The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Holden was settled in 1855 by a group of ten families sent out by the bishop of the local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fillmore. Named Cedar Springs for the springs in the junipers that the community was built around. The town then assumed the name Buttermilk Fort because travelers passing through were encouraged to stop for a glass of cold buttermilk while resting. The town got its post office in 1864, and the town was renamed for Elijah E. Holden, a member of the Mormon Battalion who was one of the first settlers of Holden and died while caught in a snowstorm in 1858.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holden’s history is told.
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Holden, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Holden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Holden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fillmore American Legion Hall in Fillmore, 9.5 miles away.
Holden and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.