During the days when Sandy was a rough western mining town, it's been said 17 or so saloons were strung out along Main Street and frequented by residents, travelers, and miners. In those days, ice boxes were few, and rarely found in the kitchen. Instead ice was cut in the nearby pond, stored in a shed in the back of the building, and covered with sawdust. When insulated like this ice would last for nearly a year.
Main Street parade after 1913
By1900 Sandy had become a more respectable town with only 4 saloons, and much more variety in businesses. And on the 4th of July 1907 street cars began to run through Main Street from Salt Lake City.
123 East: Built in 1914, this brick building originally housed the the Anderson Meat Market which later moved across the street and left the building to become Sandy's Post Office. In 1924 it was paired with a new bay construction on the west side.
115 East: This building with the typical former saloon corner entrance originally was the “Swede Saloon” and then in 1916 became the Damifino Saloon. But in 1930 it became the Anderson's Meat Market which previously had been where the post office was.
179 East: Jensen & Kuhre Lumber & Hardware Company was a busy enterprise from the early 1900's to 1935. This was one of many businesses developed by the prominent Sandy residents James Jensen and William D. Kuhre. Today it has been expanded greatly from the original storefront while the coal sheds and main grocery store across the street have long since been demolished.
212 East: Sandy City Bank opened its doors in 1907 during a thriving economy. Even though mining jobs were dying down the farmers were earning a great living raising sugar beets. The banks exterior pilasters and arches have been restored but only a hint remains of its ornate ballustraded parapet that once rose high above the face of its exterior walls.
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