Show Ii ft t SANPETE P T w CO IJ Ty Y ml t J i 4 1 I 1900 valuation 1900 Dec De two yarl onlY bad elapsed after afler the arrival ot ott lilt t Into IntI the Valley ot of the Ort Suit Lake ere theIr foot fooLs tt hi be tra traced lOuth said arcS Into Inlo wit II sow u as San pet county hi early eary tIers wre werl 10 the bard md women Inured o dill of wh ho the of poverty and privation tim tho I I when bt the Ole are Indian made nightly ralde upon bome as well 1111 u 1 upon the Ol EARLY HAnLY DurIN of November 1141 a colon ot of about MIT families by Isaac Seth Taft aI and others othell pItched I hi w what t II now called Manti HanU City u seat Rat or of county vinter wee probably the most mOlt of any from that time to lo the day The snow now tell fell to such uch a aIh depth Ih and the weather eather wu U so 10 ex et COld that thal they almost despair despaired eel ed of oC ever livia living to see HI another 1 Ir or Of the cattle b by U the perished from cold and tr atton and were devoured by the Indians Indiana who stood In close proximity to the piece ot of the cot col colony ony OIW the preat reat cc e verity ot of the winter and Ind the th scarcity ot of food the people enjoyed good health and aDd when spring came cam they prepared for the planting of at Th primitive dugout wallon box and rude hut constituted till the abod abodes ot of th these people And were not abandoned until bettOr better homeR homen COuld be erected When Whon springtime came anti the set let tiers began bean to plow the emaciated ant ani animals male mals were inadequate to the task tuk uch was all In the planting ot of orope such luch as were needed by the people for tor the ot of life lite T Old Chief Walker head ot of the san Ian pitch wall n a mOlt turbulent nd troublesome In those earl early daye and while friendship to the people wuie In reality the real In of much ot or the warfare and bloodshed ot of those early days daYI During the liar early settlement ment of the county these pioneers had to endure much trouble front the savage red men and during the year ear 1813 a few tew settler who had located at OIl Mt and Cit hud had to leave theIr home homel and again suek shelter and safety Batly at Mantl Manti where better facilities for tor pro were to the women and children It almost incredulous to lo the present day generation that our ath athers tits ers and mothers had to lo grind theIr flour and corn meal In large corr coffee mill or between two to stones stone used for tor that purpose AND AN RESOURCES It is II not our purpose to go o Into de tall and Jl more of at the early his history tory ory of at the county but to note nole a tow acts concerning It its I and development Turning tram the picture of fIfty years yau alia from log lor hut the tho dug duro out the sage brush bruah waste the cortee mill the force tight wIth the Indian we now look out upon a picture or of beautiful tarma fanne made malte rich by lh the toll tolland tolland and hardships of at heroic pIoneers we gaze upon homes homel upon magnifIcent school churches and pUblic ot of amusement We behold the tele telegraph raph carrying lis it messages upon the wings ot of lh the wind the telephone lIS an It conveys the tho sound of oC the human voice from city to city the Iron horse IlS as he plows his way through the land lant laden lalen with the tho prod prodUcts ot of nature once unknown to the gardens ot of the sage sare brush desert OF UTAH Sanpete county may well be termed the Granary ot of Utah along with her sister county Cache In the north products In the cereal crop II I see ond to none In the State wheat oats barley Potatoes and fruit In abundance ot of bushel bushell ot of grain Is exported and the flour produced b by the flourIng finds IL a ready market not nol only at home but In remote from the State JIa SHEEP Probably no other county In the State ha so mall sheep owned by Il its citi as hal ha Sanpete county It Is II e es that riot lIot less then half a mU mit atom slon Is olne owned by resIdents ot of the coun t ty bout three million pounds ot of wool annually St Stock k raising has haa always II been one ot of the leAdIng Industries ot of th the county nd loda today this section Is not noted for tor It its high grade Imported sheep as al well 11 u a blooded cattle Leading citizen In nearly ter ovary town mil ma be found who ue U now devoting all their energies to the raising ot of only the and Ind but best ot of sheep and rattis Particular I Iy is Ie this the ease case In Mt It Pleasant where some ot of the finest sheep and cattle In the country are now being Intro and raised Thoroughbred cat tie are no now to be found on many ot of the largest farms of the count county The rats rail Inc ot of sugar lugar beets In the county count is II reo re consIderable attention and reo e cent cont teits sho show that the soil 1011 is II pro ot of raisIng beet whIch run hIgh In matter malter Bishop C A Madsen en of hM has for tor the raising ot of beets and M I I I t I I tl Bf i nn mn hl his In riI 1 has hav to toward ward securing a sugar factory for tor this and ami eler hAS liAS EXCELLENT COM COAl Coal of Df an excellent variety II 1 found In large quantities In the county and thus the people aro aN not dependent up Oh outside for tor this Important product Sanpete is II an agricultural Gunt In eV evy f sense of the word Its Ita I planta are yet limited I but with Ut re capital I a little energy mane mone money producing toe fac tori tortes could fould be started Transportation tion facilities are excellent The San Ban SanPete Pete Valley enters entell the county from the west welt and connects with the Oregon Short Line at The Sin San Pete peto and Sevier Valley branch ot of the I Denver Rio nil Grande Western railway the central part ot of the county and toUches touch all the leading towns ot of the county thus thu giving ample facilities for transportation purposes PINE SCHOOL Sanpete county I Is justly proud ot of her excellent school At 1 Fair FairvIew vIew Mt Moron Moroni Spring City and large commodious and schooL buildings have hae been erected or are lut ll course of erection and are tully fully equipped with all modern and school apparatus In tact fact each tach town hll ha a neat school hou house limply amply large enough for present purposes At Ephraim the erection or of the hue new Snow Academy will add more prestige to the education ot of the count county The atc Academy at Oil Mt Ilea Pleasant ant hi ha also allO obtained a prestige In and out of It the for tor Its educational facilities sad and its able corps of teachers Taken all In all the people of at this have reason to hO be thankful for tor forthe the pleasant homes home they no now pose pOH II and tor or the manifold blessings which thy they have enjoyed from the time ot of Ita It list settlement the present mo mc ot of time With an abundance or of orth th the treasures ot of earth the people ot of I I Sanpete county are prosperous happy and contented I ia I I S SI 4 t I i k J Jf I j I i 1 I t f i i r r MANn MANTI i 4 |