RUSH VALLEY CITY

Rush Valley City (Tooele) is the new name for the recent merging of Clover and Saint John.

Clover is a small agricultural community on the east side of Johnsons Pass on Clover Creek and U-125. The settlement was originally named Johnsons Settlement for Luke S. Johnson, an early settler. The name was then changed to Shambip, a Goshute Indian word for rush or bulrush plants. Shambip was then called Johnson up until 1856 when G. S. Craig renamed the town Clover after a nearby flat covered with native clover. At this time, John Bennion built a small cabin and wintered a few cattle in the area.

St. John is eight miles southwest of Stockton. The area was settled in 1867 by a group from Clover who named the selltement in honor of John Rowberry, the presiding Mormon elder.

John W. Van Cott