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Show Thursday, April 12, 2007 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 17 Been There, Done That Hundred Tilings We Love About Utah County (a partial list) SNIPPITTS ofSpringville History Liz Elder 1. You don't have to drive far to see a cow " 2. People from California or New York think your : house is HUGE 3. Drive-through drink - refills fall o. vuiei ounuay streets ' 6. Spanish Fark, criks, " and patriotical blessings -. til.l r- a T-y i uian iounty tngusn 7. Goin' up the canyon - 8. Autumn oak on the mountains 9. The last snow on i i imn 10. Watching fires burn un me muuiuain tassum- ing everyone's safe) : 11. Bridal Veil Falls 12. Sneaking my shoes off in the Springville Art - Museum and walking on the beautiful handmade tiles 13. Stan's, Ripple's, Zub's, Joe Bandido's, Glade's-all the great home-town cafes, and "happy hour" at Sonic 14. Squashing pennies on the train tracks 15. Palmyra, Lake Shore, Genola, all the tiny towns 16. The Fourth of July: the fireworks, the booths, the parade 17. Art City Days, Onion Days, Strawberry Days, all the days 18. The huge flags in the Macy's parking lots 19. Skunks on the high-way-Mmmmm 20. The Christmas lights and music on Spanish Oaks golf course 21. Fresh corn and Green River melons 22. Big wide streets 23. Old houses with two front doors 24. Lakeshore Egg Farm 25. Early morning pancake pan-cake breakfasts 26. tenter Street in Provo Pro-vo 27. Bonfires at Utah Lake 28. Sunflowers 29. 1-15 30. Water canals 31. Mountain streams in spring 32. Seeing deer on a canyon can-yon road 33. Neighbor kids on the honor roll list in the paper 34. BYU: the Bean Museum, Mu-seum, the Art Museum, the library, the concert halls and theaters 35. Feeding ducks 36. Sculpture in downtown down-town Springville 37. Baby's first snow 38. Trunk or Treat 39. Train whistles at night 40. Quiet, in general 41. Being able to look at Excerpts from Don C. Johnson's book, "Springville History" In 1855 the Spanish Fork, Provo and Springville boys were engaged in hostilities. With the Provo boys the feelings feel-ings became so bitter and the encounters so frequent that the bishops and teachers had to interfere. The boys of the three rival villages were known among themselves as the "Springville Sharpers," the "Provo Pacers" and the "Spanish Fork Gophers." When a band of our herd-boys herd-boys met a band of "Gophers" out in the clay beds (where Westrock plant is located now) an encounter was sure to ensue, in which slings, switches and mud-throwers were called into requisition. These mud-throwers were the herd-boys ideal weapons. It was a hickory switch, six the mountains fifty times a day 42. Tubing 43. I'm done, I need your input! What do you like what don't you idee? feet long, with a ball of clay pressed upon the end. This missile was projected into space by a dexterous turn of the wrist, and sent flying to is mark with great precision and velocity, and wherever it struck the body, a large and painful welt was raised. Spring Creek, which marked the boundary of the rival villages, contained three swimming holes, which were claimed as the property of each. The rivals would often meet peaceable and compare their skill in swimming; but often of-ten some dispute would arise and an encounter was the inevitable result, in which all sorts of weapons were used -teeth, fists, stones, clubs and mud-throwers. . Sometimes the "Pacers" would put to flight the "Sharpers," "Sharp-ers," and sometimes the "Sharpers" were victorious. One day a number of young men came from Provo to help their little brothers, and it so happened that the "Sharpers" had brought their big brothers broth-ers with them. A quarrel was easily provoked and a gen eral engagement took place, which resulted in a decisive victory for the "Sharpers." Two of the larger Provo boys were shamefully beaten, and had to be helped home by their comrades. After the fight our boys broke up a plow that lay in a field on the Provo side and threw the pieces into the stream. Charges were made by some Provo parties against Springville's belligerents, for bodily injuries done, also for the destruction of the plow. The "Sharpers" were fined fifty cents each to pay for the plow and the broken heads. Bad feelings continued between be-tween the rival factions for several years. All Springville citizens are invited to write an experience or two and submit to the Historical His-torical Society. These recalled experiences will be published in the Springville Herald. There are an awful lot of stories sto-ries out out there that need to be recorded and preserved as part of our history. 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