HISTORIC MARKER
The Bair, Raymond, and Green pioneers gravitated to the land near the mouth of Bair Canyon. This canyon from which Haight’s Creek flows was later named after John Bair who built an early sawmill on its north bank. The water flowing from the mountain peak was a valuable natural resource for orchards and industry but also flooded on occasion, depositing large rocks onto a flood plain. It was from this rock that the Rock Loft was erected. 
A hole was drilled and dynamite was inserted to blow apart boulders, some as big as a house. The Rock Loft was first designed as a packing plant and maraschino cherry brining business, but the upper floor was refurbished as a supper club with dining and dancing conceived by Lee Jost in the 1940s. With the establishment of a variety of wholesale and retail businesses in subsequent years, the remodeled and renovated building continues to be a viable contribution to the economy of Fruit Heights.
North of this location, on the west side of the old Mountain Road at 149 South, a stagecoach station was run by the Raymond Family. Here teams were changed and passengers were allowed a brief rest. Mail was left at the station for Kaysville postmasters to pick up and deliver. Even after the intercontinental railroad was built, the train that came down Weber Canyon would disembark passengers at Uintah. Those passengers would continue by coach to Salt Lake City.
On the southwest corner of Mountain and Green Roads, Archie and Glenn Green built a gas station. Before Highway 89 was constructed, the old road held all the north-south traffic between Ogden and Salt Lake City on the east side of the valley. It was in this gas station that the township of Fruit Heights was imagined, planned, and carried forth in 1939.
Sources
- Morgan, Fawn B., and Kristine Murdock. The Rock Loft.