The settlement and development of Mt. Pleasant followed the typical pattern for Latter-Day Saint towns of the period. A square-shaped town site was surveyed, lots were drawn, and the land was distributed among the population. Under the direction of James Russell Ivie (1802–1866), a fort of adobe walls and log cabins was built. Pleasant Creek ran through the fort, and farming was done outside of its walls. Ivie was killed in the Ute Black Hawk War by Indians who had declined to participate in the settlement of the earlier Wakara War. Around that time, the town acquired its present name. In 1872 the final peace treaty with the Indians was signed in Bishop Seeley's house on Main Street, bringing an end to this conflict. By this time, many settlers had erected homesteads outside of the fort. The town site may be expansive, but the population density remains relatively low, owing to the original layout that permitted only four lots per block.
The settlement and development of Mt. Pleasant followed the typical pattern for Latter-Day Saint towns of the period. A square-shaped town site was surveyed, lots were drawn, and the land was distributed among the population. Under the direction of James Russell Ivie (1802–1866), a fort of adobe walls and log cabins was built. Pleasant Creek ran through the fort and farming was done outside of its walls. Ivie was killed in the Ute Black Hawk War by Indians who had declined to participate in the settlement of the earlier Wakara War. Around that time, the town acquired its present name. In 1872 the final peace treaty with the Indians was signed in Bishop Seeley's house on Main Street, bringing an end to this conflict. By this time, ,many settlers had erected homesteads outside of the fort. The town site may be expansive, but the population density remains relatively low, owing to the original layout that permitted only four lots per block.