Show TWENTY GIX Q YEARS AGO twenty six years ago there wo vs about inhabitants I 1 from pry dry yolk folk down to green river luver luaao burto mexican joe john snider ala wa h taa 1 or four other bottlers lers on what was known as burns buras bench now known as jenon bankhead Bank bead had a caan lt tat tae mouth of drush brush creek with jens jenson below the mouth of azley creek andrew johnbson John bon mrs kas has dt ausben ben and edward gray settled on tha alx west iside there were ib claitt on ashley strewn stream up to what was wa known as ashley fico most 6 f r whom were bachelors in t tue upper canal reached down to about to tho the road clovees cioce ea to go feo towards ft FL Ducu osne the liwer ballal was waa but a emall email affair at tuat time and watered all the farms mth alth r ind and east of old asaley baere were living near the raz elx or ee beien an fac iUis while L jolaen Jo uaen and U W crouch vore the merchants mercha nW la it tae valley the first oett settlers lers boutt were vere alarea johnson gnu and opposite opp site b rt bla bio son allred next was gamce fiak ing and across acroca the marn mann i oaks melcon horkley sr ue uee merk ly opp opposite ozite peter pater peterson t thomas mantle wardell joua jotin harper hallday aliday fi buo lived on abs tbs t late lata james rote faem laj m t tet af at mata uta west or of tuat sliest judge judae lines and tomo some of his hie family VA kot carroll david and ran taylor were the principle bottlers of that part in tae ize northwest nort corner ol of the valley vailey T taylor bah wallop bishop wm shatter abauer rolt bealy 6 D and 13 0 caiton Coif con W P and wm vm reynolds Rey nolde joeeph hady and ana david Work maji about it ft kaoi n burgh was established shed at tho the head of ane valley and in 1983 it was re moved to ft bridger wyoming iwo iw or three years later col look coob rotam od d with a regiment of soldiers and established ft Du duchesne Duc besno chesno and did away with ft removing what material ma trial they could to ta asset ass st in building the now new post ft charn burgh waa vas tile tae local market afar it was abandoned the only market was wae immigration and the mountain ranch arm arb T taylor purchased bush Is of wheat for we used to sing A good time coming wait a little longer anticipation hard brath ing and bullheadedness bullheaded neBS were oar mall mail stock in trade the only way you could pay your taxes was to sell a cow or calf the only ones raised alfalfa were ifyu had a good bow you could got to tom for her in tho sout hout lous louie cabell cabal win powell al westover verj john fall child rily groon and tw two 0 boothem bro thore them wm win gibron gibcon billy allen alien daiels dals s P dillman and par doz doa dodds formed the settlement L to abbley W old gent hadlock jos joa campbell Camp beU al and bird wm ear and W S L I 1 J clark and mr ar Ilog kiss were the setters on bilat street thos caldwell caidwell dwell and old gent shaffer settled down on the golah bt low there was but one ono settler poa fot merrill south of that there was but ono pott office in the ti alley and officially we vie had bad one probate judge 3 selectmen one f one justice of peace and ono one consta coneta ble ono of af the selectmen informed mo me that the revenue or of to o county for that year was 60 64 all elections were hold at tho the ashley post postoffice office there 4 emall email las schoolhouses in tho the county I 1 bul bli t the fifth ono down on ray my luverda Q farm you could not got a of boef beef tor for love or money as aa the cattlemen thought too ouch much of their stick to kill hill one in the course of a fow years tho shep sheep mon men camo with choir flocke and located and a new ora era started A litt 0 prevo a 6 to this lioio a weekly neis newspaper paper r started called the papoose in it was published a warning against coming hento settle stating that this athla was a poor pear place and that people could not live hero but that did not stop the country a growth tho the esula was established 0 on n tho the col I 1 tharp corner tom mitchell was te t e first postmaster tho abo first precinct gt that was established outside of 01 town was rivendale verdale lU Ri we had a hard fight to get it one of tho for tho the new precinct was people did not like to go 25 miles to vote fin nally the county seat was moved to ornal after a four years hard fight at that time thero there was a strange state of laffaira at oldtown as it la ia known today there were ere two men killed thero in a short time one was mexican enos tho the others name was austin ho be was shot in browns saloon cattle stealing was of frequent oc cu ilance with tho rustlers tho the had to drive their stock for summer bummer range and would most likely never seo them again tho settlers had but a small portion of their places fencel they all took up acres of land and scratched over a fow few acres 1 they extinguished the 0 government title going 1 in debt who roNer they could sold their crops before they planted them after they got their titles a new set of farmers and map chanice camo caino in and traded for their holdings things assumed a diefe ent aspect new buildings began t ta ri alq 56 here and there or et a permanent character tho fiore aero places da id ed and subdivided up to the preterit present at that time it took bone muscle and leivo for tho the pioneers ors with their horny hands to choate croats ma to mako wo this country a desirable pl co ca in I 1 published a letter in tho the deseret news giving the emural Et ural ic courses of cf this valloy valley its its water ltv soils its ita mountain ranges timber supply naming the different desiray 0 citi onu needed such as blacksmiths waon wn on makers and especially a cabinet mak or er as wo we were all enjoying the loiry ry of three legged stools other furn fun tuo tuio la in proportion the clothing tho the ma bority wore nere traded by tho the idland A steady natural growth started at that time all things beem od ad to take a new life now look around see BOO our magnificent coart house our stake houshour house our academy fino school goubes fino fine farros farms or chadds gardens and vineyards and tho the comforts of life with vornal city as headquarters wih her ml os of paved sidewalks and streets her water works her electric light and telephone system tho above tion domont accord with that abuce published in tho papos does docs it DR 11 II C |