Show it I 0 H n I H EMERY COUNTY 1 D f m m Population lt Ae Assessed valuation 19 1900 Huntington Dec Sl mery county 1 was organised February 12 18 1350 The territory compromised al all or of eastern i Utah row ilow embraced In Emery Grand Orand ad and Carbon counte counties and is II rich In mineral minerAI deposits and other nat natural url ural resources Samuel Jewkes Wa was appointed probate judge EU Cox Jasper Peterson and William Taylor Talor Sr selectmen On the HII second Monday oncy In March tarch 11 the curl court let must muston 01 on Cottonwood and completed the court coun county ty organisation The first olor ap appointed pointed were l Emanuel manu 1 Balle clerk ane and recorder W J Shelton surveyor and prosecuting attorney E 1 Curtis Sr fir sheriff hertl J 1 Reid neld treasurer and H O 0 Crandall Ur assessor and collector At I a later latr session Ion of at the curt court tames Jame Woodward wu was appointed justice of oC the pac peace The only of this cl class In inthe the Territory ot of county I It ILL STRUGGLE itt t 1 a conference ot of Sanpete Stake held In dt II iii August 17 1177 lIon Hon HonOr Or Orange Beul Seely wu was made Bishop ot of nil all that district ot of east ot of the mountains a company of frontiersmen was 1 cle called to accompany the Bishop to Cule Castle Valley with a view to locating and building In hOpe These buit built roar roads and bridges and cut Ju passes through the canyons canyon between te tin two valleys al and selected for forthe forthe the loaton location of towns In UI un n on overland rand Ina mali route rout wa was established between Saline Utah and Ouray Colo the mal mail going ever the Gunnison tri trail through Castle vale valley n a distance ot of o mites In the post at recognized the Sit for tor a In Castle ut all and andIn andon In on June 1 J U n Reid was al Id ed the being me Castle 1111 Dale Inn In November Smuel Samuel anti amI Sons brought tb the tint grist mil Into Cute Castle after the mi mill wa was put together It run by horse wa hOr Time The frt first lumber made In Cut Castle If Jr ally WI was cut cui b by the old pioneer whip aw awman man power bt but during JI 1590 Jewkes and 11 ions all also put up a Ir ular IW saw mi mill and It she allO WU was fl run by horse hurn Jt tr U as as the grist mill Durin During hail tb the Rio Oran Grand e Vestern railroad wu was raed graded through ute vally valley an sal this opened up tip prosperous times for tor the people u as everybody that walte wanted I It coull could get t work at i good wages CASTLE V VALLEY Cule Castle vale valley obtained It its name from te the mn many stone and cly clay formations that am seem to stand u sentries scattered over the valley and o on te the mountain au surrounding I it In many In stases wey art are Dt not more tn thin J H to ZO 20 fet feet through anti and stand tr from 6 0 to 75 15 fet feet high while some ome ot of the them ot of lar larger on the mountain to stand several hundred feet high ald and can be 75 15 miles b Ia seen to 10 of off 1 RO HEn ROT ROOST county 1 Is nt noted for tor havIng within I It borders the famous Hb Rob br Root und and who are I t to Cute Castle valey Valley In talking ar ot of this part t ot of th the country connect the Plo wh who ha have homes home In the county lu Inure or Je 11 with tb th robber rooster Ih a who bo ha have earned this no notorious tte title arl are nut not re residents l ot of the county but roaming ond bands ot of outlaws all ho sometimes arr committing tiep Ik seek the mountainous rough tu rocky k gorf gorges of eute Castle I a a hiding plc place The Itten settlers of this ley county are u as people as CUI can b be found In the State and Ine tImes o nt ot of ten a rob t buy bery or r murder b has been committed the people hear the frt lInt n ness I ot of I It h the Salt kIt Lake 11 o oThe I IThe The Ft r ii a it II It of 1 1 I 1 or O C J I i st sten t tan en an k JUN t tinsel lots lor na TI In 1 9 arti 10 i In hi t ol I y r I t S i I I I I II f t 1 I II I I o 11 t y yr t tI r I I Ir I Ir I r n It 1 j Y 1 1 J ir Lars n a I ii owing I T I Ito I to for poor health and nt being able to travel among tl the ward a as much a as tie time should hould I it I I Miller ot of Irke wa was aPPointed of Emery Stake In pince tiC of Pr President Larsen I Ilder Miller chose chole Johl John Pace first Ild and Henry O 0 Mathis second counsellors I IMMENSE COAL DEPOSITS lo No Iton section ot of this reat great country con thins such vast sl and to do posits ot of col coal t as ar me found ip amid aid around Castle valley some ome of the veins are thirty feet In thickness AI and lany many of t them measure from thre three to twell twenty feet teet In thickness near the Take fak CedA Cedar Creek canyon It at the ell ellof eni of the county which would woul l be a fair amp It f tine the rest of the canyons to the Wet vest ti d CAle Castle valley aly there are at least I en ot of ell coal In this canyon canon tw ot of them are less than five tet feet In think thick ne ness the rest from six Ix to feet In thickness ut of an excellent quality of col coal Ime some ot of the lie seine ha have been tested for tor cokIng quantities Wih With a railroad running through the valley aley to the vast valt Irn iron mines mine ot of south louth louthern ern em Utah on to the Pacific COIt coast and spurs irom the main lne line into the several canyons there I is nothing to hinder county and amid Carbon court ty Joining Imery me on the north rain furnishing all tIme the coke and coal that would l be necessary to melt all tine the Irol iron ore amid other precious metal ore In Inthis this country and to furnish millions of tons ton besides for tor turing and domestic Ull uses Gold and copper hl have been en found In keying quantities In the eastern part ot of the count county Among the other metals Ina anti minerals minerai found in the different sections ot of the county are marble ot of apparently tIme the finest quality lithographic stone sulphur gypsum plum alum magnesia manella kerosene mineral mInerai wax ald and salt 1 so that th this velley eley orel offers to tie the capitalist A vast at field for for tor neatly every manufacturing enter JI that CAl can b be successfully plan planted led Wit welt ot of the river 1 UES OF CA CANALS Emery county lisa haa within It Its borders nearly 9 miles ot of canal and ditches constructed at a cost cOlt ot of abut about Most MOlt an all ot of this work ork was a done by ro eo operation of Very little money wu was used for tor hired labor or material and of the men who many Ien started these canals In 18 1875 ji 79 and 1 0 hd had to lve live on bread and wat water r arll anti I if tey they rot got a little ho hog meat to make gravy ra for tor and tale families they thought they were ere aU all right Te The cun coun county ty has bal tour four roller grist one burr bur mil mill and a number ot of tw saw milis but not enough of tie the later latter to supply the settlers wih with lumber fl for home consumption Some ot of th the towns ton Huntington especially daly are very er much retarded for lor lack of oC Sw Saw rain men ar are afraid to cut lum lumber r for tor fear the government will I make thel trou ble but when a proper understanding is II bd had of the regulations regulation In regard to timber each pach town C can get et A all the lumber necessary tor or I Its own Ul use Honey It of the finest quality II is er emed In Emery county b by time the thousands ot of pounds I Several carloads carload are arf I from the county each ye year We e hays han some ome mn men hue here who ar are makIng fortunes In this C of Huntington gathered during June Jul July o Augus and September of o this year tt r enough when sold at sIx Ix rh cents fer per pound to bring him II in over U In cash The honey from this lOunt county wu was mOt most 11 all bucht bought all amid handled h by W M 1 of Provo and ha bej found lound to 11 be a No 1 article In Cedar reek k ar are all also at least Iut two ot of what seems m to b be verr fine fire clay claims without a particle Ire ot of gi grit I It II is by experts here to b be 1 a ver very clay O In building coke Tu ovens In which A great Nat many nY fir brick are used It will ar 10 le real readily ln seen that having Ul the cal coal I wi ant ria clay together the building or the oen would not be 1 Irr ery These fn line ci clay veIns vein er Ire supposed to tn run all through tb tine to th the theof ni t ot of th the valley ot of cour course they ar are tr cc II the e In f I sortie place thu In i timi Ih I 5 Alt 1 tIra have not for tor 1 cli th Re er but bel ut of the ear most al all ninth are now lo located work done ald on them bern to hold until th they Into imio market by COOperation up and mot most held for tor of local UI use wil b m some wealthy Ime wi Iy are a price for tor them PI NTY OTt OF I II u Cottonwood creeks running Into an crek Castle Icy Jey cn n thousands CUle val of at lower for or running coat coal mm hol coke ovens electric plants saw law mills or 01 other flouting mi mills POWer plants plant Th assessed valuation ot of the count I railroad ament coal lands land CJ b besides ldes ami telephone lines from A dRiy daily Irice mail runs through the county tra Carbon count county to seen nn times A week The total POPUlation is II 1731 LIm lh schools chol running The future of I Imery county looks brighter toda today than It mry ever been as al our col coal lands and I athAr hiI minerals ate IUt to he be sought after atter TOWNS TONS Time towns lown of linler count county ie t Hunt Castle CuU Dale Perron Ferron Emery oln and Oren Green River myr BUSINESS PLuMS mon tle time enterprising business ron coy ot of tl tIne cOUlt county at are tb tIme hunting ton Ion Coop which conducts a general mercantile business tine the Coop which I is In a Similar In line of at business J n li I Kons general merchants at I eron 11 I TOt T Ot 1 tOI dealer Inn hi hou house ut at and C Cur lX SIOW who are located at Orangeville anti anel who are engaged 1 In A general anI ar merante mercantile business |