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Show 4 IMBAKQGOlME--S September 11, 2013 nj.ft,J7 - Pleasant Grove's "First Families" Leave a Legacy i - - t ' ' ..... . .. .... by Geri Taylor Three years after the first wagon train entered Salt Lake valley, Brigham Young sent William Henry Adams, Philo T. Farnsworth and John Mercer south to find a suitable place to colonize. When they gave their report at a special conference on September 8, President Young asked for volunteers to establish the first settlement in the next valley, and seven families an-swered the call. Five had arrived only three days before and most were young and eager to finally have a place of their own. During his scouting expedi-tion in July, Adams had surveyed the town site and staked out a farm for himself, but the birth of his son on August 5 delayed the families departure until October. While waiting for his wife to recover, he befriended a fellow Englishman, John Banks, and offered to share his land with the family. By the time they reached the new settlement, winter had set in making it impossible to build a home. The industrious Adams took the wagon boxes off the running gears, set them on two logs near each other and the families spent the winter in their makeshift box home. The snow and cold did not hinder these men from working their oxen to haul cottonwood logs from the Provo river area and cedar posts from the sand hills to the west. When Spring arrived they were ready and eager to begin building their cabins and establishing their home in Pleasant Grove. Wil-liam Adams was the only one of the three scouts who lived out his life in this new com-munity. While hundreds of people came and left during the early years of the settlement, many others sunk their roots deep into the soil and hearts of the community, creating a heritage that has' shaped our city. Clark, Holman and Harvey are names from the original seven families that have remained through the years and although we may not recognize their posterity, we can still see their handiwork and in-fluence. George Sheffer Clark was a member of the Mormon Bat-talion and during his journey through New Mexico and Cali-fornia he learned how to make adobes. This skill was later used to build the first school and other structures, but their value wasn't realized until several years later when the rebuilt school burned down leaving the adobe walls standing, stronger than ever from their "firing". According to a granddaugh-ter, Clark wrote to- - Brigham Young not long after the com-munity was begun, asking the leader to send more people to build and strengthen the town. The heading of his letter was "Pleasant Grove" and the name was quickly adopted. George S. Clark Susan M. Mc Arthur Duncan McArthur George S. Clark was called to be the first Bishop of the tiny settlement, and throughout his lifetime was a leader and in-novator in the community. The fourth home he built still stands on Center Street, a testament to his keen work ethic. Eighteen-year-ol- d John Greenleaf Holman was a mem-ber of the vanguard company of pioneers that entered Salt Lake valley in July 1847. At age 11 he reportedly drove Emma Smith from Far West to Quincy, Illinois, in a wagon, indicating his abilities were being honed at an early age. On this first trek West, John provided valuable service to Brigham Young by driving the animals and teams and performing various other tasks for the Saints. He had the dubious distinction of acci-dentally killing one of Brigham Young's horses, but the Presi-dent of the Church was just glad "Old John" was his horse and not John P. Green. 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