Ranch Work Horses for Sale near West Jordan, UT

About West Jordan, UT

West Jordan received its name from Mormon settlers who entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 under the leadership of their prophet, Brigham Young. These first European-Americans named the river flowing west of their first settlement, Salt Lake City, the Western Jordan, a reference to the River Jordan in Israel. The name was later simplified to "Jordan River". Like its Middle Eastern namesake, the Jordan River flows from a fresh water lake ( Utah Lake) to an inland salt sea ( Great Salt Lake). West Jordan was founded around 1849 on the western banks of the Jordan River.