joseph frisby sold his house to charles hopkins in 1913. hopkins, born february 21, 1864, at dorcetshire, england, immigrated to america in 1887 and settled in the town of elkhorn, montana. in elkhorn hopkins was primarily involved in mining and the mercantile business, as well as serving as the local postmaster for fifteen years. in 1912 hopkins relocated to provo, where he was elected to the provo city commission, where he served for thirteen years. under his administration the city and county building was built, the provo memorial park was planned and most of provo's streets were paved. hopkins also served as the chairman of the utah county wpa and fera. he died november 9, 1936 in the frisby house.