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Show WHAT HAPPENED MARCH 1ST. 1S-17 At this time Winter Quarters contained con-tained 41 blocks, 820 lots, 700 houses and 22 wards. ISIS Davis county was settle1 by Perrl-grlne Perrl-grlne Sessions, who located the settlement set-tlement subsequently called Bountiful. Boun-tiful. 1S49 Provo, Utah valley, was settled by John S. Hlgbee and some thirty others. oth-ers. On March IS a branch of the church was organized with John S. Hlgbee as president. During the year the settlers- had some trouble with the Indians. A postoffico was established in Salt Lake City, with Joseph L. lleywood aa postmaster. The Icarlans arrived at .'auvoo, III., and bought the ruins of tho temple, with a view to rclittlng it for school purposes. 1S52 A site for a city at San Bernardino Bernar-dino was surveyed by the Mormons In California. ISoi Ellas Smith succeeded the late Willard Wil-lard Rlr.hards as postmaster of Salt Lake City. Ephralm, Sanpote county, coun-ty, was first settled. The first number num-ber of the Latter-day Saints' Milennial Mil-ennial Star and Monthly Visitor, an elght-pago periodical (octavo size), was published at Madras, Hindustan. Elder Richard Ballantyne, editor and publisher. 1S55 Mormon Grove, near Atchison, Kas., was selected as an outfitting place for the Saints crossing the plains this year. Eight companies, with 337 wagons, commenced the journey for Salt Lako valley from that place In 1855. 1858 Asa Calkin succeeded Samuel Richards as president of the European Euro-pean mission. 1559 Plain City, Wober county, was settled set-tled by Jcpnc G. Folkman. Christopher Christo-pher O. Folkman, Jena Peter Folk-man, Folk-man, Joseph Skecn, Daniel C'ollott, John Spiers, John Carver, William Gcddcs and others. 1560 General Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of the "Utah army," left Camp Floyd for Washington, D. C. Ho bad never visited Salt Lake City since he passed through with his army on June 26, 185S. Philip Su George ' Cooke, formerly commander of the Mormon battnllon. succeeded Johnston in the command. 1861 A branch of the church was organized or-ganized at Deserct., Millard county, Utah, with Jacob Croft ns president. 1863 The bitter feeling existing betweon the troops at Camp Douglas and tho citizens of Salt Lako City came near terminating in a collision. 1864 Clrclevlllo, Pluto county, Utah, wis settled by about fifty famlllos from Ephralm. Sanpete county. 1865 People of the Utah Dixie settle-"ments settle-"ments suffered much for want of brcadstuffs, and several of tho northern north-ern counties were afflteted with the measles. 1869 Z. C. M. I. commenced buslnoss in the Eagle .Emporium. Salt Lake Cltv, 1871 George R. Maxwell's memorial, praying for a scat in congress, as a contestant against W. II. Hooper, was presontcd to congress. 187 Apostle Joseph F. Smith succooded Lester J. Ilerrlck as president of the European mission. 1877 Thomas Heath was accidentally drownod In the Jordnn river, near Suit Lako City. Ills body was not found until four weeks afterwards. , 1879 Joseph C. Fisher located with hia family on Poole's island, north of Eagle Rock, as the first Mormon settler set-tler In Snnke river valley, Idaho. 1885 A number of leading churchmen tako to the underground to keop from being arrested for maintaining a multiplicity mul-tiplicity of wives. 'William Fothcr-lnghnm Fothcr-lnghnm of Bcavor was Indicted by the grand Jury, arrcstod nnd placed under bonds, being charged with unlawful un-lawful cohabitation. Apostle Moses Fletcher and other prominent men arrived at tho camn of tho Mormon3 on the Cnsas Grandes river, Chihuahua. Chihua-hua. Mexico. Soon afterwards explorations ex-plorations were made in tho surrounding sur-rounding country. 1SS6 In the Third district court Judgo Zane sentenced James Moyle. George, H. Tavlor, Samuel F. Ball, James O. Poulson and O. K. Duo each to six months' imprisonment and $300 fine for unlawful cohabitation. Thoy were taken to the penitentiary the sume dav. The Jury returned u verdict of "guilty against Fred A. Cooper of West Jordan for the same ofTcnse. Mr. Woodburn of Nevada introduced an anti-Mormon bill In the houso of representatives in congress. 1S87 In the Third district court Edward Schoenfclri. William H. Tovey and Thomas Morrison of Salt Lako City, and Andrew W. Cooloy of Brighton ward were each sentenced by Judgo Zane lo six months' Imprisonment in the penitentiary and lined for unlawful un-lawful cohabitation. United States deputy marshals subpoenaed a number num-ber of witnesses In casos of unlawful unlaw-ful cohnbltatlon at Bountiful In looking look-ing for President Taylor, the Dcseret paper mill, at the mouth of the Big Cottonwood canyon, was thoroughly searched, but without avail. 1SSS Thomas Picrpont of Salt Lako City was sentenced by Judge Zane. In tho Third district court, to six months' Imprisonment and a lino of $300 for unlawful cohabitation. 1889 The city council at. Ogdcn made effort to gain possession ' of the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle squaro belonging to the chu rch. 1890 The Old Constitution building, Salt Lako City, was torn down to make room for a new five-story brick building, erected soon afterwards. The rcmnlns of tho late Willard Richards and others were removed from the family burial ground, east of the Deseret Museum, In Salt Lake Cltv. and placed In tho cemetery. Bishop Charles Jensen, Hans C. Kiel-sen Kiel-sen and Hans Sorensen, having served their terms of Imprisonment In the penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation, were set at liberty. 1S92 Mormon oldors mobbed at Denmark, Den-mark, principally on SJnelland. Elders Niels J. Hcndrlcksen and Olo Sorensen. Soren-sen. Jr., who labored on the Islands of Falster and Moen. were banlshod from the country. In the First district dis-trict court, at Provo, Joseph Dllworth ' was sentenced to one month's Imprisonment Im-prisonment for adultery. 1891 Benjamin F. Grouard. onco an active ac-tive elder In the church, and one of the first missionaries sent to the Society So-ciety Islands, died at Santa Ann. Los Angeles county, Cal. Elders John Vetterll and Julius Ullleler. Jr., wero banished from Prussia where they labored as Mormon missionaries. John M. Allen was arrested at Clifton, Garfield county, for unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. 1897 Tho ninetieth anniversary of President Wllford Woodruff's birthday birth-day was celebrated with interesting services in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, and was generally observed thioughout the ch'urch. Patriarch Charles N. Smith died at Monroe. Sevier county. 1898 The name of the Indian territory mission of the Mormon church was changed by the first presidency to the southwestern states mission, and was to Include the states of Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. 1899 Israel E. Brown, the oldest Knight Templar In tho state, dies at Ogden. 1900 Democrats nominate W. 11. King for congress. Populists adopt platform. plat-form. 1902 Patrick Sullivan, miner and Civil War veteran, found dead in bed. Complaint charging John Strange with murder of Colonel Prowso filed. Irrigation Irri-gation convention addressed memorial me-morial to congress and adjourned 1004 Elwood Mead lectures on irrigation. 1900 Walter S. Moss, Lyric theater man-a man-a ager, dead. Dead male child, ten days old, found In downtown gutter 1907 Opening gun fired In college fight. House refuses to raise salaries ol board of equalization. Six soldiers await trial for highway robbery. New engineers appointed by street railway, 1908 Mayor Brewer of Ogden orders chief of police to keep saloons closed tight on Sundays. |
