Show EANE ANE COUNTY STOCK SECTION OF UTAH 1 i mARiEs of oC tho the various arlous counties I n Utah territory vero defined et cd March 3 1852 There fu counties In tho the tern tern- were Cache Davis Dals Des- Des River Great Salt Lake Tooele Juab Millard Sanpete Weber Summit and D. D boundaries boundaries of ot Green River coun oun- Ire re designated thus That all an allt Ot t sectIon of ot country bounded on orth rth by Oregon east cast by the torl tor tor- lit 11 l line Bouth by the parallel ot of l degree deTeo and thirty Lii ea north borth latitude and west by a al l and aed 4 south lino line that intersects Ur r Creek whore where tho the present Im- Im Ion ii road crosses It Is is and the thes s hereby called Green River 7 I Itt tt it Wa was some lEorna county in size elze for for heed nIt all that portion ot or the le ten ter- bou ed On tho the north b by Weber y v east t b by the western shore of Lak fe Muth Uth by the tho Parallel of oC II e ot ef forming th tho southern boun- boun co County nty and west by Call- Call The act creating this county ed Prove March 2 3 1852 05 On County which was rT 18 1854 1 included of if od all nil that por- por H lort fy bounded on tho the north county east by br the tho parallel fIte tl gree s south uth b by the li Una of f tho and wc West t and ana was attached d ch to Mil Mil- COUntr for tor election re revenue and l' l lature of 1856 changed thoe the tho ri ot of the e several counties a and 1 Wa n January 6 5 1856 Carson tha extended 80 so as to be boun bound bound- north b by Oregon by and d da California a and cast enst ly by tho dred red and eighth Parallel of ot I e arne Wa te the tho county of Hum- Hum 0 7 f nM Utah created It U the t n territory bounded north Vest IV y r Millard by Carson Jl COUnt county county count and east b P 11 a lie by degrees C west the was likewise crent- crent same time e ed tho anti and this county 1 Portion of or tho the On n th territory north by Or Ore Oregon on west dt S eS COUnt south Muth by Millard and eat l by I longitude ili de- de L C d was also created at ra t and Included tho the ter- ter ed en the the north by OreS OreS' Oregon t n 3 count county south b by and east ast by that of or the west shore of oC Great Salt lake lIn ling hag between the north line of Desert count county and tho the most moat westerly point or of ortho ortho tho luke hike and ancl b by a line running north from said most westerly point to the southern boundary of or Oregon At this se session slon of the legislature and ancl Included in the same bill was tho the Creation creation Crea crea- tion of or Cache county the law reading All that portion of Utah ULah territory bounded on the north by Oregon Ores west westby by the summit of oC the mountains mount next t west of Cache valley south by a line running east past from a point six north of Brigham Young Young- Sr and Lorenzo Loremo Snows Snow's flouring mill In Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham City to the thc west line Una of oC Green Groan River count county le iS and the tho same flamo shall hereafter be called Cache count county All 11 that portion of Utah Ulah territory xun bounded d as follows viz Iz Be Beginning in the center conter of or tho the channel of oC Bear river at al the west line of ot Cache Cacha count county county coun coun- t ty thence down said river five tho miles from tho the month of or Its lower canyon thence west to to Greasewood county thence southerly along alonS' tho the eastern boundary of county to n a point due west from the Hot Springs SprInG's at al the tho t territorial road In Weber county county coun coun- t ty thence east to tho the western boundary boundary boun boun- dar dary of ot Summit county count then thence co northerly north north- orly erly along said Raid boundary to tho the south line of or Cache count county thence west along tho the south line of or said count county thence northerly along tho the west boundary of ot said Raid county to the place of or beginning b is and shall bo be called Box Bo Elder county county coun coup ty and ancI tho the count county seat scat Is la located at Brigham City All that portion of ef Utah territory boun bounded fd north b by Oregon west b by county south by Box EIder El Elder El- El der dec and east b by Cache counties is and tho the same sarno shall hereafter be called Malad county count I All portion of or Utah territory bounded bound cd north b by Great Salt Lake 0 count county east b by a n lino line running lengthwise length- length wise through th the center of or Utah lake lale and b by tho the center of tho the channels of or Jordan river and Salt S creek so far faras faras I ILIS as LIS these G streams nm run in Utah count I south of Juab county count and west b by Too Too- cle do county Is In and shall shall hereafter horel bo be i called Cedar county All that part of tho the territory bounded bound bound- c ed ad north by Millard cast b by bythe bytho tho the territorial line south by b- ban an east and west lino line crossing tho the military ro road 1 on the tho summit of ot tho the ridge dividing dl Little Salt and upper Beaver an and 1 west by Carson county count Is la and th the tho samo same shall hereafter be bo called Beaver Deaver count county The boundary between Iron and Washington ton counties shall 11 bo be a line lineL L running east cast and west across this through a point four tour miles mUes north from the northeast corner of Fort Harmony Harmony Har Har- mony II county Utah territory was created by act of or the Legislative assembly assembly as ns- ly and approved January Januar I 12 an and embraced all that portion of oC Too Too- dc cle count county bounded on tho the south Houth 1 by luab Juab count county on the cast east b by Cedar county to where It will vill strike a 3 direct lino Uno running west on tho the summit of or tho the dividing ridge e between and andRush Rush flush valleys thence west to St. St Mary Ian county south along the hue lino oC oCal of said al count county to Juab county count shall be and md Is la hereby called county The Tho Judge when elected was w authorized authorize to organize the county und and locate tho the county sent scat in each Instance except in Box J Elder count county where Brigham CIl City was designated On 10 1866 the Ic Legislature changed chane-cd tho the boundaries of or tho the several counties and designated tho the county seats Beats The boundaries of oC Kane county as described In the act reads reads' That all nil that portion o of Utah territory bounded l north by hyaline a line running duo east cant from a point four tour miles north norh of oC tho northeast corner of Fort Harmony cast enst by Colorado territory south IJ by Arizona and west by a a- alino line lino running duo north from the southern boundary of oC Utah territory passing through the tho largest mineral spring at nt tho the mouth of or Rio Itlo Virgin canyon until It reaches the tho summit of or tho the i dl dividing ridge between be bo- bc- bc tween tho the Lc and Ash creeks C and thence northeasterly along the tho summit of oC tho the dividing J J to its intersection tion with tho line lino first above e mentioned Is I hereby mado made and named Kane county County count coun coun- t ty with Hh U the county count seat at nt Grafton On January 1 12 18 1807 tho Legislature passed and tho the act w war n approved changing tho the county count seat scat In tn I Kane me county count from Grafton to On February 1 19 1869 tho the Legislature tho the boundaries of b by an act enlarged o l count county tho the b boundaries being as follows That all that portion of or Washington Wash Wash- ash ln ington ton county lying cast east of or a tl line be beginning beginning bp- bp ginning on tho the southern boundary of this tills territory duo south of ot Grapevine Spring thence running north through said Bald spring to the summit of oC the mountain between Ash Cro Crock k and nd Pine Pino Valley llev and along said summit to lo theline tho the line lino of or Iron count county Is hereby horeb attached to Kane Kano county count and tho the county count seat of oC Kana count county Is hot hereby b romo removed from to Toquerville this act to lake effect and l bo ho in force from nail antI after the first day of oC August August Au Au- gust next Again aln In ISS 1882 tho the boundaries of oC Kano Kane county were changed b by act of or ui Legislature and this act determined deter mined tho the location of oC tho the county count scat sent Under tinder the net act of ot 1882 the boundary of of Kano Kane county fas as designated as ns follows follows fol tol- fol- fol lows Commencing Commencing- at nt tho southeast corner of ot section 2 25 township 37 south range 10 west United States survey Salt Luke Lake meridian thence running cast to tho the main channel of or orthe the Colorado Colora o river rl southwesterly southwesterly southwest southwest- erl erly down the channel of oC the tho liver er to lo the north boundary of or Arizona thence west vest alon along the said boundary to township 9 and l 10 west vest thence along said salt township line to the tho place of ot be beginning beginning be- be ginning with the tho county seat Beat at Kanab effective for election purposes c on and anti after July ruh- 1 I 1882 Kanab Kan has hns since remained the tho county count scat seat In the early earl nineties the he boundaries of or tho the county count were a again aln changed so that the county was contained within I the following lines Commencing at att atthe atthe t the e middle main channel of or the tho Colorado Cob Colo rado ralo river where intersected by tho the Uric lino separating townships 37 and 33 west to a Jl line separating ranges 9 and 10 west theno south to the boundary of or the state thence cast to lo lothe the middle lo of oC tho the main channel of the Colorado river thence northeasterly up th the mid middle le of oC said channel to the point of ot beginning This act also provided that this tho lo location ho- ho cation of or no count county sent seat could bo be re removed ro- ro moved ell unless two thirds s of or tho the voters at a general election should vote oto in favor of or tho the change chango an and this number would bo ho required to remove remo It It Since then tho the count county lines have not hoen changed l. Tho The boundaries of Kat Katic have Imo perhaps been clanged more moro than any other Kane county as ns has been said was I created In 1864 by b the tho Thirteenth Territorial For Ter Legislature the act being MI signed ned by b- GC Gox t James S. S Dot Doty fifth governor o of or the territory The Tho county then was a n. great reat empire but slices have been beon taken off ort at times until it now in area contains square miles and In acres It might bo be said of oC tho county count that part of or It Jt has hus never been eoll thor thoroughly ex- ex and tho the same can bo said of or other counties counties' In that thai section of oC tho thin state It is one of oC tho thio seven so counties In the state that Is not reached by hy railroad 1 tho the others being Da Daggett Emery Garfield Rich San Juan and find Wayne Tho The Is four timeD timea larger er than the state of oC nho Rhode Rhodo G Island Islan Is as largo large a as tho the state of oC Connecticut and huH half as largo large as ns the Ule state of oC Massachusetts l Originally it included Washington and antI tho thu southern part hart of I San Sail Juan count county when It was miles long east st and west and antI forty fort relIes In wI width lith It was named after Cot Cob Thomas I I. Kane Kano who ho was at Council Bluffs on July Juh 16 IG when the tho Mormon battalion was org organized nl ed and who ho from that time until the tho end ond came camo was the fast fasl friend of oC tho the Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon people It was ns largely duo to tho the Influence of oC Colonel Kane Kano that President Prest- Prest dent Millard Fillmore appointed BrIgham Brigham Brig Brig- rl ham Young Young- governor o of ot Utah territory terri tern tor tory and who replied to tho the charges 3 against President Young I praised his hia patriotism referred to the tho Mormon battalion an and speaking Jc of ot Brigham Youn Young said laid It was his first American Amen Ameri can flag that was brought out dut to float over those hills for the first time his drums rums beat and anti his bravo brave American speeches rang through the hearts of tho thio people There is a n. diversity of oC opinion as to tho the date of or the thc s settlement of oC Kane Count county and historians of or the state differ dif dif- lf- lf fer or on this point It Is held hold b by Richarde Richards Rich Rich- ards arde in his history of Utah that the principal settlement in tho the county was wn wason on 01 the upper Virgin river when whon Virgin City was laid out b by Nephi Johnson If It on tho the other hand Harmony Is ia In Included In- In eluded In Kano Kane county count then tho the count county was settled b by John D. D Leo Leo t at Ash Creek In tho the spring pring of or 1852 If It Harmony liar Har mon mony Is 13 not included 1 then the tho Virgin in City settlement In 1855 1865 was the first In lu 18 1858 8 was founded rounded b by byJ J J. J T. T and six sic Ix other families who removed ell thero there from Cedar CIt City Indian troubles prevented an any great reat immigration Into th the county The Tho first overt act upon the tho part of or tho the occurred in 1866 when on April 2 on Short creek an nn raid took place and three persons Cero vero ere slain TIle They were Joseph Derr Berry and Robert Berry nen Berryand Berryand and wife and all live lI stock was driven off oce Other attacks followed and finally finalI final final- I ly tho the settlers In 1866 were ero forced to abandon their homes and Seek seok protection protection tion elsewhere Four oars years later when tho the In Indians lans had haTI been driven away tho the old settlers returned accompanied by man many new ones one and In 1870 the town of or Kanab KanUi was founded Other early carly settlements were Johnson ten miles east cast to Kanab near tho the Junction of ot river and Cottonwood Creek CIcele which wore ere settled In 1872 and on 01 the west bank of or the tho river rl In 1873 1875 Tho The county count In 1865 was wag included In inthe tho the second judicial district Of or the tho seventy seven so on men who ho were Inducted Into tho the service In tho the world war from rom Kano county two made mada the supreme sacrifice One sleeps in a watery wa wa- tory tery grave rave of otC off of or England and tho the other In fields where poppies bloom They rhey aro are Thaddous S S. S Hodges of ot Mt Carmel Carniel killed in the sinking of oC the steamship Moldavia 7 la 7 May 23 1918 just off tho the coast of oC England when whon the vessel ossel was torpedoed b by a Do German submarine Alfred Nichols of Kanab killed In Inaction inaction action September 30 0 1918 at Gesnes Verdun Tho The total re registration In the tho classified classi chassi- tied fied service from Kano Kana county was Of OC this number 02 registered at t die tho registration Juno June C Ii 1917 20 O at the Juno June and August registration in 1918 1913 and at t the tho o September registration 1918 a total of Of OC this number seventy seven were called and antI antIs as s stated two never nover came hack back Thi The cost of the tho selective serlee service service ser ice lee In Kane Kano county was Ol Of this went to pa pay board members members mem morn bers and to pa pay while traveling tra expenses expenses were arid and miscellaneous miscellaneous mis mis- expense There was waa no salvage salvas-c it being tho the only county count In iii the state tato not having nn any In tho the Kane count county council of or do- do fonse fonso W. W V. V W. W V. V of ot Kanab was made food administrator an and John R. R FIndlay fuel |