Show 0 J K Know loW U Utah tah By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS Jt J t C When Brigham ham Young YounS' visited d the thc settlement at at Harmony In Washington county early In 1862 ho he pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- I the fort to be bc the b best built fort in the terrItory territory terri tern I tory yet cf it could not withstand the thc terrific downpour of ot wat water r that visited that section On January 17 1862 the storm reached its maximum height and it was M accompanied by a a. heavy fall of snow Parts Parts' of Lees Lee's home were collapsing and a fear feu that it would be entirely destroyed overcame the fan family ly At midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night part of the south wall fell The Thc building was finally destroyed the last of oC the house to go being the lower lover floor which collapsed and killed two to of the thc children a a Completion of the dam and irrigation dit ditches hes for forthe forthe forthe the new townsite at Santa Clara was completed on the day of the comm commencement of the 40 days rain ram and on January 17 18 IS and 19 the thc dam darn and ditches were de destroyed de- de troyed as was the fort lort at Santa Clara when the houses and school houses and meeting house were swept away by the flood fload It was enough enough to to discourage the settlers but they at on once went to work to construct construct construct con con- new darns dams and on March 16 the works were so nearly completed that water was conducted to the new town The cost was S S On January 17 1862 the city of St. St George Georgc was granted a a. charter which gave a 3 city council and a a. mayor major The councilmen were to be bc judges of the qualification qualification quail quail- of at members It was empowered to levy a tax ta of ot one half of one per pcr per annum upon the assessed alue value of ot all property There were 17 sections in the charter the last one fixing the date dat of February 10 as the day for the taking effect of the charter which might Inight be bo repealed or amended at the pl pleasure asure of the legislative assembly a a Naming of or the str streets ts in St. St George was done on February 14 14 1862 In to a council presided over by Erastus Snow In III that a conference was to be held during durinS the tile month a a. council meeting decided to donate material and labor to erect a bowery 45 by 35 feet and that it be erected on the northeast corner of the public square The conference the first one of the southern mission began on Saturday March 22 22 under the presIdency presIdency presidency pres pres- of Apostles Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow The opening prayer was wasby by Apostle Pratt and he delivered the opening address At the afternoon session the thc general general gen gen- era eral church authorities were sustained a a Foundation stones for the building of St. St George hall hail were laid in to the afternoon the stone being lowered lowered lowered low low- ered by Apostle Snow and placed in position by Bishop Robert Rober Gardner A complete set of ot mill Irons ha having ving b been n made by Eli Whipple the sawmill In Pine Valley was placed in to running order turning out to feet of lumber every 24 hours While waiting for the completion of a a. structure in to which to hold meetings a a. log house was built by Bishop John Ha Hawley ley the first house built near the first sawmill In to 1859 |