Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 334
Erected 1967
Hansen Cooperative Dairy
The Box Elder Cooperative Association was
established in 1867-68 by Lorenzo Snow, under
direction of Brigham Young. In 1871 a diary, said
to be the first in Utah, was bult south of
Beaver Dam, near a cold water spring, Christian
Hansen. operator. From 600 cows, some butter
and 50,000 pounds of cheese was produced
yearly. The co-op closed in 1878 and Mr. Hansen
purchased the dairy his son, Willard, bought
and operated it until 1893.
