Show do you know the history of your town the town of is i located in the center of piute diute county nt at the junction of the south and east I 1 foi foi ka of the se sevier vier river it is alf fifteen miles south of marysvale mary Marys vale the denver and rio grand railroad terminus at a 0 adel drig of the citizens of junction held in the court house iu junction utah on the d day ay of march 1913 1912 it was waa determined io petition the county commissioners to grant them a town aaion the following fol lowine persons were selected as a committee to draft and present said petition EE E sprague john morrill gilbert gibert R beebe win F carson 1 I 11 robinson wm H luke and lura J stark the petition was prepared and pre presented tented to the commissioners I 1 nil li the ath day of april and I 1 approved by them on the sarn aarbu the same date at which time the he said commissioners appointed the following damek persons persona as and for the first off officers acers of the town of J junction C P barnson president wm bluke lyman L johnson charles morrill and wm as Tr orestees Trea estees teea and said incorporation was designated ES the town of junction upon the orga organization D 11 II robinson was appointed town clerk john Moi morrill rill lown lovan gilbrt K R biebe town attorney Atto iney and W H Hales Town Alar hull The fiirst settler gettler ahe luau of JuncK in thomas N ii s n win will ilesi f richards Richs Rich aids I 1 1 and chatley chailey pinney wlm will I 1 buted ito at I 1 city creek one mile north ut of the he l abnot the lh town tolan of fencl ion knon ia al prie price 0 was the firel nisi per 1 orv aa a hoade alte t sent site of the town ri the fame bame 1 year the sott leni crit vs its for a num ci of year known as city creek after the creek under which jit was w altered wat in 1882 it was wa made the county seat of plate county and took the name of junction and had been known by that name since bishop john morrill Alot frill established I 1 the first store was tile the hist first post master and built the first arst substantial adobe building in the town an anil raffat all times one ot of the lerding leading spirits in community a I 1 hard worker and a successful farmer fanner abid is if still at seventy nine nin years v ears of age doing tile the greater part pa rt of his hig form work R P wooley is ia the oldest resident in iiii town being at this thi late date ninety four years of apro age past and I 1 from present prospects has a splendid chance to reach the centar y mark which lie he hopes to do as tit he is ia still quite keen hewn of intellect and on I 1 pleasant days spend a good part art of his time visiting with his neighbors another of the old residents still living ia mrs M J baler who i is now in her eightieth year ard a quite ligorotis vigo rotis for one me ot that age ae the town boast of a very splendid court houpe a very splendid school house houge and is jn in L j D S chapel at this ahi tin time lid which when completed will have cost approximately ate v the tit peak ocean to ocean v passes through tiie tae town A bosl splendid s enath road connects us wit it ili nil I 1 t lie surl sin i bunding punding country in inducing duding arice lir ce camon god s piece which in sixty miles in a southerly direction fro from I 1 lan ian or 01 in idtse till se gnys of rood good roads j and good an cais a about wo hours dive i to this tin s moal beautiful spot pot behave two confection arv alvand and iee ice cream garages a li otel ano it a real weekly news ron exclusively liy mrs eva E va B sharso cin n etta vy and ida i i ww eb 6 P r is days ahw h w mr swanson is braf td to run tile the washington press wh ach ch up to date is doing most excellent excel lert work we have a population of about of tile the best people in tre state it a tle the gateway to southern utah and a mighty good town to live in |