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The day Lehi’s Main Street nearly burned down

Summary by Lehi Free Press
Lee Anderson | Lehi Historical Society During the summer of 1931, Utah was experiencing severe drought. Utah Lake was drying up and the reservoir that supplied Lehi’s water was nearly empty. On July 20, two young boys, John and Reid Wilkin, (around two and five years old) were in their barn, located on 200 West just north of the present-day bakery parking lot, playing with matches. Around 5 p.m., the inevitable happened and their barn caught fir…
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Lehi Free Press broke the news in on Friday, January 23, 2026.
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