Show of fintak lr county jeromiah Jr jor mih omiah uncle arty hatch jeremiah hatch came with his hit brother abram C hatch in the pring spring of 1878 to ashley valley with the thought of locating here and taking making his home jeremiah re k hatch was a great i ogal arx missionary ry before coming here he had filled several missions or the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the church he belonged too laiq H was also a 4 man of great influence with the Knill indians ans and had been called by brigham young to be the indian agent in the settlements of utah he ile spoke several indian languages and was a peace maker between them and the white people at that early date ashley val ley belonged to the wasatch county and abram C hatch was president of the wasatch stake and he appointed his brother jeremiah as the ing elder of ashley center here he became the k leader in all church and civic activities in this entire section the first settlement centered around the pardon dodds ranch and was known as its ashley town now known as old ashley town 1052 1952 the business places in old ashley in 1879 were the britt store and post office his attle attic room was foe for boarders to sleep gib sons store and bentleys Bent leya saloon mr huffaker had two rooms up stairs where cattle men slept jeremiah hatch was a friend to both the white man and the indians he was fair and just in all his dealings and became loveIn gly called uncle jerry he was kind but a man without fear he treated the indians as his brothers taking them into hh his home and feeding them from his table continued nex next week |