company, or just William Craig Company)

1917 - 1934 (3 plants)

Ogden, Weber County

Roy, Weber County

Operated in 1910 as William Craig and Son (or Sons) in Roy.
The same name was used in 1911 when the Utah Canners Association was formed with William Craig as one of the directors.
Reorganized from Salt Lake Valley Canning Company in 1917.
Operated at Five Points in Ogden, at Hudson (Kiesel) and 3rd Streets, from 1917 to end of 1934 season. (Terry-1, p. 7, Terry-3, pp. 13, 14)
Operated at Roy from 1917 to end of 1930 season.

Willard Canning Company

1902 - 1922 [1919 (2 plants), 1924 (1 plant)]

Willard, Box Elder County

Organized on January 20 1902, built a factory and began operations in 1902, producing 11, 190 cases of tomatoes, 759 gallon cases and 124 quart cases of prunes, and 156 quart cases of pumpkin.
Built a factory in Perry in 1907, but because of low production closed it in 1910.
The Willard factory closed in 1910 also because of a fire.
The company was reorganized by A. L. Brewer and the Willard factory was rebuilt in 1911.
In 1917 the Perry factory was sold to James Wilson, who organized the Perry Canning Company on January 22, 1917.
The Willard factory was sold to the Perry Canning Company in 1922. (Box Elder pp. 72, 73)

Woods Cross Canning and Pickling Company

1892 - 1912

Woods Cross, Davis County (now part of West Bountiful)

Organized on May 9, 1892 by William S. Muir Sr.Muir had begun the effort in 1890 but wasn't able to secure financing until 1892. (East of Antelope p. 414)
On March 12, 1902 the Woods Cross Canning and Pickling Company bought 161.49 acres, located along the east side of the OSL tracks in Clearfield (Sec 1, T4N, R2W) from the children of George Swan, who had been ordered by the District Court on December 6, 1901 to sell the land. (Davis County Book of Deeds S, pp. 67, 69)
Still in existence as the Woods Cross Canning and Pickling Company in May 1911. (Davis County Grantee's Index, Book 2)
Reorganized as the Woods Cross Canning Company in January 1912. (Davis County Book of Deeds D, p. 332; Book of Deeds E, pp. 68, 94)

(RESEARCH: Check Davis County: Nov 1899, Deeds P, p. 168, SW24, 2N, 1W)

Woods Cross Canning Company

1912-1961

1919 (4 plants)

1924 (4 plants)

1936 (4 plants)

Woods Cross, Davis County (now part of West Bountiful)

Layton, Davis County

Clearfield, Davis County

Organized in January 1912 as a consolidation of the Woods Cross Canning and Pickling Company, the Clearfield Canning Company, and the Layton Canning Company. (Davis County Book of Deeds A, p. 9; Book of Deeds D, p. 332; Book of Deeds E, pp. 55, 68, 94)

(RESEARCH:
Davis County, Aug 1927, Abstracts 4, p. 30, Deeds 1-H, p. 451, SE20, 4N, 1W
Davis County, May 1928, Abstracts 4, p. 74, Deeds 1-E, p. 36, NW1, 4N, 2W
Davis County, Sept 1935, Abstracts 4, p. 32, Deeds 1-N, p. 90, SE20, SW21, 4N, 1W )

Wright-Whittier Canning Company

1912 - 1923

Roy, Weber County (1912 - 1914)

Ogden, Weber County (1914 - 1923)

Opened cannery along east side of highway in Roy, operated there until 1914, moved operation to 33rd and Pacific Ave in Ogden. Operated there until 1923. (Terry-3, p. 26)
Building taken over by Weber Packing Corporation in 1924. (Terry-3, p. 29)
The Roy property was taken over by Oscar Jones in about 1914 (or 1920) and operated as the Hillcrest Canning Company until the end of the 1928 season. (Terry-1, p. 14)

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