Place · United States
The history of Highland, one place at a time
Assembled from 5 dug tiles · 35 sourced records · last reviewed 12 September 2026
Highland, Utah, sits on the old bed and shoreline sand of Lake Bonneville, ground once farmed and later platted into subdivisions such as Dry Creek Highlands and Blessing Rock at Beacon Hill. Builders raised houses there through the 2000s and 2010s, and ownership since has passed through families, lenders, and trusts.
These are the individual spots Strata has dug in Highland — not a guide to the town, but a record of what happened on particular ground.
Digs in Highland
A lakebed sold as farmland became a subdivision lotA lakebed lot becomes a subdivision Highland
2005–2019 An address, and nothing else on record
5942 West Horizon Drive sits under Utah's Wasatch bench, on ground with no event on file. 5942 West Horizon Drive
2004–2025 A lake bottom platted, sold, and refinanced
You are standing on Lot 509 of Dry Creek Highlands, a parcel with a filing history and nothing else yet. West Broadleaf Hollow Circle
2014–2020 Some ground has only ever been ground
5942 West Southern Cross Court sits on a residential lot in Highland, Utah, with nothing recorded beneath it but the lot itself. 5942 West Southern Cross Court
2004–2021 One lot on a street built all at once
5912 West Horizon Drive sits thirty paces from where you are standing, one house among many, with nothing recorded but its address. 5912 West Horizon Drive
2026 back to 2000
Highland in layers
2004
This parcel was carved out in 2004 as Lot 217 of the Blessing Rock At Beacon Hill Plat B subdivision, the paperwork step before any house existed here. Utah County Land Records
2004
Jewkes Brothers Construction platted this ground as Blessing Rock At Beacon Hill Plat B in 2004. Utah County Land Records
August 24, 1904
Jewkes Drywall Inc deeded the parcel to Blessing Rock LLC in August 2004, before the house existed. Utah County Land Records
August 25, 1904
Blessing Rock LLC transferred the parcel to Home Building Consultants LLC a day later, on August 25, 2004. Utah County Land Records
2005
The lot underfoot was carved out in 2005 as Lot 402 of the Dry Creek Highlands Phase 4 subdivision by Ivory Development LLC. Utah County Land Records
2005
Jewkes Brothers Construction built the single-family home on this lot in 2005, replacing raw subdivision land with an 1,800-square-foot residence. Utah County Land Records
February 23, 2005
In February 2005, Solitude Development LLC transferred this lot by quitclaim deed to Jewkes Brothers Construction, who would build the house on it. Utah County Land Records
2005
Aaron Parker Brown and Shannon R Brown purchased the freshly built home in 2005, financing it as a residence. Utah County Land Records
2005
The single-family home at 5942 West Horizon Drive was built in 2005, a 2,612-square-foot house on a third of an acre. Utah County Land Records
February 1905
Solitude Development LLC transferred the parcel to Jewkes Drywall Inc by quit claim deed in early 2005. Utah County Land Records
March 11, 1905
Home Building Consultants LLC sold the newly built house to Frederik Perfumo in March 2005, with a construction loan from Holladay Bank & Trust recorded the same day. Utah County Land Records
March 24, 1905
Staker & Parson Companies recorded a lien against the property in March 2005, tied to the building work under Michael H Brown. Utah County Land Records
May 2006
Ivory Development LLC filed a declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions over the subdivision in May 2006. Utah County Land Records
May 2006
Ivory Homes Ltd took out a trust deed with Wells Fargo Bank against the property in May 2006, ahead of construction. Utah County Land Records
November 2, 1906
Frederik Perfumo sold the house to Brett Munden in November 2006. Utah County Land Records
October 2008
A Utah state court order was recorded against the property in October 2008, ahead of the house going up. Utah County Land Records
2011
The single-family house standing here, a 1,960-square-foot home on nearly seven-tenths of an acre, was built in 2011. Utah County Land Records
August 2011
Ivory Development LLC handed the developed parcel to its own construction arm, Ivory Homes Ltd, by special warranty deed in August 2011. Utah County Land Records
August 2011
Ivory Homes Ltd sold the finished home to Trent and Megan Vukich by special warranty deed in August 2011. Utah County Land Records
August 2011
The Vukiches financed the purchase with a deed of trust to First Colony Mortgage Corporation in August 2011. Utah County Land Records
August 16, 2013
Brett Munden sold the property to Rourk McRae in August 2013. Utah County Land Records
December 11, 2013
Rourk McRae sold the house to Robert B. and Laurel S. Vukich in December 2013. Utah County Land Records
2014
Your address was laid out as Lot 509 of the Dry Creek Highlands Phase 5 subdivision, platted by Ivory Development LLC in 2014. Utah County Land Records
January 2014
In January 2014 the Vukiches took out a second deed of trust against the house, this time with U.S. Bank National Association. Utah County Land Records
Questions about Highland
What is Highland known for historically?
The ground beneath Highland's newer subdivisions was once the bed and shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville, with sand laid down as beaches thousands of years before streets such as Broadleaf Hollow or Horizon Drive were named. Much of it was farmland before it was platted for housing.
What happened at Dry Creek Highlands in Highland?
Dry Creek Highlands was platted in phases, with Phase 4 subdivided in 2005 and Phase 5 in 2014. Ivory Homes built houses on these lots, including one sold in 2011 to Trent and Megan Vukich, the first family to live there, and another sold in 2015 to Anthony G. Parkinson, whose wife Jocelyn was added to the title in 2020 during a refinance.
Were there any legal or financial disputes recorded on these Highland properties?
Yes. The Lot 402 property in Dry Creek Highlands Phase 4 carried a builder's loan in 2006, a county court order in 2008, a second mortgage in 2014, and a concrete supplier's lien later that year over unpaid work, before selling to Micah Christensen in 2017.
What is the history of Blessing Rock at Beacon Hill in Highland?
Blessing Rock at Beacon Hill was platted in 2004 on old Lake Bonneville shoreline sand. Jewkes Brothers Construction built a house there in 2005, sold to Aaron and Shannon Brown, and the property later moved into a trust in 2021; a neighbouring address on the same street saw ownership pass through builders, lenders, and six later owners with no other recorded event.
Who were the early buyers of houses in Highland's new subdivisions?
Recorded early buyers include Trent and Megan Vukich, who bought the finished house on Lot 402 in August 2011; Anthony G. Parkinson, who bought the Lot 509 house in 2015; and Aaron and Shannon Brown, who bought the newly built house on Southern Cross Court in 2005.