 Elisha Lane located nearby, as did William Farley, and Rufus Allen.Other early settlers of Riverdale included Adam Fife, Alexander Patterson, Warren Gould Child Sr, Thomas Slater, Richard Woolsey, John Child, John C. Thompson, William Stimpson, Myron Barber Child, and George Ritter.Daniel Burch built a grist mill along the eastern bank of the Weber River in 1853.