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Show Interesting DataOn Data DataOn DataOn On County History HistoryThe The historical lecords records survey has hasbeen hasbeen been in progress in Giand GlancL Grand . countyfor county countyfor for fer the past month arid add , much data dataof dataof dataof of a very interesting "hature hature .nature nature " . nature has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been uncoveredAll uncoveredAll uncovered uncoveredAll manuscriptsthat All volumes and andj J Jmanuscripts manuscripts that have any records of any con- con consequence consequence con consequence - sequence are being bemg catalogued and andflIed andfiled andHied flIed filed mOlder in cider older thit th'1t th1t that ' they might be beused beused beused used at some future date by histor histor- historIcal historical historical - - ical rcsearcheis researchels researchers or students ot of o { um- um urn- urn umerslhes urnersities uni-lerslties uni lerslties unilersltiesMany - \ ' erslhes ersities erslhesMany ersitiesMany Many vaults in the county ccunty court courthouse courthouse courthouse house contain records of hlstOlical historical hlstOlicalsignificance historicalsignificance historicalsignificance significance which weie were stored away awayin awayin awayin in the early earlv diys d'1Ys d1Ys drys ' and their value valueand valueand valueand and location lost track tI1\ck tI1 ck \ of It IS ISthe isthe isthe the purpose of the * present esent resent sw-vey sw vey survey swveyI swveyto surveyto - I ' to help uncovel uncover th these , volumes and andlist andlist I Il1st l1st list them so < : ; < ; o 0 that they theyi ! ) will be avail avail- availI available available available - I able referepceAll referenceAll for future referepce reference refer pce I All AU places and offices that the theh.nown theknown theknown h.nown hnown known . to have records on file WIll WIllbe willbe willbe be visited and the volumesVlll volumes \ will \Vlll Vlll be becatalogued becatalogued becatalogued catalogued The cooperation of cltl-I cltl I cltlIzens citi- citi citizens citi citizens - - zens who know the location of any anyI anyold anyold anyold I old diaries or family records of his- his hisI historical historical his historical - I torical interest mterest will be greatly appredated ap- ap appreciated ap appreciated - preciated predated b by the field work worker In Inmany Inmany Inmany many places in Utah valuable old olddianes olddiaries olddianes InI I dianes diaries and notes of early pioneers pioneersthat pioneersthat pioneersthat that had long been fOlgottcn forgotten foi gotten pioneersI have havebeen havebeen havebeen I been unCO\ unCO uncovered unCOered \ ered by research work work- workers workers workers - ersI ers ersMartin I Martin C Giaff Glat Graff ! is state supervis sUpervIs- supervisor - - or of or the historical hStorIcal ] research survey surveywith surveywith I Iwith with offices at Ogdcn Ogden Marlin C CBrown CBrown CBrown Brown is tra\ tra tray trae1in traveling \ e1in eling field held supervisor supervisorThese supervisorThese supervisorThese CI I These gentlemen el1tlemen were : Mpab VlSlt- VlSlt visit- visit VlSltorcors visitorsors visit-orsors visit orsors - orcors orsors ; a short time ago go ccnferrmg conferring ccnferrmgwith conferringwith conferringwith with Lyman E Duncan Dune-an Dune an - ccnferrmgI local re- re research research re research - - I search \ worker porker orker While he heie here ] e they theyvslted theyvisited theyvisited vslted visited ] many local loc\I loc I . " \ scenic points pomts of ofI ofmtel ofintel I 1 mtel interest est and \ were ere delighted with withI withthe withthe withthe I the variety vanety of sceneryMr sceneiy scenelY scenery sceneiyMr I \ Mr 1\11 1 11 ' Duncan reports that all of ofthe ofthe I the volumes in the Grand ccunty ccuntyrecorders ccuntyrecorders I recorder recorders s office and vault have haveI havebeen havebeen havebeen I been catalogued cata10gued , and \ work ork in m the theclerks I Iclerk iclerk clerk s office is now now * under waySome way waySeme I ISeme Seme Some interesting mterestmg information is iscontained iscontained I ccntamed contained in the minutes of the thecounty thecounty thecounty theI I county commissioners of 1890 The Thefirst Thefirst Thefirst first meeting meetmg of the baard board w \ was as held heldon heldon ! on May 5 1890 with George H HWade HWade HWade Wade as clerk and John H Shafer Shafer,0 Shafer0 HI , . I o 0 W Wamer Warner and Richard C CCamp CCamp CCamp Camp commissioners ccmmlssloners ' . , Camp was waselected I Ielecto.d ielectgd electo.d electod electgd . chairman Of 6f the he board at atthe I Ithe the first meeting It is Interesting Interestingto I Ito to note from the minutes of June June24 I 24 . , , 1890 . , , that the silary s\lary s lary s'tlary stlary ' \ ' of the pros pros- pros-l pros l prosecuting prosecuting - proslecutmg ecuting ecutmg attorney was set at $200 200 $ per perannum perannum perannum annum . , , the treasurer at $100 100 $ and andthe andthe andthe perI I the county clerk at $400 400 $ per andI an- an annum annum an annum - I num A petition to change the thename I Iname i iname i Frul1toma Frul1tonra name of thq town of Moab to Frul-1 Frul 1 Frul-tonia Frul tonia - ; toma tonra as circulated by Henry Crouse Grousewith , WIth appear1ancc 54 signers sltners [ made itsappear1 Its Itsappear - -appear-1 appear 1 - -appear appear - appearance - . , ance ancc at the June meeting meetmg of the thecommissioners thecommissioners thecommissioners commissioners in 1890 After con con- considering considering considering - sidering the petition the board boardvoted boardvoted boardvoted voted to table itNames itNames It ItNames Names of early citizens dtizens of Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county whoere who \ were \\ere ere foreign born and1 and andwho andwho who took out their citizenship pa- pa paI papers pa papers - I volIume pers pets here were found in m an old vol-I vol I vol- vol volume vol volume - - ume located in m the the . , , vault at the theCOU.lty thecou.rty thecounty I theI COU.lty COUlty cou.rty courty . clerk clerks s office The first four fourmen fourmen fourmen theI I men to apply for citizenship all of ofI ofwhom ofwhom ofwhom I I whom assumed asswned prominent positions positionsi 1111 in Fir the affairs of their adopted adoptedI adoptedccunty adoptedcounty I , ccunty county and state were Harry Han-y Han y - G GI GBallard GBallard GBallard I I adoptedI Ballard England , . Olous Johnson JohnsonSweden . , , " Sweden : ; Robert Robart James Thomson ThomsonI ThomsonNew ThomsonNew ThomsonNew New Zealand and Fred N Prewer PrewerEngland PrewerEnglandA , ' I England Prewer'lEngland EnglandA Prewer'l Prewerl I Icitizenship A total of 18 people have filed filedcitizenship filedi countyI citizenship papers in Grand county countysmce countysince countysince I smce since the organization orgamzatlon of the thecounty thecounty I Icounty county theI I |