Show I I WALLS OF SALT LAKE CITY I t J r I i A The Old Spanish and Other Historic Enclosures of It 0 IJ t s TIt T-It the Intermountain Metropolis 1 I I 1 BUILT ASA PROTECTION AGAINST THE INDIANS AND TO PROVIDE NEEDED LABOR f I II ij 11V 11 11 V Jlow 1110 I avd I I for ho OW 5111111111 WII Nearly Xo 11tile In Lenctlit Wore nnlcTIt Unit < oiro mud Ilia I I nrlal ef Wbl1t It Was Ctiana ed14osernor Voting Appeal to Ilse fly cejj ona lcoplnlr I j I runo r Ilea Idlatt War a 1 Malseteren or 1A33jnot of the 3niallee Commission to slave this WaU J I litaliderv Take Iart lei be Great Isarillcolasing Ireaccumloart or Ilienrers 1 I I I 1 Among the many Interesting rollo flow ex out 01 1ooe tile III Utah none are more Interesting lo the stranger and slgbtseer than the remnants rem-nants of stone and earib wall blob sill stand out In bold prominence In Ihlsolly as reminders ot an historic laslVisitors find In them attractions i cotunllke those which travelers et counter In foreign land when wan derlmr about the romantic and well kept ruins of a castle of the olden lime Jo quiD Millers paint them In growing poetic colors and Ulmunl I Ilus > ells leclalm against their IeUructlon DESKIIEl NEWS late I Iding to I located ran rUM ao1 pflhea I personal pos lonollrld1 Young and was distinctive In sty an shown lu the ccomroylog illustration For some limo vast II has boon the Intention of tile Jubilee commission 10 reserve A place In the Pioneer Procter ton for t he I veteran wall loulliers 01 Ulab and 10 that end have opened up corrlondco with persons recall hr with Ibo work 01 that time Early I and Prompt felPOI311II BIG oloUly I Sanpete county was fired upon by lodl ana who also during the following night I atolo topic cattle at Tariff drove away horses at Kephl and wounded William Jolley at Sprlngvllle i July rbognard at Nephl was fired upon by Indians r July aI W Conovors company ol militia enl nut from Provo lo protect r too ln g r31 the weaker settlements had an engagement w engage-ment with the Indians noarlhe Pleasant creek iOlllomonUMt Pleaant Hanpele I I county In which six Indian wore I kllld I July2IJohn llorry I Awl Clark llob I j Art were fired upon and wounded by I Indians ot Summit crook Santaquln I while brllling an express through II h 0 I > t 1 1 1 I t I 1 1f il 1 5 7 I 6 VIP f fm I 1111 I I f I 1 11 V a Azly I i 4 11 J 4 J I t I Sr 00 V t 11 Iff 7 IVIP7 7111A 4 A101 I 11MI 4 11f G4C4 D 1 V I I > 1 I VVte7TJ 11 I i rilI I oiP 1kz11L i k a I 1 Wllu 11 L filv1 fil I 111 I 1 I 1 I I I I P 11 I I I I 1 J V Al I I I I W I I i 11 t q I L 11 1 i t N Y I Z g P 9 w 11 I QL11 W f rl I 0 I il I 1 k 911114 11 qt I it I 11 L 1 011 IV f I I t I 1 11lp C 3il 1 I olit I i I r Of L 000 Nvv i i X v a III 0 y lp 11 W 4 5 = J I41l I I we 1 o jig g = CTT12r k uinv 2 Ll Z I i II I t = I SECTION OF run OLD SPANISH WALL lIner 11 Tile course of tho wall Is easily t traced o Capitol HIM iloon towards The Warm Springs Many portions i of It are stilt fi I several feet In height I though time dcl Improienienl of property are fast obliterating there Under the brow ot the bill I Ito near the sprlocs Ibo best portions remain The action hero shown was sketched especially for the NEWS and Is an exact r I to production while more staid and lets sentimental peop e firmly believe In their preserve lion In order IbO the limes and conditions con-ditions of which they are a reflex maybe may-be perpetrated While many of the towns and villages vil-lages of early Utah had their own walls and forts as a means ol protection protec-tion acalost Ibe oD lsufbte and raids of the roving bsnds of savages that infested the Intermountain country or that period the greatest undertaklrg In the way ot wall building projected by the Mormon Pioneers was tb con strucllon about Ball Lake City of Ib old Bpanlih wall which was twelve feet high and nearly nine miles long The purpose In Its construction wa twofold It was lo cite a plica o tupfiereva refuge lor the Pioneers and turlr llv < took and other properly In tin event of being Bit I eked by Indians and to Incidentally afford Ibo to uu employed persons Tbe erection o the wall Woke begun 10 1B53 a year li I The Inhabitant bad deserted the place I and moved lo Iayaon August 10Tbo Indiana fired upon a i j I company 01 ten men on Clover cook Arcane Juh valley wounding Iso Dumn and killing Iwo horses August 17Job Dixon and John Quay I wore kllld anti John 1IoRInd I wounded by Indiana no lrloy Park I Utah I q August IoOoveoor IIrlllbom Yonoll Issued a proclamation ordering the Territorial dl m uk ritorial Militia to be kept in readiness for marching against Indiana who wr I I I f I > a 1071 If I I I I I i I 171q I iI iI I 1 4 I I I I fi ill I I 4 I I I I 1j rv J i I I ft k IA I I 1i I k I A L 7 11 I 1 1 I N I 0 N i 1 1 Na 1 I CA I 11 1 t o q I I A 12 lalv I 4 a i 4 i zare TA = 11 x d 5 It MW E I 1 0 e ZVA M jj r PZ 7 a oto t Z 101V r 0 I t0 L T I e2t iii I 1 1 lamt i V 1 5 z f tj R I I mf = z e I 1 I Z ZE4 11 Vt I I I I I r 61 l r i I z 7F R I 1 I 1 I IZ I 7 7 Z I ci L I J i Z1 4 Z 1 l 4 I k = 1 1 1 111 4f1 I I I 11 f i Z 3 71 4 I r ttl I 1 j I 1 Ci lz L l U J zV v 1 SALT LAKE CITY IN 4853 Z e r I ej 1 I a I 1 Thin picture llluitrates Halt lako City as It naa In 1S33 It Is from the 2 r 45 i I i 1 I k I 1z q t head of Kut Temple street looking south and plainly shows llohor CKIraballa I C N 1 I I I residence between North Temple and First North streets and the DESEIIET I Z ZVA 1 IZ7 I I a I J a I t In 11 I NIIWB building neatly Iwo blocks farther south Iho auctions cf wall to the I I I I Lz 1 0 I right and left are familiar land marks lo all Salt Lakers timing icpreKSnlallona 1 1 I I 1 L I I of the Temple and N JW a offlco blocks and like The section ol the old bpsulsb IT G161 1 I s J t j well were produced for Ibis article I i I I which the White settlers suffered much both Hi the lots ol life and properly I At the same time there wore large numbers or uomployd menswellint the ranks of the Pioneers and the prospects were anything but bright I The wall bull llIg > gave them something some-thing to do mud prevented much bnrJ trip TheBranlih wall however was not I Ibe lint wall lo be lullt I The one arcuud the Temple blok was well 1 underway before The lurtnerwattle anti aDd an e1I after paragrph trrn the DESES NEWS 01 OJIbr I 1853 shows that It Was LIor COMPICtieu 41 originally designed It reads as II lower Temple wall prospering continually north old nORly completed ready for Iho pickets will lou county furnish them f I The Intention was to have the stone coping which now lurmounls the wall adorned with an Iron crusting but Ibis bles I was abandoned oo account ol the allure to manufacture satisfactory Iron In Iron county The azotes of which the wall was built were all made In the old odob yard near the Hlo Grande Western depot under Iho direction of aeorz Wnlllaber a Pioneer of October 24T with whom a NEWS man talked con cerning the matter fast evening The wall wlild endues the greater portion of Ihnbicck upon wlilcb the wlIJ by CbIrIllU Hreocr mw Son Title INDIAN WAn UV 53 That there woo genuine came for ilarrn on the parttof the Inhabitant It ivldel ced by the historical accounts W rnaesacret raids and robterles br the Intl = During tbe year many ol j the settlers were killed aid stock Write I tolennud driven oil at frrquenl In ervals Here Is I a brief epitome r > l some of depredatloni the cOLli Q nice if which led lo the Itllldlng of I h WAVE l July Alexander Keel was killed by Indiana undor Chief Walker near 1ay son This was Ibo commooemoul at another Indian war July 19The guard Pleasant creek I killing pooplo and atetllng I stock In TDI oca parts of the Territory August aa l a Motions moellug Iiold I In Ibo Council house Salt Lakll City It I wa ileciilod lo build A WAn around Ibo 3 city nx a protection ago net the raids ot 11 Indian Ii ii i Atigual 29noiolutlona adopted I by Ibe City Council In compliance with Ibo ezpro od rrnuott of Iho Intmbltanl I to build I atjpanlih nail around Groat Silt 1 Ijike City It i i September 13 Wm Ilatton wax killed hv ludlani whllu clandlog guard at I rilluioro 11 bontoiuber GCapt JV Onnnlion cf the United btaletTopotraplul EngineerIng Engineer-Ing corps and seven ot er W u were kllld by Indiana ne4r the wi7 Qf I Iho Soviet river in revenge forkllllol X i Indian anti wounding two others big I i I 4 i I I I h i j I I j a company of emigrants bound for Call I j i f ° ° og ober 1JAm Nelson Wllllim I J Luke William Heed and rooms Clark j I I were killed by Indiana at the Ulnlah SprIng Banpolo Valley 0 October 2At a iklrrnlsh botween thu 0 I whites aud Indiana nt Neptil Juib r I r county eight Indlsni were kiled and t 1 I one squaw and two boy taken prison or l ovembr ilChicos oawmlll In San po e county woo burned bl Indians 1 November u Indians burned sIx 1 homes at Summit Creek Sanliquln J November 13Th mall train eels al 11 tacked by Indlani ala I miles I front Lara 1 M J rule fllKlthieo men were killed O A o Klnradoof Orct Halt Lake was robbed I i of iorm MASSACRES OF THE fJUNNIEOS lAHTV 11 II One of the most atrocious onilsugbli rJhKt ot lice year is chronteird by Tutitiga lathe tollolog tangeegat II 11 On lice litIolOoinhet1853 lover nor Young roITed an axprese Rlvlnl an ecojunlol massacre on Ihe 10h of that month by Indian 01 Captain John W Uunnleon and seven nl till party near the swamps of the BeTler river Captain Gunnlton and twelve of hIs party bad departed from tbe I IJ aa m rb rest and whit at breakfast a bind u I Indians Intending to destroy a Mormon I Mor-mon Tillage near at hand came upon f Ibm and fired with rlflee aed Ibo I uied bow and arrows Shuts were returned I re-turned by the Ounnlson party but r they wer overpowered and only four escaped UUllnloo bd twenty fr f 1 screws hOI into bh body aM When fouad bait ona at his arias nit 1 nbta i The onlea of Itt susvey which bat j t teen nearly completed Instruments I and the fmm were taken by the IndIana Governor Young Immediately I Immedi-ately lent aid to rpluM r I to release re-lease I him from his critical position In I tbe mldtt of Innlaniand endeavor to obtalu bis lost property 10IO IIU CflL J In his message to the Legislature of J I that year Governor Young laid In tho military department I of the J Territory there Is utdl llulo change from f last yeara report Idr except an Increase of J E t shunt Seven hundred names to the mao f 1 Inc rolls In the southern settlements a 0 gteatportion ot the troops liavo boon kept In almost constant Hervlce In order to preserve the Inhabitants I and their property from Indlau aggrcsalous C r e Dueiag tim tate aroobmee twelve nfoimr cllIoa have lIeon klllad at dUrrDt llmeoandnoaeywouadod andsoyanol th exploring party Inclomlieg the Ia I I mentnmt CaptaIn Ounnlon bu been killed 00 the SIr CAUTIO LEtTER TO Citing WALKEIt One of the Interesting Incidents ol the war of 1633 ti Ihe following cauitio u letter Horn Governor Young to Captain Walltortbo noted Indian chlei OREAT SALT Lone CITY July 20 tOM 1 Captain Walker I send you some 10 DBOCO to aenohe In ilin mounllu when you g1 louom You area foot lot IIghiiugonrtmnetfeiendsforweareilme I bt friends nod the only friends Ibat Of you nave In the world Everybody o would kill you If they could get acharco If you get hungry end some friendly I tgJ IDLrfh Indian t down to the toltlemenls I I and wo will gi0e 300 tome beat I nettle aiid 1I0ur II you are trald 01 Ibo tobacco which Iud I-ud yoo you caD Intaomenfynurpriu oases try 11 first and Ihn you will boom thai It la I good When yon get good natured again lwnuldiihe to coo you Dont you think you would I bo ashamedT o 1 Von know that I have always keen your 1 best friend lliuuuii YOUKQ 1 a I tin IndIan war of this period olomJ t Inlb Ijilcgof 1354 I i > CIty COUNCIL AVlEALED TOt TO-t rice records show that a large cumber 1 cum-ber prominent cilU < ns call > d upn I the qUI Council ou Ibe evening < August 23 1S53 and pnlllloned that body lo lau iteps In tbe direction 01 SreTeullag msssacre and depredation by the India a wbose merciless attacks i were terrorizing while settlers In all parti of the Slate Toe presence and obieol lo ot the petitioners I Ireibc meet tog relertol to are let fortb In the Council records In the following Ian guas lhe DIbop and ropreseniatlves 01 the DIhop8 wrdaby reporlo 01 mUng held In Iblr earl non ward by clllon of Great Halt Lake Clly and by verbal toalluiony were unanimously In favor of building a wall around the oily OB a do O fonoe glu1 lodlan uggrteaioiis evory ii ward of the city was repreieuied The Mayor 10lulrd 01 the chlrmn 1 orcommlte 00 llIuolclpal laws If They were ready to report au ordinance for the regulation of the wall being built Mr loll reported thai the committee 1 o hd not RUT wen orrRngod 1IIlIur tIe I fined The corninltloo thought proper lo defer Introduction of a bill nntll after thIn meeting Governor Young who was In attendance I attend-ance and pcrrnllleil to apeakl called upou the citizens present If any there were I who were not In favor ol the nD being O built to bring forlh their objections Judge Know spoke of tho coat and ° j amount of labor aa an objection Governor Young lion U A Smith II 0 Klmball nail several clllzoui expressed ex-pressed In norms of greateat aatlsfactlon tho oxpodloucy and practicability of J pulling up said wall as well as Iho reasonable cost of oonatruction I IJKCtDB TO 1IUILO IT f Al thIs I point tbe leeslon leemi to I have been converted Into a general mate meeting ol cttlziur nimy 01 I whom nxliseaecml themselves freely on i elrb 1 I rb tho subject unuer consideration BNJ fI ft the aoooaaity at 011 prvallon All j the WhIle sentlmout nose crystallxlug itrunuly In favor tl the project > A r lutllitr record of tue meeting shows tonI < t r It woo motioned by President Young andoncoodod by H U KlmUII I that the l i er i nl L f Illebopa 00000r In aomy moanurea I City Council may adopt which was I carried The llllhops then retired coil ibo Mayor Inslructed the Council j Coun-cil t to have a good substantial I I I wall the kind ot earthpoundeil tho I considerMlon of width and depth tho I amount city pro peenc atsusied for Its I construction Its boundary to be soc hlltUI alo 1 eyed vacant lots to UI taxed flvo acre lots I not enclosed tic On motion the following coinmllloo i wore appointed to Ideate iho wall and loport at the next mooting of the council their vlewi 1 In relation tu the loll suitable I suit-able for the wall also IU dlmeusloua and I tOtal ole viol Albert Carrluglon Parley Ir takrl IC Wi dtlrloy 1 Pratt and Fraukllii U lllthardi o J At the next melting of the CIty CLUtcll held Au UI 27th 1SS3 I ho report ot Ibo commuted uiUoml I ml j lu fix the boundary of toe wall H 1 und thr city was presented to IOn 1 t 0 uncll Ou motion tba Council ac 1 f n pled the report of thu committee I omit ordered th1 It be prloteJ At thIs mtetlug a communIcatIon j ma mad Irom Uuvuoor Ymmaog suic 0 r ° tiitne that rtsoluilonsbe uaisnd ei V I IIHITB ol the will of the people Into In-to premises and that mca ur < e tie dueled by which ossrea meals could I ji I made and CJllecloJ for the cup stiucllou ol r the wall Hutu ifcom 8 wludUon a were rcmpUy reifIed tut tllocldor On moilou the council adopted the oi iDlluelion ot Olnur YUUIt It eo nI 0 quiring an assessor to forthwith asiess the III Ion and property for building tho OtJMob rd C wall of Ihe city David Chandlaud was appoInted assessor to asess said property At a meeting beld August 29 li the committee on municipal law pre > ented renlutlons lAY flail the report or the oommlllee on survey sub toe will or the people In relstl jn In bullIng bull-Ing the oily wall agreeable to the 10UUOIIGDR ot the lost ooncll The council cplJ t rolullo JI O meT OF OONSTRUOtlOK The alwonlonot tbs wall and es limited DOt 01 CO retrur lIen were riled ri-led 10 the Council on September jt and ot I It I tile reoiM sayit Proto Oorrlngloll 01 the commIttee 011 i city wall reported ai follows The 01 llmalos for the nail around dreal Ball Lake Oily 2770 cobb jards to the roil at 60 cents per oublo yard It will coat 11281luOperrud ngh of wall exclusive of Jordan rIver 2731 rod which nverageJKM 100 por rod will coil 33803 7illOo At 20 cents per cobb yard It will cost It 03too per rod and whole wall fl35i 91100 at 80 cents per oublo yard It will cost f7 42100 per rod and whole wall 120235 SOIUO at 40 cents por oublo yard It vlll cost SJ 09100 per rod and whole wall 0201047 62100 Allow I SJOOO for bastions oalverts and plaIn gates with cue tier 01 portholes on tho alralght tco and mOre dr on be round faco baslions lo ho forty rods apart David Candland the assessor to as ess the property In I tho olty presented hIs report or comparative approximate report of oily wall which was accepted On motion of the Mayor thIs councilor line David CaDdland a vole ot Ihnk ocr hIs diligence assessing the differ cot wards of the oily which carried A olalloo was adopted providing That David Candland assessor do Ivor lo each of the Bishop of Iho wards of the city he amounts assessed aud ho amount often appended to each Individual In-dividual name at the rate ol 3 per con c-on the amount assessed which carried DEsERET NEWS COMMENT The DEsK Er NEWS QI OIl 11833 had Ibis lu say of the building of tOo wlI At 4 oolock p ni of the 23rd lot the Bishops at alt the wrd 0 he ally mot In the Stale Home with the City Council and roporled all theIr wards unanimous for walling In the whole citywith a geod Ulloh upon the outsIde 01 the wall barupon time City Council appjlmel Albert Car rlo lon Parley P Pratt and Franklin Frank-lin DIto leMi a committee ionic the line ot laid Wall aDd report Ihsmn o Saturday the 27lb from which date lbs wall and dlton are lo be lat nrd upon with diligence until completed com-pleted The wall will be built ol mud toileD brunt lb dllb and mIxed wtlb alraw or by and grav1 and laid up lu coarssa deep a Ihoonltoc 01 1 Ibo mud will allow 10 be repeated whoa Ihe pievlous coarse li I dried until un-til lice wall Is finished Tbll li I deemed lobe Ihe cheapen and In the ndr moat durabl method that we can ai present ad ml TilE WALLS COURSE I Under the beading City Wall the I DKSKIILT NEWS of the saute Uaio pub IIIIUJ the bnlluviim 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Coun-cil of Great Matt Lake Cltyi Qeutlomen We the undoralgned committee com-mittee appointed your last I Hung on the S3rd lull lo determine the line for the contemplated wall around the city reipectfully present the lollowlog UEIOIITI We recommend that the boor Uue nf ike wall oommneo St a point eight rods south of the east corner ol lot three In block one 01 plot U Iheuce duo north KM rods Including two blocks and two olroo rlhof the pomona ur Try tli noo i due west about 403 rods to the east line of First East Temple street tlienco northweslerly about JS7 rod tea point near the aouthoaat corner ol the block upon which the pub lo bath louse Is located thence due west about 472 rod to thu clear Jordan blloe up be eatt bank of aald river to a point where maId line would Intersect the weal Irolongallno nl tue north line of ihe Ore acre Iota hence du eeast about 1023 rod lo the point of beginning making In all troJ 1 about i7il rods exclusive of the weskor Jordan rlr The soil ou the south and east lines and on the line west of the bathhouse very suitable lor easy digging aud making mak-ing into wsll Ihougbsinall portion are somewhat swampy From the N U comnornrtbepro cord enoloaaro to lIme 1 N 17 rrgf the bathhouse block there will be mora or lea I gravel bu your commltioe judged there would be utnclent HOU for making mud In the pan of thIs portion of the line Vo also reipoctlully recommend that the Inner idgo of the wall be ou the abovo described line and the outer edge bo from 20 lo 30 Inches from the breaking break-ing of the ground for Hie dlloh according accord-ing to Ibo condition at the aoll and Inclination In-clination of the suriocel that the wall bo made twelve feel high and six feel thick at the bottom carried up with an equal elope ou each face BO as to be 2f tort thick and rounded on the lop thai II I bad b-ad of the earth taken from the ditch which should bu properly moistened mixed with woeda sage brush small willows grass canebullrushee or whatever what-ever like isolation Is hau jlest lo abe portion under progress and gravel whero conenlem and placed on the ground for the wall at a depth suited to tin consistency and whn Ihe fled layer Is I dry repeat the operation until the wall li completed thai the ditch be dug largo enough lo furnish the earth for the wall wltb proportionate width and depth and properly eloped sides Of necessity there must berates and basllons and we recommend that there be one gate on the north line to boon the street next wen 01 the bath uouc one gate at City Creek one where < the railroad nroaaro the bloc ooe ou the sorcot Iht will b1 accommodate the ravel lu and from the sent and a soOt Ienl number nn the loath IIn toon ably coommnda e ehe travel Into Ibe big field and the country nolbl that half moon bastions bo made 10 the wall al stance aa near forty rod apart as the enrtbe ground will idmlidlhe We would further rcomlllend the flowing fl-owing method for railing and applying he uieani to build the wall to wit < ttheassoasorrhnrg o ton dollars ou every city lot now surveyed or that may hereafter b esuro eyed withIn with-In said call then rao each lot that la taken or may be at Its fair cub market aluo according to i Its location and also the Improvements thereon then estimates eseenran mar be the rout or making tho wall ddnot I therefrom Ihe amount sri log mom the ton dollars ou ruth > Ol t and with tbe balance of the enllniaieand ho amount anteIng from Ibo valuation of lots mmd Improvements arrive el the per Ibltlolt J J rr at enlafro ou nalu valuation I this lo be done by wards ai soon as practicable and when com en for any ward let U be 11rr JI landed to Ihe Hlshop of that ward who will I toe la the collodion and application 01 his I portion I I the collection lobe made It n any mode thai wilt answer tho de Ignod purpo All uf wblcb Is respectfully submitted by MI1KIIT UAIIRlNaTO totmtoy P IlAtT TlIANEUM D KlCHAlim GnxAT SALT LAKE CITY August 27 1853 1013rwu fwo dave later a reolullon overln these rrcomodaUolI 2wae promo i < atelover Ibo signatureof I Mayor J M Urant and Cily lleojrJer Itobeit Campbell OAKDLAND TO CUArn IAN CLAWBOM In this connection Cnalrman Claw ion has received the following teller from Mr Candland the Spanish wall lurveyot I CnrsTErt Jnne 01897 Dear Sir Referring again lo yours of May Oth nato getting a procession of builders of the Old City Wall by correspondence corres-pondence I think your request therefore there-fore publlhd In Iho papore would effectuale this at lIttle cost Homo simple sim-ple banner who they lie dale of build ligsnmee 1833 nod any nlhr demon alrallng fact would bo the thing HLould circuuistanoea favor my corning I nhall be proud to Join In said procession If dmd propei advertising I for the builders I yon tNl te lbtnI loo strike them whereas I know not whom to addroM Advertising and pontage ace very inalerlal fads with me I have a deep and an abldlolllolrt lathe beth coming Jubilee nooo pray for its abon I dant success ItaspectfullyUlc DAVID CANDLANI |