Alexander Scoby Standley brings the dairy industry to Utah

Our Pioneer Heritage Volume 9 Pioneer Cattle 
The Deseret Livestock Company Emigrant's Guide 
Although most of the families of the South Bountiful district made butter and cheese for their own use, they often bartered some for household necessities. The arrival of the Alexander S. Standley family in 1853 probably marked the beginning commercially of the dairy industry in the district. An island in the bend of the Jordan River furnished excellent pasturage for their twenty-five milk cows. Later, the lake water covered the pasture and the family abandoned their holdings. As the community herds increased, many families made weekly trips to Salt Lake City where they furnished regular customers with these products, and milk routes were established.