No doubt you never heard of it. It was not named for pesky insects or pushy people either. An irrigation ditch was named as such, too. Buggytown, in its unique way was not even a town, but more like a sprawling affluent neighborhood in the late 1800s, located to the west of Leavitt Lake.It was so named as one of the first settlers possessed a buggy when such luxuries were rare on the frontier. It would later become known as Clinton, which consisted of a store, post office and the Riverside School. In 1973, it was transformed when the first phase of the Leavitt Lake Subdivision began.
Tim
P.S. – Some where in my files is a photograph of Ben Leavitt, in his buggy, who was Buggytown’s most prominent resident. I am not sure which category/topic I filed it under.
That is quite the crowd of spectators for a survey crew! Fortunately, I never garnered that kind of attention when I was surveying.
I would love to see the photo of Ben Leavitt. I think he is a distant cousin.
Leavitt is your g.g.g. grandfather.