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Show 'OLD INDIAN TOWER I RELIC OF EARLY "t DAYS IN ALPINE i !' (Uy A. L. Yatoa In Doserot Nowa.) Every little western hamlot, every village of tho Wasatch mountains K . has Its own llttlo sacred history Us own Btory of early pioneer life. Some of these nro tragic, most ore dram- " ntic and all nro Interesting. H ' Tucked uway In the northwest cor- Iner of Utah county and llolng snuggled snug-gled In tho lap of the great granite mountains, tho llttlo vlllngo 'of Alpine Al-pine rests secluded from railroad strikes and frco from tho political strife of hor loss fortunate sister " J, cities. This beautiful mountain "burg" was born In 1849 and owes Its creation to tho wondorous scenery, Us delight-'., delight-'., ful cllmato and Us dashing canyon creeks, filled to their mossy edges , with tho finest trout. Two of tho ,- U largest streams Join In tbo lower , ' mouth of tho valloy and tbo water '- , ' ; Is used by tho furmors to lrrlgato ; ! ' their fruitful fields. Just abovo this :,'.' union place was tho original site of tho city and boforo the peoplo had eolobroted their Hrst birthday u J strong stono wall had been built for protection against troublosomo and :' often hostile Utos, who folt that tho , flsli and Uio meadowu woro being tak- ij',' en from thorn. Many and early set- ' tier hero owes his Hfo to tho strong , '. f high walls of tho fort and many an f : Indian bravo has waited to tako ro- . vengo on tho loss protected. i Thus It was with "SquaBh," n rod " ij ' j ' faced dovll,, who wont to tho homo of (i l '," tho Lemmons and after being fed by :; k ' Mrs. Loinmon, grabbed a small child ",,J " or tho hpusoliold and In tho prosonco ::i& of tho distracted parent, dashed its Jel " brains out on a rough granite boulder '& by tho roadside. Tnls renegade, f'w i I' howovor, was lator found in Bpanlsh " ?i ' Fork with a bullot hole In his head. 1 'Incidents liko this kept tho peoplo , closely united and tbosa who had ll'jL .moved from tho enclosure now ro- F ic . turned to avoid repetition. f 1 r Moyle Family Comos In. f So they lived In 18C8, tho year i L- , of tho drlvo, when a family cuiuo who ; . , were dostlnod to lnlluonco tho Uvea '-. .; of tho pooplo and froo tho canyon tof tho boastful red men. John Itow .Moylo with his good wlfo, six Bona nnu u daughter, It was who camo and ?"'? ft locutod In tlio northeast Holds. Only ijw t one man had ventured nearer tho K. L mountains than they Morris Pholps, ' -Pi t'' whoso pit saw-mill furnished rough W V hown spruce and plno for tho lowor S-fci h valloy pooplo. L V Yals man Moylo brought (something fvTe ibesldos a largo family a oourago Lj '''' i born In early plonoor llfo, and, Just rM as helptul now, a kuowlodgo of tow er and fort building. This last as- x; . sot camo with him from England I !3, .jT-'. whero ho romomborod tho ancient I &' a castles und tho mannor of their fu " . building. .. ' So with hla family, ho set to work , ! to dupllcato a European castlo of i' . feudal tlmos Uiat would protect him aud his against tho rod rider and , trapper of tho mountalna. Oouldors ;, for tho purposo scorned to havo beon E ' , loft on tho ground by oarly mado tor- ,,. rents, and clay for tho cemont wad $ f . lounu amy a low paces 10 ino norm-$ norm-$ f ', ward. Tho. towor was built two C feet thick, two storlos high and port - ' holes arranged for Convonlonco, wlUi j i the widoi opening outside, but only a ! ! . rlllo barrel sizo within; thus from ! ! " any anglo an advanclhg Indian could ' ' t bo seen and ropuUod without tho gift BligdtOBt danger to tho occupants. W: ) I Around this and covering somo 25 R i l squaro rods stands today tho roinains B j ' of tho old wall that protected tho V. ; crudo machinery and farm animals, 1 1 - and In a corner socuro Is what ro-f ro-f " t mains of tho old cement threshing I lloor, ot which Josoph Moylo said ro-1 ro-1 S:,! mlnlscoutly; "My father and our V family havo Hailed out hundreds of 1 bushels of wheat on that floor and T I . carrlod It ovor to tho old granary m J thoro," lie pointed out tho rock cava -:. T that served as a store houso for tho "V w wheat until it could bo tokon to Amis Am-is K- orlcan Fork Canyon for trrlst I "Yes, but how did you pooplo got Into tho towor In tlmos ot danger " Mr. Moylo was asked. "Well, sir, he replied, "thoro novor was a shot fired out of that tower and there aro only two pooplo alive today who ovor ulopt In It that'a Jamos U. Moylo and my brother, Joseph K. Moylo, who Uvea on the place today, Thoso woro both little boys at tho tlmo and my mother took thorn In their at nights for Bafet) Oh! yes, you asked how thoy got InT' Hero ho reached down and lifted f largo granlto alab just outsldo the old towor. "Sou that tunnol. Mj father Ilgured ho would connect th towor and tho old rock houso (somi 30 feet away) but bororo ho could fin Ish it tho Indians had Boomed suddon ly to vanish and wo novor hai occasion to tost It out" Only Two Remain. Thus hero Bltuated, practically un known, stands ono ot tho only tw Indian towers loft In our atato today The other Is situated a fow miles north ot Denver and was built b) the Church In early Indian troubles when, .after the soldiers camo, the savageB wont southward away froti tho more thickly settled section. Th( tlmo in not far off whon oven thh aplondtd relio will bo in ruin unless somo ono proposos to prosorvo ll from destruction. Wouldn't it be a patriotic service It some organization some historical society would havo such an interest lng monument transported and ro built In a museum whero people would eee and read and bo patrlotlcal ly Inspired by tho prosonco ot thle muto testimony of early Utah town building? |