| Show ir f RAND AND COUNTY HISTORY TEEMS W WITH TH INTE INTEREST T I lies Grand Orand coun- coun i it in arc area areat empire mp I re in em t tr rea 16 Jj sQuare miles countY ty r counties ol olof of o of the t the 1 11 Ol oe feh been so ao since h. h 9 and made madeth c tate MJ to se It wa Was ma fit t I the or thO In e I en th gt O convened in Salt Lake r lASS the t e of Indian 15 tho on- on connection wit with Ith tS ln la 0 In tn the theor M Ish cc to Which or 0 Of th the territory rb part the thed them thern at length th by cussed us 3 eu J's Js n decision d b ten tetI in iii a in the l JIk lk moun- moun mission Iol n IL a has since been 3 In L the La n. n Sat Sal m mountains aged to to make mako In order t Ul Utah rib h that section if bt bC the h MS S in d educate educato them At the con con- Zb 10 to O selected were 2 one forty men n m ri reC ce Cor t one mission and aid the site the bO Ss In Little valley near 1 le county s scat town of or the thestY e tre t T located Alfred Moab b I 1 no now lit stY beaded the mission as pr prest pres- pres l appointed tell b by Pr- Pr Pres- Pres b been wn n t Young t t BrIa O oC the tho o mission slon Was wis as The antI laBU an rind d on u May fa 21 1 the party to Lo what Is b now no on n the trip The members ers nf lit f the tho county HI Andrew J. J Allred AlM Al- Al lu n were e I At-I t Billing ILlIn Robert Brown Mar Mar- M I J in William Behunin Archi- Archi I Archi-I Shelton Clark i John X cv J I r John Cra Crawford tord Moses Drar Dra- Dra I rd towards l Alma I r Freeman reeman p P. P Fair FaIr- I ton James W. W nt Oliver B B. huntington I It at t William m R. R Holden Jo Lot 1 E IS Hunt Hunt- toi o o. o Charles Charls A. A Huntington Hunt I Wilt- Wilt ill Hamblin Richard James Je f a D D. Johnson William P. P Jon Jones 8 Jr John I Fin tn LihI John Lowry 11 LevI Ie G. G Metcalf John yeo nD eo n n. Moore foor William G. G Pett Petty Petry in at Christopher r C. C Perkins 1 Fron ron t i p Pace c JoSph Joseph L. L Rawlins John Johll elby Pet Peter r Stubbs Thomas Wilson IVLlon l W. W EphraIm Wright right WIlliams y t. t Started j. j y j. Missionaries I 1 was ns a well vell equipped company Ies wagons live o stock poultry I irm in m Implements seed grain I itt lon tiC etc two Twenty da days s 's after the tart rt t the mission arrived arrive at M t Grand GrandITer liver ITer fer near nur Moab and settled In Iii LIt LIt- le nile ralley They Ther at once began ean the 1 of or a 1 stockade where the they I I 14 store their supplies and by bo JlII July Nd Md d a corral o of 10 logs s and ita ta n began beg the construction of o n. n stone to tot t led this was finished on July luly Tul 1 19 I. I The however proved a fall fall- ir The Indians refused the thc over over- ts made raade and the friction grew rae r Fit e until September 22 when the theton ton changed Its her herding ground h rounding up the tho live ll stock James r. r Runt Hant who was accompanied h by ly lyrie rie son sort of oC Chief hief St. St John when lIe aVo away ay a from the fort was vas shot 1 L the back k b by Charles and fatally fatall d details of or the h battle Ul that hat fold fol- fol Wd td d arc an to told III by Peter Petr Go hb j history of or Indian n U n In la Utah who details that after aCter font t was wat shot Pre President s en era started t to lo bring Hunt into intI 5 rt picking him up in ill a n near the tho fort the Indians again id ed fire a anti and aP P President Till ings was In liI the hand but the p party parly 14 rIt with Hupt at l th the fort and on following day the live stock was wt de ded up and rUn r into the corral conal Q the Indians were reinforced Id d the they set fire to the tho haystacks 8 i Jtb kh V-rc V entirely destroyed ll as ns was wa supply of or corn The corral conal was wason wason on on Pre fire but by 1 y desperate work worL it itei ei although some of or the lo logs a afre f fre re almost d burned through the Sa S rd precedIng the tho atI at- at ek I oj en 01 the tie fort Edward Edwards and llani who ern 1 ve v- v tre e slain by ily the thc Indians Indians' who ho killed tl m A AS j the they nicy were coining down the nai aln o on their return home l e view vier 1 of f the fact that tha t runners M bc Len been n le tnt 1 by th Indians ns for fo- roin- roin II it was 15 decided to abandon on a I L fort wit with It th the result l 1 on the mor morning morIng ln o of f September 24 Party mtr started north abandoning a a ae f e art at Q r f their stock cing in j e f rl pt the they were met Illet b by a n. friend friend- trien ln-n i ho who 1 yon tho thie party that see sec that the bodies of or th the a were we're hurled l. l The party part led north toward MantI Mantl arriving tn o 0 on the morning of October 4 4 Eik E Mountain lount mission missions was s there there- ll I t re or tc less s trouble Double with I i i In that nf 1 the tate state ila e i I l the faIt falt fallot or of 1890 petItions forwarded th the K vernor o of or the li hIm to IB lay lav before ft I of rd nt that stra straggling t o n an front from th the reservations reSOr and nd Colorado were constantly n the i l nocks flocks of oC tlc ho o settlers Bottlers 1 S' S an d were ere ei killing Cattle c stealing from the farms I an and tso 1110 n Purely te for or th the tho hides alone aion action was taleen and U 1 left teft to work ork out ut ut the tho 8 County was created b by the theo thel T l th or of the o ter- ter e bIll te creating it passing the thc ui- ui I and being approved cl b by bythe the l Thomas otna governor nor March 13 l e d day th the tho l or of l the thc session n- n nT T The rho c boundaries as ns fol- fol et U th that at POttI of the tho Terri cg g embraced withIn the fol- fol I t o at at t th tI JO It Common Common- n 8 PoInt of ot 1 Intersection of ot ott t d iree 1 3 30 o minutes t north the e 1 line life or of r the state rL nr tb the 11 n thence north Cot rd between bet Emery county count 1 tr to t th- th the point of ot th thence West vest t- t c Southern ry line n hi n nty to the hc Copter ot of C th th of rt Green cn river thence o annel n the he center of or the thc r trot o sai Ial Green river river- tc to 1 lEn no ot or Sa San Juan 19 1 to county er ilki f place e or of f beginning nde 1 and named Grand 14 to County seat at at M nb ab i ia a tt i b l hereby attached to tc tol t l or t or the Ule Flut FIrt judicial UIt n. n s i territory Of OI criminal or civil Uw no now pen pending di ng In any court courts which have ha arisen within tho the territory above described described de do- scribed shall be and determined regardless of oC the creation of ot Grand count county and any cause causO of or action now accrued or 01 criminal offense committed commit commit- ted before tho the p passage o of this bill within with with- in tho territory forming Grand Orand count county where proceedings have not been com com- id d at the tho time of ot the passage of oC this act net shall holI be tried and determined In said First jU Judicial district except cases cognizable In justices justice's courts which cases casos shall be tried in Grand Grand Co count county U U t y For tho the purpose of or organizing Grants Grand Gran county the following officers are hereby hereby here here- by b appointed John II H. Shafer Henson Walker and ami II n. C C. Camp selectmen Walter Moore sheriff O. O D D. Allen AlIen as assessor as- as sessor and antI collector Sylvanus Sl Richardson RichardS Richard Richard- S son 0 fl Pros prosecuting t I n g attorn attorney ey Arthur Taylor treasurer II H. B n Ii Beach county superintendent of oC schools William H II It Allred coroner Joel Shoemaker ker our aur- eor George Goorge II H. Wade ade clerk cleric George 11 U. Wade recorder said officers shall shaH take tho thu oath of ot office pre prescribed by bylaw bylaw law low and give bonds In such penal amounts as required by by law The They shall hol hold said saltI offices until the next general election In 1890 1390 und and until their SUccessors are arc elected and qualified They shall ahall commence the duties of oC their offices Immediately upon qualifying quail quail- C lying and the tle selectmen tho the commissioners commis shall on or before the first Monday In May Iny 1890 meet teet and or organize organize or- or and appoint such officers as are arc necessary r for Cor th the tho complete organization tion Lion of or the count county an and tho the transaction of all bu ine R matters therein who shall before entering upon their duties du of oC their offices qualify as the law taw di dt- dt Tho The county court o of said county county county coun coun- ty sh shall shah ll prescribe th the boundaries of all precincts and school districts and exercise all powers and perform all aU acts as by law pro l provided e AlT All taxable property within the aid county i o ur of Grand shall be assessed l b by bythe th the lie assessor thereof and nd I nfl all pro property ert 1 within 1 fa said count county that may have be been n assessed by b the assessor r of Emery n i count county for tor the year ear 1890 shall shaH at the I meeting o of the thc board of ot r equalization I of Bald caIl Emery county be le stricken n from the assessment roll roU This This' shall take effect upon Its approval I Act Acl Longest on Record This was the thc longest act creating a 3 count county that hot had hind been passed b by an any Le Legislature previous for the reason that that hat it provided ld tI for a complete organization organ organ- of or the county count by 11 the tho act I At that time Um the federal l officers of the territory were Arthur I I. L. L Thomas I Elijah Sells secretary judges Judes of or the thc mo court Charles Charle I 3 S. Z Zane n chief Justice r T. T J. J Ander Anderson on I IT P P. Henderson and T J. W- W Blackburn associate Justices 12 fl g II Parsons P States Stites mar marshal e. e S S. S Varlan I district attorney J R E IJ n Critchlow assistant United States at- at I at-I Lorney torner e IS Daggett Da surveyor 01 general 1 I. I r. r I. I D D. Hobbs register of oJ th the land of office of- of flee fice IrOt hoyt Sherman Jr 11 receiver of public mones mone's moneys T r C C. C Bailey United States Stales revenue collector I In n the thc legislature that created county count I K F S. S Richards of Salt SlUt Lake was at president ent of or the council and an I I Prank J. J Cannon of Ogden secretary in Lo the thc House James Sharp Shari of or Salt Laicu ko was ivas speaker an and Robert S. S Campbell was chief clerk In the Thirtieth L Legislature c on February Fob Feb lUal mary 2 27 i 1892 a was taken off ocr I sf of f Uintah tintah county and added to Grand tho the act roa rending reading in that all that portion af or county beginning beg at a n. point where the tho hird parallel stan standard crosses Given Grer river east ast following following fol fol- lowing towing said sad third standard p parallel t ther to where her j it crosSes th tho boundary between I and Grand counties In Ina Ini a i a southerly and western direction fallowing fed fal t l- l lowing lowing- the tho boundary line line- between UIn- UIn tab tah and Grand counties to Green river thence north following the thc channel of or river to the thc point of or beginning la attached to an and made mac a part of Grand cO county lIty The Thc total number of oC registered votes in the thc state glat In iU 1800 1890 was S HSIn November No No- oember o- o ember vember 1892 Grand count county cast a to total to- to tat tal vote of or out of or a n total registered vote otc oi of Ij of or which thirteen were Republican ep Democrat seven seventy anti and seven twenty Liberal Scenic Beauties Abound in County The average a al altitude o of the county count is about feet cut fh The Roan noan of or Brown cliffs cHUs cover the tho northern part and to the thc north of this la is I a mesa mega known n n as the East Ta plateau the thc dividing dl lino line for the waters streams that headIn head headin in this plateau flowing north Into county and anti to the south Into Grand riVer The northern fm limits HR of the Gran Grand River cl valley are arc marked bythe by bythe bythe the Book cliffs cuer Jn 11 tho the extreme south south- vent part of or the thc county count aro are the Orange The Tho LaSal La- La cliffs anil nl the Dome Dom plateau Sal mountains In lit which i IP is included Include the Included the LaSal Sal forest arc are In the southeast part of oC tho the count county And about these forest reserves It wilt will be a dl digression but within the State of Utah there arc nrc wholly ly Jr or In part jart twelve twel of or the nations nation's The superintendent o of the thc Mantl Manti forest recently had hail this to say fa about the reserves es within our own state tato The mal narea of or th these 80 forests In Include In- In elude clude the principal mountain ln ran ranges es of oC the state the Ul Uintah tah range In the northeast running cast east and west and andI tho the running generally north I and south through the thc central portion almost to the tho Arizona lino together with tho the more snore isolated Elk Ridge Abajo and La Sal ranges In the tho southeast southeast south south- east cast the th Pine Pin Valle Valley range ranga In th the southwest and antI tho Bear River lUer and ami Raft River HI ranges ran near tho the northern I boundary extending on Into Idaho I. I Embracing as the they do without their boundaries the principal watershed areas of the tho state upon tho the protection of or which Utah's Immense Irrigation In Interests Interests In- In and und the pure and plentiful water water witter wa wit- ter supply of many of or her cities and towns must largely larget depend containing about 94 91 per cent of ot the total timber I resources resource ot oZ tho the state affording sum- sum m r pasturage for tor her vast herds herd of sheep and cattle and providing recreation recreation tion tier areas unsurpassed in their scenic beauty and natural attractions these national forests and their protection administration and development have ha havea a a. direct and most Important bearing upon tho the Industrial growth and civic welfare o of the state It Is a unique fact that unlike any other state In this respect ct each o of the twenty nine counties In Utah contains at least a small share of this acres acre of national forest land and shares In its Ita receipts This can bo paid raid of from HO fO acres acnes tho the yield being 2000 bushels or 40 bushels per acre from tho G O acres planted to corn the barvest harvest bar har vest cst was bushels an nn average of oC bushels per acre which was more than double tho the general average per acre for tho the state bushels of ot po potatoes potatoes po- po Were cre produced on 48 acres an average o of bushels per acre The ncr acreage sown cown to wheat this year Is estimated at acres which Is 18 per cent cent of ot that sown b t year ear It was estimated that there ther were In Inthe Inthe inthe the hands of ot the farmers of ot tho the county on March 1 of ot last years year's crop 1000 were offered and sold while at atthe atthe the thc second sale salt In 1918 there were purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased OJ 09 acres the price paid beIng boIn boIng bo- bo In Ing 2272 2272 Taxes to the tho amount of ot were cro assessed In 1919 divided thus state state school chool and antI high school five mills 2671 7 state road road 2 25 mills county 55 56 mills 2702 1 then there is isa isIL Isu a u sp special tax levied on sheep of ot five mills which produces re of oC on horses and cattle four mills which brings briars in 1857 and on domestic O one 10 mill amounting to 1370 which is use used to pa pay bounty bount on predatory ani ani- mals maIM Tho Thio county count has outstanding bonds and H bridge b bonds the school schoot district which Includes the entire county co has outstanding outstanding out out- standing 1 j bonds Grand |
