Payson, Utah, was founded in the 1850s just a few years after Mormon pioneers began settling in Salt Lake City, just a short distance to the north. After the turn of the century, Payson became a major sugar beet farming area, however, just a couple decades later the crops failed and processing plants shut down. Today, Payson stands as a quiet suburb of nearby Provo, home to Brigham Young University and one of the largest Mormon communities in the United States. That Mormon influence can be seen today with a visit to Payson’s recently constructed Latter Days Saints Temple, the 15th to be built in Utah.