| Show Morgan City the tk Land of f Flowers T s and d lI I word d orian City Is I tho tar tarI I ono coul visit no I tell den Ot tah where ho would bl b I In ot ottrue I Ith marked true et character yet I Mid city ft vicinity scarce owned by Its th Is t 1 bO IO Oll It well tur an d th tam family 1 t on one onea a 1 that cannot b be oC ot a rO rod Grass plots Ind and ander I ii planned roves ot Of bCd lofer er mako wel homes of at sing ad d I trees th tho typical Il orian b birds gO 1 merr during thO peacefUl m meT tC r come conies she all 01 when b nu nd provided 1 ol and andIce i rel o tt Is tha land of BOW snow i tr fr I and other Ice away the to 1 nt hII Iway I ule or of told coM nil frost under r IS now 1 Ter Q situated In the theIl OP ra Il ot t population sufficiently tuter to meet the tho demands ot of tOmmo h 1 tU ar Is compose composed of oC bluish M e from tim tho adjacent 11 ot of red rell c te J T r P quarry organ Lorgan combine to afford a aDOt I To The tWO effect In appearance DOt ot Irant value this beautiful build IU iI fual exel runny many ot of the tho r f will 11 The Tho lower state Cf t th h saHl loor tu ed tor fei opera purposes jaba ono bo be the acno of oC oCt t e upper wil lafiCo Iti giddY gIldy II ch dr r atI ti 1 Jve b be tho event or of ore e t 1 1 The rho building Ill ho Can wl trl rl ened eve evo Is Its feet gs are than n a fron this ot more brick tie elegant 19 l I O of the tho South schoOl ol t In U a aa a ailer phOOl westward hI l tho iler a courthouse owned partly pary b by byth ut ty This at One ana time or of th Idt CY lerg larg Irlan st I building or of the city 1 u th b n fl outdone by tt ha Yo 1 ter Arc of oC I Youns who lall lallee laid honor ioOr street treel outi th the stake tab ee from blue beUt ot of toO ce X bui quarries during the tho ct t pt longer than NIX years cars ago ngo the was re wih with the tho best at a cost ot of 11 tra Another building I wo VO mu t not fal fail In the tho ety city Is 18 the tho North district school chool a a most hand structure bui built ot of otI rae Jt WaS ComPleted November I tt tt It cost uC of r 3 trl tures mentioned nr are al all i iF tl An equal credit my may F the private reM resl 1 be by 11 ot of the tho city Many ln modern I ICI In thu th kes have bon been constructed i Lt WO yearS until today WI we are I pd II not only of oC the tho hou houses es esI I ot of our private dwellings wih with 2 beautiful surroundings s nut flee need only vl visit lt our business I to s see e that wo we are arc thoroughly Eke plon We have hae three e excellent mor mer mUle the tho separate tk ck ot of each ench aggregating abolt about 18 8 I a bk bank two wol veli equipped hotl I 1 II tnt lt clai furniture store storo In an I I printing e two In un lt a et city bakery a a hoe hoei IUS i shop larb barb r shop two livery very fu J three dental two butch two miflin ry tree ee b and repair shops i 1 also three thre The rho Ilon Halway company I t year a modern depot and hou house e In our t Cily I also boats boasts It f nn an ox ert t l water owned and con on ont t by the tho ity so that wo we ar are alive and hippy t pre ent city administration ha has t hard for the Interest or of the tho c t The officers are aro ns as Ct nry II D lr Fry on ot of Ich IchIi Rich Ii F fry former stake president and ot of Morgan Morgn Charles Turner former lop and pioneer r N Butlers 1 it m iho ho hiss as ilono n as much on roads roads ns as any roan man ot of the county Lih son ot of a a pioneer Rock Jr son ot of 1 ft pioneer cashier First Na Natal 1 tal bank Annie Cark Clark ot of Hopkin Recorder Compton l Cook p 1 Durant Durrant the last year the tho revenues th I city have hav been beon increased nearl nearly i that ot of the tho former year ear The Tho have leen boost enlarged and dd over the tho city have havo been built and roads road I ty 1 improved City has hasI I 15 One fl steel the Ird her growing demands wil will willit het it by y another ono one fe 1 point with prIde to OUr varl van especially our mil iy tinier the tho ur of ofa Pt a L whom wo we r urd t as S nd d to n a II in the tho hato Mato Our OurI I I In condition today than I Ib hi b I It wi wiil appear In neW on day dar These t t havo 14 them a I wi will bo be proud to see seo the tho t bes rs raJ rai so s nice nicely I Come II in tir and or of OUr It f the tho spirit of at communal I s e eU al facIlities or of Morgan c and c ty Ity so greatly dun to the last six years as to with the former on I Lut L rather rathor a most striking here ontO onro the tho small m b poorly lighted am L ti J mY now t ho the tho t ti ibi b lad modern structures bu qu P cd wel well and With b Ut Of 11 In every wery district baH hac ne new buildings been eret et u ost c ct thesE these structures structure ar of e t w tro no blU r Ill tone TItI material L to Wasatch foothills skirt ski t Tutt Iest West boundary or of the tho tot fler t 6 be and a 1 building van cnn ex e J 1 te Nor has the revolts tn been t n n d to the tho buildings The rhe whole educational 1 as be b I ealy Improved 1 iI tIe Sel Ion ot of teachers greater trl than n e r before bete hM has b been n exer t te Q Y the most com cant the Ce S t t teachers ever placed tn in th urt one time me Is engaged Irs In h 1 Imi the rears ear tle Itee k bein b ar s sited i until t two a or three lr Ir tea teai tr Sf hOol began to select lets but not The I 1 now They at teamed d that the Ivo live up s Us be e secured early Its In the tho D n ns R 1 a resul result many mire aru ro re tIr r the followIng year beor before A similar t contract has been filled t e nad care ao has In nr ng ot of the Col schools Al All the rde but tow few exceptions are aro areIS Is true truo that few hl bitt few are I done Y graded but In this wl will tl eO on with th the tho regular stu atu t tow o oy law much atten attention ton tont t t tt pa I to music This Is 1St ot Ih t om the may regular ho be Incompetent to to properly but I IS b by R a special county irot l lie visIts le I d its separate departments If his p Periods r o Each teacher nr itt to 10 conform to the tho k II This condition II mOst of in th lb ht t Iso nt In th h In music IS as n a study 0 f ab I Ich 1 discipline of the thu thuI I n Iru The e county ten tent t I n te teeS Je q r tto to ure be coni ot of the schools are areo o tholo of at Morgan City two In number I In each district n a now new arid and commodious i building has been erected within the thelast I last iS 18 months The school population ot of tue tho city I lii about 40 No child 11 ha I over u a mie mile to go to Ind and the tha greater number have hare les less titan than halt I a to cover 11 In the tho school While the tho Industries aro are somewhat varied as t In other Utah towns by fur far tho greater par Part of oC the te p people are aro en engaged goed In agriculture Imo some In iii mining and stock raisins raisin TU fHE Agriculture 11 is cried carried on In all Its branches No grander sIght Hight can be leers seon In Utah not nOl elsewhere than the tho theone one presented In Morgan organ county during the tho summer rho fhe land lp In great leat leati or part I is ot of a dark loam excepting the I bench land Ind where It Is mostly urich a rich clay for tor fertility either combination I is famous U As I is the thc vase cuso I over Utah generally the lan must le be Irrigated to mature the thu crops Iut but un unlike Iko like many localities the farms are uro plied with abundance of taken mOty mostly from the river which COlles courses the tho euster eastern part of tle the valley vaHey entering the Iho sonic amp through the l on the elt east anil also Canyon on C k the tho waters ot of which nurture the tho lal of the lie on the wc west t Besides two streams which to terra form the lower eter othe creeks of mino minor ira port nc no are diverted on the tue bench lands lunds So that the tho whole of the county Is l teli irrigated ant and at rio no time during the tho year Is vegetation and unable to bear fruit because uC of luck lack of 1 a natural result of these ta a coupled wih wills thrifty husbandry Morgan City and county are widey widely known for their excellent produce Chief their yearly earlY exports II is the tho potato crop For let lut 1 it be known that the tho potatoes of at Morgan cannot be ox ex called lit In any state ot of tho Union This fact is IK wel known Ir by al nil dealers ot of produce tu As soon ns a the tho potato mar market market ket Is open enquirIes Iro arc receIved train from most every section ot of the and eJ even ns as far central I as Texas ro fo thIn last named place Is sent the tho major porton of oC our potato surplus A Morgan po into tuto can bo be detected even IK its covering Is r Is Its e cyc e tul dug ou out t tInt and It Is prepared for or the tho table You Int neeti but notice the floury appearance and the absence of the tho dc d soggy weight so common among other ether tes ties I It II is no uncommon occurrence rora or ora a single farmer to produce six IlK or eight car care ot of potatoes In I a single Ie Ite member wo we world wand on po potato potato tato production and nd InvIte any doubting Thomas hun him to come cease and we wl show The average yield per acre ocre Is about t bushel This 11 swill 1 pay the tho farmer beter better wi any other ClOp I if they can ho bB marketed at 30 cents per bushel which has hns been to the Iveral average price for or orthe the past eight years elS I IL Is no uncommon mon thing or the shippers to loal load out dlly daily during the tho shipping season con from nine nino to 10 12 cars Besides the tho potato crop Morgan organ pro produces duces nn an abundance of hat grains or of au kinds sugar beets ald and In Intact tact fact everything usually found In n a armIng community Of OC lalo iato years car much attention has beets been paul pahl to hoe hor as s 1 a result numerous apI apple and pear orchards may be seel seen In the tho third unc and fourth year ear o of their growth rhe fhe experiment has proved highly sat Bat and 10 no doubt rainy mor snore farmers wi wIll go Into the Al All thuds a rend ready market both cast and west nest Title This tact fact wih with tim tho fertility of f the lan land makes make n a 20 0 nera arm tarm a means of oC an lv Ing for tor rs tal family n al estate Is fronts from 00 to r per acre dependIng upon the tha location water rIghts otc etc hISTORY OF IS Eary In the strIng of at 1155 one Thom Thomas as J might hu he seen wendIng hil hIs way over the tho bed of oC the tho Weber river 05 s best he could for as aset asyet yet et there thero was tyas no open olen road or located seters settlers In thIs vale valley Bishop Peter Peterson lon son ot of Peterson cams came shorty shortly acer after and the they together wih with help train D Dvis Ds vis and Weber countes counties made mado n a road 0 that It would be to get In wih with a a wagon Tho J 3 raised the first groin In this count countant county ant and It WIS railed severs seven wheat II a ahardy hardy grain ho he made mado this experiment I it was considered cold and frosty to nuke n a success of at raising grain etc dc this was In Prior to this the legislature gave that part of the valey valley front from Mit m tOi toss to to Grant aront and Thull ton for tor purposes When hen I U Wn round found that grain could be raised I quite abundantly In this section 11 a earlY ns as 1660 malY many people canto In front from Davis county county countr We 0 her ber and other parts rise fhe Frye the pro de e orl or of our worthy worth ma mayor ur en canto me In 1880 Charles Turner came camo In 1861 1161 d di I J o oX I II II X I I 1 L 1 1 I II 1 J JI I 5 1 i I J t I I X XI XI I I J t 5 i I j Y y yr r y s y Fi I v y y vy 1 e er y y y y y y y y r 4 y y y y yI j I y y r y y y y y y y yI I Y y y yv v v v v MORGAN CITY FROM PROM THE SOUTHEAST II I I I A few that bore bone the tho hardshIps of those ear sixties sire stIll wih UI us Ansi Ann Fry hemming and wire ILo Walsh hones Churles Tur ur ncr Jus Jas rucker and wife John nIh RIch wie wife and Esther l of this number who were then babies are here Saluel J am ros 1 FrancIs and Diml DanI Great areal wn swan experienced when grain was Ia ni all up UI and down this to get Het It to tue tho Ills mule to he be ground In tn account of the high n and sunny times tl the peo pIt ph were to lve live on chopped feed iome ome toast men made carts ot of their using two wheels and or of orthe tile the box asid croe drove oser the tho mountains to mi mill In Be or 01 Co Ca rho tr first l ditch was got oUt b by Fry 1 II ni rid the lul family In 10 This meant tol iou and labor for tor al all th It at hand was shovels and licks the they lid nt sio ha have e anti HS was as sum om tIme tImeto to tIme un lutes n it nest one 11 com coin men ell higher up UI In ant oral In 18 at II a cost ost or of In Sa 1 III and commenced eo I sIr h manufacture ot of brick brickIn In s TUrner of oC Ul Ily In 1863 A lime I hims WM was bui a anti operated on the tho north side eldo of oC the river hy by Daniel Wi Wil about 1562 The lumber sas got out or of Ian canyon on b l the tho orter h I l 18 t ruse fhe car early of crl Ilg the river was by boats and foot bridges and ford fordIng Ing when Ihen the river its 11 low Jon John 1 H U d Ugee gee un on oil old timer was crossing the 11 fer In I a loat boat the water sator was us lough Isis hIs boat was sas and hf hir was droWned The he nr t big Irre bridge wa bui built studs hOI the railroad came cume this wa tray of oC lumb r amid Cost I It a Ur ss b by the river man many times UI t tul th present 1101 Iron ort on was buit built Jesse Jesle W Fox under r tho direction ton cf Young Yun Sll sony ot of Thi Ihl town wi cale called after I It lS lu Ii cal call the aUlL Isle sir Grunt Grant hut but as tiser thel was trots already 1 a I it I Ih h by his middle name Morgin the first 1111 amid early url rf of f till county count nt at that time called Weber Val Ie icy about 1860 anI and 61 IncludIng tM the towns ot of 1 ton Mountain Ole u let nn I oral Round Hound valcy salley nn ml appendix to the ward In fn the tho first early earh II In 1560 Were John U II RIch Joists John Wood Thos Thol Jonathan 11 John Seaman JOI Jots Draught all auth David and Camly orally risey fUI roan buit built Ul a settlement leo Oeo Tag Taggart ng gart ant and to Inman brothers camp came In 1864 1164 Chany Porter Sr Chit ocy arn er John v Porter lud stud their familIes Wm hIte Nets NII Thos ml Jus Wood later Ind anti Thomas Brough ut the tho mouth of canyon Hound Valley Uriah took Ul up n a claIm herl hero Bishop Hunter has Thas l Hoagland nail and leo Oeo started to lve live on the north northside side o of the river Tile The south side wo twos commenced by PhilIp Shop Jos Colon and one the first or of these were Genry Andrew I nn an old ohl trapper Miton Milton the most noted lines Illace at thil limsi roUted h t and who WIS vas made bishop In 1861 1801 Fry ry and A WIlliamson were his counsellors JO Jos Meacham Eph Swan Nelsons and hanson time the danes principally Conned this Thurs Thurston toss ton 11 nil up UI the vale tram frosts 1 toss ton tu to lie he resigned In 1865 anti larJ Cl 0 Smuts true sent to succeed him bust and amid held until t 1110 O Was presIdent of oC stake until released to go on rl mission lon In 1877 Enterprise was stas started In 1561 1101 Jesso haven Hayen Thus fo Pal mner mer Hodl and they store ere fat lowed 11 by John Croft still living mind John Oreen Mountain mesa Nel Nelson on harvey Hurve Oeo Geo Thoo taco men conic come In remit Uintah John are still tl nt at this anti Siler Sister Robinson l Is sti still 1 lit j 1 I CHARLES TURNER was bor born In Learning tn tm Sla Sa 1 rC 1 Ingland Sept 10 1 j le lie joIned the tho Church hurch of at Jesus Christ or of Saints In Coven Coventry t try r England Apri AprIl 21 I 1851 anti en engaged ne liS local traveling elder CIder corn 18 Ingel S I to 1161 until ho he emigrated to Amer Amel |
