Great-Great Uncle Lars P. Borg was a harness maker and he had a Harness and Leather Shop at 552 South First East St.,Salt Lake City between 1875 and 1887. During this time period his wife,Mrs. Annie S. Borg & Mrs. Emma Smith Borg, Had a Mercantile Store at 558 South First East St., Salt Lake City, Ut. Around 1887 Lars moved his Harness & Leather Shop to 978 E. Fourth So. St and opened his dairy at So. State Road., 1/4 mile South of S.L.C., Utah. Records show that Lars and His son Louis P Borg was running the dairy in 1890.
Lars P. Borg Passed on 4 January 1904, age 70 at his dairy, 3112 South State, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Lars P. Borg came to America in 1860 Traveling from Sweden to England, And leaving England 11 May 1860 aboard the William Tapscott to America.
Below is text from, UTAH, OUR PIONEER HERITAGE
A Chinaman, called Tom, had a vegetable garden which was located from Third East to State Street, and covered a large area of the land in the Liberty Ward. Alfred Best purchased a fifty-acre farm bordering Murphy's Lane on the south and extending from Ninth to Eleventh East. The Sprowl and Borg families had dairies. They lived on State Street and pastured their cows along the creek banks. They sent wagonloads of milk into the city to serve hotels, eating houses, and the city residents.
from the records of The LDS Church;
Lars Peter Borg was Baptized by Jens Jenson on 20 Aug 1857. He was a local missionary in Sweden until he emigrated to Utah in 1860. Then in July1869- 15 Jul 1871 he served as Traveling Elder in Norway and later in the Skane Conference, Sweden. Lars returned to Salt Lake City, UT and continued the harness and sadle making trade.
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