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Show 18 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, September 13, 2007 Snippits of Springville History YARDSALE Saturday, September 15. 8 am. until 1 p.m. 1185 W. 2400 South Mapleton Piano, teenage clothes, furniture, and lots lots more! GARAGE, SHOP SALE 498 S. 1680 East, Springville Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Table saw, chain saw, transit instrument, electrical wire, 7 new white outdoor lights, plumbing supplies, elk and deer head mounts and much, much more! YARDSALE Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. ' V V , 660 E. Center, Spanish Fork ; Metal bunk bed, hocky table, step exercisor, books, V. ) I : ) coats, videos, pictures and more! Pain Relief Kelly L. Call LMT ("MassageBodywork Therapy 01-360-6583 -J t Don't let pain get in the way . .Of being your best! lNd mty Side Effects! Ski. 114,.,. 1 yiflED Insurance HEtfflfiuE, Company ROBERT E. AVERETT Bus. (801) 489-6313 Cell (801) 372-6051 18J5 East Center St. P.O. Box 336 Springville, UT'84663 44 Years in the Jnsurartce Business! is - . -- 3 f.J,, . 1 Looking for a Great Garage Door? tj flSpOOR SYSTEMS INCjjn Fj 1932 N. MAIN St. SPANISH FORK 798-3495 Helen Beardall Many people in Springville Spring-ville have experienced the great joy and happiness hap-piness that comes when moving into a brand new home that has been carefully care-fully chosen for location, design and adaptability to their family needs. A place to raise their family. fam-ily. Early pioneer citizens had a similar but very different experience that would tax even the bravest brav-est of citizens today as they sought out an area to settle down and raise a family. The story follows of one family, Walter and Arabella Bird. When they first set up housekeeping, they were located where the Men-denhall Men-denhall Bank building is, corner of Main Street and 200 South. At this time there was a mud wall surrounding sur-rounding the town, a safety safe-ty measure to keep the Indians out of and away from the people of the settlement. set-tlement. This wall secured the 64-square-block area. Arabella did not feel comfortable even with the safety measures, and was always alert to Indians around, even taking her children to a neighbor's house for protection. She felt the Indians were savages, sav-ages, always on the prowl and begging for food. Her worries multiplied when her husband expressed ex-pressed a desire to move out away from the fort and start a little farm, where there would be enough land for a barn, livestock, gardens and orchards. or-chards. Walter reassured Eye Care Notes his wife that the only Indians Indi-ans around were friendly ones and would not harm anyone. She finally consented and Walter purchased nine acres of ground three blocks outside the south wall of the fort on the road leading to Spanish Span-ish Fork Canyon, on 400 East and 700 South.) Walter reassured Arabella Ara-bella that her new home would be very nice with the latest and most popular popu-lar design, thick walls to keep out the winter cold and the summer heat, smooth white plaster inside in-side and out, eight-foot-high ceilings. They would have their own well just off the back porch. Walter Wal-ter felt well qualified to build a lovely home for his family. A solid rock foundation was laid with rocks from the near-by mountains that would support 13-inch adobe walls. The adobe clay was mixed with bare feet by another English emigrant, Mary Peasland Bryan, (she was raising her two sons alone and this was her occupation and means to earn keep and food for her family) and then formed into the molds and set out in the sun to dry. The floors and roof were cut at the Hobble Hob-ble Creek saw mill and the finishing lumber was hauled from Provo planing plan-ing mills. The plank floors and glass windows were ad- , mired by others. Straw was placed on the floors and covered with hand-braided hand-braided rugs to make the floors softer under foot. A fireplace graced one wall in the front room, and a large kitchen was flanked by a porch on both the south and the north side. A log cabin was built adjacent ad-jacent to the house which acted as an overflow area. This home as described provided the living quarters quar-ters for the Bird family where eleven of their 13 children were raised. Fruit trees, berry patches patch-es and gardening spaces were laid out from the old Sage Creek on the south to the "city ditch" on the north. And with the addition ad-dition of a large barn and other farm buildings needed to house livestock, the farm became a wonderful won-derful place to raise his children, teaching them how to work. Arabella still had to deal with the Indians, which were encamped not far away from their home. It was a convenient place for the Indian squaws to come and beg for food and other things they desired. de-sired. She treated them with kindness but much reserve and never really relaxed until she was sure they had left the area. Walter, Arabella and family were one of the first families, if not the first, to leave the fort, and acquire new land, even though there was talk of going to seek land up on the Mapleton Bench. The pattern had been set, and more adventuresome folks left the confines and safety of the old mud-walled mud-walled fort, daring the Indians to thwart their desires de-sires for more space. The Bird home, built with love and the best of acquired skills and materials, mate-rials, respected by those who have lived within its walls, is still standing today, to-day, a tribute to the stalwart stal-wart and steadfastness of a great family. Thank you for your contributions con-tributions to the growth of Springville. Notes taken from history compiled by Dean Bird and Mary A. Bryan Bird. If you have stories of your ancestors in this area, please share copies with the Springville Spring-ville Historical Society. rn Treatment by allergy specialists for children and adults with asthma and allergies to: PLANT POLLENS FOODS PETS INSECT VENOM MOLDS All physicians are board certified in allergy and asthma 1 i "V -nijtimiiiiJ aft m&dmmiktimm Contact Lenses Dr. Traer Caywood schedule. A question that I am With few exceptions, asked on a daily basis is those who have serious "Are contact lenses right complications and infec- for me?" Three factors tions with their contact make for a good contact lenses tend be breaking the lens candidate, especially rules. 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