HNT-001Est. 1866
Winchester Repeating Arms
Morgan
Winchester rifles and shotguns, run from Morgan
41°08′N 111°48′W
Utah brands founded before 1950
Twenty-one brands on this list, founded from 1866 to 1947. The Salt Lake Valley has the most of them, with 8.
Winchester Repeating Arms dates to 1866, and the brand is run from Morgan today. Burns 1876 started making harness and saddles in Loa in the year its name gives, and Utah Stories reports that the shop once did repair work for Butch Cassidy. It still builds saddles, now in Salina.
Not every name here started in Utah. Sweet Candy began in Portland, Oregon, in 1892 and moved to Salt Lake City in 1900. Hoyt made cedar arrows in St. Louis from 1931, and after the Easton family bought it in 1983 the company moved to Salt Lake City one department at a time. Others never left town. Bluebird Candy opened in Logan in 1914, and Lehi Mills made its first flour in April 1906. In 1952 that mill supplied the flour for the chicken at the first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, in Salt Lake City.
The year on each page is the founding year the company gives or the one two sources agree on. Some brands here count from an older business they grew out of, and the brand page explains which. Brands with no confirmed year are left off rather than guessed.
- brands on this list
- 21
- in the Salt Lake Valley, the most of any gear town
- 8
- the oldest, founding year of Winchester Repeating Arms
- 1866
- the newest, founding year of Salomon
- 1947
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All 21 belowSalomon
Annecy skis and shoes, Americas run from Ogden
Hoyt Archery
Bows and recurve limbs built in Salt Lake City
Rossignol
A French ski maker run stateside from Park City
Lehi Mills
Flour milled on Lehi's Main Street since 1906
Every brand on this list
21 of 21 shown
ACC-001Est. 1876
Burns 1876
Salina
Saddles built in Salina by a sixth generation
38°57′N 111°52′W
HNT-002Est. 1878
Browning
Morgan
Born in Ogden in 1878, run from Morgan
41°08′N 111°48′W
FOD-001Est. 1892
Sweet Candy Company
Salt Lake City
Candy made in Salt Lake City since 1900
40°46′N 111°53′W
HNT-003Est. 1905
Rock Island Armory
Cedar City
RIA-USA 1911s machined and finished in Cedar City
37°41′N 113°04′W
FOD-002Est. 1906
Lehi Mills
Lehi
Flour milled on Lehi's Main Street since 1906
40°23′N 111°51′W
SNO-001Est. 1907
Rossignol
Park City
A French ski maker run stateside from Park City
40°39′N 111°30′W
FOD-003Est. 1914
Bluebird Candy Company
Logan
Hand-dipped chocolates from a Logan factory since 1914
41°44′N 111°50′W
FOD-004Est. 1916
Taffy Town
West Jordan
Taffy whipped by the ton in West Jordan
40°37′N 111°56′W
FOD-005Est. 1920
Farr's Ice Cream
Salt Lake City
Ice cream sold in Ogden since 1929
40°46′N 111°53′W
FOD-006Est. 1921
Idle Isle Candy
Brigham City
Almond creme toffee dipped in Brigham City since 1921
41°31′N 112°01′W
FOD-007Est. 1922
Aggie Ice Cream
Logan
Campus ice cream made in Logan since 1922
41°44′N 111°50′W
HNT-004Est. 1922
Easton Archery
Salt Lake City
Olympic-winning arrows built in Salt Lake City
40°46′N 111°53′W
FTW-001Est. 1923
LOWA
Salt Lake City
A Bavarian bootmaker's US business, run from Salt Lake
40°46′N 111°53′W
FOD-008Est. 1925
Casper's Ice Cream
Richmond
Richmond ice cream that started in a milk can
41°55′N 111°49′W
HNT-005Est. 1931
Hoyt Archery
Salt Lake City
Bows and recurve limbs built in Salt Lake City
40°46′N 111°53′W
HNT-006Est. 1932
Barnes Bullets
Mona
Lead-free hunting bullets sketched in 1985, made in Mona
39°49′N 111°51′W
SUP-001Est. 1932
KAL
Salt Lake City
A 1932 vitamin brand now made in Utah
40°46′N 111°53′W
CMP-001Est. 1944
Springbar
Millcreek
The $83 tent of 1962, now sewn in Millcreek
40°41′N 111°54′W
VEH-001Est. 1945
Equal-i-zer
Provo
Sway control since 1951, built in Provo
40°14′N 111°40′W
FTW-002Est. 1947
Salomon
Ogden
Annecy skis and shoes, Americas run from Ogden
41°14′N 111°59′W
Questions
What are the oldest Utah brands?
Beehive Made lists 21 brands here. They include Winchester Repeating Arms, Burns 1876, Browning and Sweet Candy Company. Each brand page says how the company belongs to Utah.
Which brand on this list is the oldest, and which is the newest?
The oldest is Winchester Repeating Arms, founded in 1866. The newest is Salomon, founded in 1947.
Where are these brands based?
The Salt Lake Valley has the most, with 8, followed by Cache Valley with 4. The other 9 are spread across 8 other towns.
How does a brand get on this list?
A brand is on this list when its founding year is before 1950. The year is the one the company gives or the one two sources agree on, and brands with no confirmed year are left off. The list is worked out again every time the site is built.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company
- burns1876.com/pages/our-story
- utahstories.com/2013/07/utahs-oldest-business-saddle-up-buckaroo
- sweetcandy.com/pages/about-us
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyt_Archery
- hjnews.com/logan_hj/logans-historic-bluebird-candy-factory-undergoing-remodel/article_e3c00563-1c01-5547-b20d-0db36b44e37a.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehi_Roller_Mills