Show I KNOW UTAH I By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS Who aro you ou going gainS to havo 0 for fot your was waB the thc question asked b by Peter Maughan who visited tho Gaelic Cache valley valle to organize the thc settlement under the ha direction dh v f tho tim I L. L D. D S. S church Pointing across acrus to tn tho ho homo of or William WilHam n B B Preston ho he replied Thero is isa s sa who to bo n a a. young oun man ln lI living in III that house seems vr very enterprising man wI who wh I think will wUl mako malf a n good bishop JIo Ho and tho ho Thatcher boys have havo dono clono the and Improving during most In tho the shape of or building tho ho they havo o located here hero They have o worked night and day dar TI The apostles e satisfied t with l t the selection and thus William wiiiiam u. u i unknown was chosen bishop ot of Logan Ho was set et ct apart for tor that office by E. E T T. Benson Denson Ih Hyde e and I Peter Maughan The Tho winter of or SliD 1859 w was a n. lone lonc- somo isomo ono one In lii the valle valley with wilk only seventeen f families settled The Tho weather was as cold with much snow During tho tin winter tho settlers built buill a II which was also used as M n ll meeting mee house Logan having been Leen selected a ai tto tho county seat work in tho cad early spring included the construction of oC the tho Logan and Hydo Park canal w which Ii hie I c h of or farming land and watered Logan Los a n. largo tract U Hyde Hydo do Park While tim the undertaking was n. n largo one and thero there was somo objection Bishop Maughan was not deterred Ho said I 1 guest guesS we wo can cut the canal Tho The work was started when there was two feet reet of oC snow on tho the ground Bishop and Jesse Jesso W. W Fox laid out Logan the bishop carrying the tho chain Since Sinco thero was a a. heavy migration to the northern part of or tho territory in 1860 a large part liart of or Bishop Preston's timo W was lS spent in beating locating beat beat- ing Ins these Immigrants As sown as the ha Mormon immigrants settled thc they quickly organized counties for tor recognition b by ho tho legislature In the tho growth of or settlements in Utah tho ho quorums quorum of ot the tho seventies se were tho basis of or or organization or- or Tho The quorums quorum consisted of or men from froni tho age of or 30 10 to CO GO years rs Church ChUlch history records that on October 13 13 1859 at the tho l request quest of or President Brigham Young tho seventies sev enties mass quorum for tOl tho cast side sido of Cache Cacho valley alley was organized with Israel r J. J Clark as president Ebenezer L Landai- Landai and Abraham tham V. V Caldwell as LS counsellors counsellors coun loun and Ralph Smith clerk At a a. meeting held heldon heldon on Sunday November 6 6 1853 1859 it was agreed that thal nil all would aid In th the building vr ut a n. school hou house a and work ot was on November 28 8 Tho rho building was erected on the tho southwest corner of or tho second block west of oC tho public square It was wai completed on December IS 18 A A. fi A |