. . . Extra preparation was made for this event and the Morgan Brass Band was invited to perform during the day. An extra supply of goods to be sold was ordered from Ogden. Extra slabs of lumber were hauled to Como to give adequate seating in the picnic area for members of the choir. The choir arrived by railroad with a special fifty-cent round-trip rate from Salt Lake City. The choir and their friends-more than 800 people- filled the park, and they were a happy, relaxed Commencing in 1894, economic conditions in the nation were critical. Money for recreation wasn't available. By this time, Samuel Francis and Richard Fry were devoting much of their time to interests other than the resort. Due to economic conditions and the owners' lack of attention to the resort business, the area fell into a state of disrepair. It soon became overgrown with vegetation, and the pavilion was destroyed by arson. Although the buildings were gone and no services were provided, local residents often used the area for swimming and baptisms. In April 1900, following the death of Richard Fry, Samuel Francis purchased Fry's interest in the land on which Como was located. A quitclaim deed for Fry's share in the eighty acres was obtained from his heirs.32 The resort remained in a static, forgotten condition until 1904, when Samuel turned over his interest and properties in Como Springs for stock in S. Francis and Sons Company. No one in the Samuel Francis family seemed to be interested in re-developing the resort. It remained dormant in the hands of S. Francis and Sons Company until 1920 [ 19211, when it was sold for $8,000 to the Heiner family of Morgan, Utah, who developed it into a popular
Como Redeveloped On 29 March 1921, John Heiner, Charles Heiner, G.S. Heiner, Sumner P. Nelson, and B. W. Heiner formed the Como Springs Resort Company. The business and pursuit of the corporation was:
. . . to maintain and operate a pleasure resort, park, groves, and other similar grounds and places of entertainment, recreation and amusement, and to conduct at such places theatricals, entertain-
