Show I KNOW UTAH J El 1 Y ALBERT ALBERi p F. F PHILIPS PI Th history of U ta iv a read at Lt th hono homecoming 1 It t lol told i w. w th tho spring 16 of lS 1862 flood I r retarded ld a and tho t 10 greater er portion of Cf tl theca the ca canyon fl no on t 2 d 1 was ns destroyed detroy h hb people plo and id preventing tr travel During Durl g year e u th t l 2 schoolhouse school school- house wa U built huilt in Huntsville the building b being Of logs log's and tl 16 by 20 feet fc t In n Ize Brobson Monroe Monro and Enoch were elected school trustees trustee S S During ur g the year rear 1863 1563 Ind l ls s the tho settlers a a great deal of t trouble A band of otea ngu savages in amah nt Mantua como amo to lunts y vm n camped campI in the A killed a ft beef ef rounded up tw p OUI horses horae and t to but were re ov overtaken oVerl Two were killed and all 1 the livestock re- re covered l. l e J o y year ur 1 w sa-w the cini ot of a a. grist by bt Samuel J Jefferson Hunt and T cf J Jonathan nathin on Spring c creek ck It n was was 1 the only grist gristmill mill mm r. r built bum in Ogden valley illey first first colony colon ot Scandinavians t. t S a lm I In 1861 t 61 After After- additional colonies colonies' arrived P annually n lIr 00 It was in fri In t tIt t christian 1 F. F op first blacksmith ih shop p. p 1 ll When he ho op opened ned th tho shop there was wu not R scrap of t Iron In Jn f 13 of ot Weber county I c pt that which had h d. up from old wagons on- on the on-the the plains It charcoaL charcoaL- wa had bad ats nt at cost 30 cents cent per per- pound while hII e was s 6 BO- BO cents per bushel On Nov November 14 14 road up Ogden canyon was waa Inspected b by Brigham J I Young and others A I In Iii 1865 n. n Sunday school wa was organized r with Wil- Wil llam Halls In Il charge An nUo tho 10 log schoolhouse school school- ho house se was 8 ni mado db f for r the convenience of ot th tho school Tho n year the of ot a a. Ii rock building for school ol lher l' l her p purposes was as laid by John Taylor alor aCte afterwards w p president Jl en of t the church V f The Tho he coming g of ot the lie l e Union PAC l T was as not no not I receive v r. r to to the history of ot 1 The record record record-isaya Early Earl in th tho spring of ot lUG Francis A A. Hammond and Thomas ThomS Bingham to c separate contracts to assist In grading on the transcontinental Th They y employed ed about 36 men tc arid ed work rk In that th sectIon of country known n as is the Promontory beyond b yond Indian cr creek k This ne new new- enterprise or new d departure pl from th the common and monotonous ous everyday work df r t th the was cas a attended tended With Ith some lome vim some vim vin and en s en-s on the part part of bt many p particularly so as ns the return for Jabor was to 0 The very sound ash lid i pei rIng of- of enchantment to mam mInda was peculiarly all oil business tran ero usually consummated by Jart r arte-r r h nt fJ flour and livestock being the chief ar articles ar- ar ar tides of ot exchange For t r In instance tance Hunt Huntsville being spoor s aL poor poor- joor turin Cum owing to Its ita great elevation eIe n makI making mak- mak I ing Ing- g It 8 to ec to le early frosts the trade oats oath stock and potatoes to the settlers settlers' l lit in the thep other th r 1 valleys for tOl wheat tie t and J flour Occasion 1 SIOn would they would uld e. e exchange cha ge hay and nd for foz a few a f few w 1 Articles ot from froni stores and in Sn varIous arlous v thid trade and nf exchange x Jill fe corn f I in as as many as all three bee or Dr of four different ways to obtain possession no no on one ob object This f ew w venture railroad labor Jabor was as deemed on n the whole by responsible thinkIng men to be a a I detriment to the settlement as farms and home im improvement Im- Im provement were provement were re very much neglected I and the money realized in too many instances was so invested and nd drifted Into channels of domestic use that no no benefit to b ber b derived rh d. d j t I |