Show II K H I By ALBERT L F. F PHILIPS I Did you ou know that at one time there was effort cHort made to change the name of Kays in Davis county coun- coun county coun- coun ty to Freedom It was along in the fifties soon after Kay ICay had been ordained bishop ot of the ward Bishop William Ka Kay was absent from the ward and advantage tage of this was as taken ken by some who desired the name to be changed to Freedom The question was taken talen to President Brigham Young for decision as were nil all qu questions in those days affecting the social moral and religious affairs ot of the entire people When it was presented to him it is saId that he replied in his characteristic way and and bluntly asked When Ihen did Kays Kay's ward get its freedom That settled the question and the name came into use Old Old- timers yet use Kays Kay's ward wardin in speaking of the city It was during the official term ot of Bishop probably Sn in 1854 that the fort was laid out and ur- ur and the fort wall planned This wall enclosed a a. later made into three tiers of blocks north and south and three east and west or about rods square or 01 rather it ft would have hare made that enclosure If it had ever been finished But the work that was planned was never completed nor was that part that was constructed ever used for purposes purposes of defense against the tho Indians for which it had bee designed At a later date the fort was vas extended extend cd two blocks or 01 about 72 rods farther west to First street und and a portion ot of the newly planned wall valL was built but like the originally d designed fort it was never completed Continuing his description ot of the fort l Blood said Tho wall was constructed ot clay dug from the outside the excavations forming n. n moat around the outside It was put up tip in lumber forms similar to the present t method of concrete construction tion At the base the wall was about five feet wide and it tapered up to about three feet at the top the height being about six feet The plan was to have each bodied able man build a certain stretch of wall walland walland and he either did the work or hired it done John TI R. Barnes fixes the datEr of the commencement of actual building of thIs wall as of Juno 8 8 1854 when ho and William B. B Smith John Marriott William J. J Dames Barnes and probably others started digging for the wall It might be observed that only one effort was made to tan hides and make malo leather in Kaysville I continued PresIdent Blood This was undertaken by William Stewart and John R. R Barnes under the firm name of Barnes Stewart in a building on the south side of Maple street opposite 1 rank Frank Galleys Galley's The business was successfully conducted until 1869 when the coming of the tho railroad brought In iii leather so cheaply that it could not be made at a profit here The shortage of tan bark barl bark of red pine was also a serious drawback Much or of the leather made was worked ed up Uj Into shoes by William Stewart and the shoes sold by John R. R Barnes Wil- Wil Hain Stewart was the pioneer shoemaker and repairer and for two score years ears carried on that business The coming ot of Johnstons Johnston's army to Utah in 1859 1851 and the fear that the soldiers would commit depredations Lions on the settlers as they marched through prompted prompt prompt- od ed the move south which was undertaken by Brigham Y Young ung This scattered the settlers continued President dent Blood and while some of them returned to again possess their homes many found permanent real resi- residence dence in southern counties During the more south in 1858 three men were left ett in Kaysville with instructions to lay the homes of the people in ashes in case the government soldiers sent to harass the people should undertake to possess themselves ot of the property ot of the settlers These men were William Booth William Blood and William W. W Galbraith Gaibraith HappIly HapplI there was no need to carry carryout carryout out the incendiary design as the army marched through as arranged i |