History of the Deseret Mill in Kaysville

                                The Kaysville Plant in 1905.            S.L. Republican newspaper picture.

                             Today's Deseret Mill and Pasta Plant in west Kaysville.

THE Deseret Mill and Pasta in west Kaysville, Utah has roots going back to 1894. The family is a prominent landmark along I-15.
"Kaysville leads the entire west by erecting grain storage tanks" was a Sept. 13, 1905 headline in the Salt Lake Republican newspaper. The report claimed they were the first such flour mills to be built west of Omaha. These original tanks -- four in total --were 30 feet tall and some 17.5 feet in diameter. They were owned by the Kaysville Milling Company. It was likely an outgrowth of the Kaysville Canning Company.
The first mention of that company was on Oct. 28, 1894, also in the Salt Lake Republican.
This all happened in the same area where today's Deseret Mill is, near 61 South and 600 West. That location was strategic because of Holmes Creek nearby, which was the mill's original power.

                                The Kayville Mill as it looked in 1907.                   A Deseret News picture.


By 1907, the Deseret News of Dec. 14 reported that the mill employed 200 people.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the mill in 1942, as its newly created welfare program ramped up. According to the Davis County Clipper of July 23, 1948, the Church enlarged the facility that year. It was then called the Deseret Mills and Elevator Plant and the storage capacity was enlarged from 78,000 bushels to 158,000 bushels.

                             The Mill is a prominent landmark along I-15 in Kaysville, Utah.

                     Today's modern Deseret Mill as it appears from I-15.


Most of the food produced in 1948 went to Germany and Holland, following aid after World War II.
In 1982, the Deseret Mill was automated by the Church.
Expansion continued in 2015 with the addition of the pasta mill operation.

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