In 1867 James Frances Rice with his family moved from their home in North Ogden building a new five-room log home and barn in the pole patch area of Pleasant View.  James and his first wife Elizabeth Murrell were both born in Sussex, England. They were married in 1847 and emigrated to Utah with the Mormon pioneers arriving in 1862.  James, Elizabeth, and their four children made their home in North Ogden.  In 1867 James homesteaded property in the Pole Patch area of Pleasant View and move there building a 5 room log home with a barn.  That home also housed the first Pole Patch School with Thomas Budge as a teacher.

An interesting story developed along the way as the Rice Family became acquainted with Ann Oliver a young woman in the area who had been blinded in an accident as a teenager.  One day James and Elizabeth were passing Ann’s father Francis Oliver driving a hay wagon, Elizabeth asked Mr. Oliver if he would allow his daughter Ann to be the second wife of her husband James.  Mr. Oliver agreed and Ann was married to James on March 22, 1870.  They all lived together in the five-room log home. Elizabeth had 5 children and Ann gave birth to eight children.

James Rice developed the Rich Creek Water association using a spring on his North Ogden and served as constable of Pleasant View and North Ogden.  He died in 1890 at age 66.  Elizabeth passed away three years later in 1893 leaving Ann and her remaining 5 children in the Pole Patch home.  She would pass away in 1932.

NOTE: The arrow on the map shows where this home is presently or was located.