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Show crm rsrs pr -- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1K7 loneer N ews an d Vi Storiet and Incidents of Pioneer Time I Utah. Related By Sons of The Utah Pioneers By A. B. Anderson Upon the arrival of the pioneers there were some very pertinent questioning to be decided. "Tins Is The Place" was definitely made clear. Three days after their arrival President Young directed the spot where the temple was to be built August 3rd, following, Orson Pratt surveyed the Meridian line. The city blocks were to contain ten acres of land and the streets were to be eight rods wide. Thse blocks were to be divided into city lots. Just outside of the city was surveyed garden lots of five acres and just beyond these were farming lands of ten acres. Larger tracts were farther out and beyond. No land was to be bought or sold and each person was to accept the portion alloted. A failure U cultivate the land and to raise a crop was sufficient reason to justify the loss of the inheritance. But an earnest and grugal tillage would bring additional acreage. The above formed a criterian by which the settlement of all Mormon towns were governed By the fall of 1850 there were approximately 10,000 persons in the valleys. New comers were advised to move to the south. Just over the mountain was a valley with a beautiful lake, that as early as 1849 had furnished food for the pioneers. Parley Pratt, In writing to his brother, Orson, on July 8th, 1849 said: "I was at the Utah lake last week and of all the fisheries I ever saw, that exceeds all. I saw thousands caught by hand, both by Indians and the Whites. I could have bought a hundred, which each would weigh a pound, for a piece of tobacco as big as my fingers, They simply put their hands into the stream and threw them out as fast as they picked them up." The faces of these tired, weary and foot-sotravelers were turned towards the South. Already in 1849 and 1850 Provo and American Fork had been settled. Early in July, 1950, a scouting , re party, finding the American Fork stream appropriated, turned on westward and located on a spring a mile west of the river and about 60 rods north of the lake. The water was cool, clear and beautiful, but being off a little in flavor, they gave it the name of Sulphur Springs. There were 52 souls, who lived here through the winter classified as follows: 15 men, 13 women, 15 boys and nine girls. Upon the arrival of each wagon, the box was set upon the ground for their houses. These fronteersmen were experts with the axe. It was not long until the Cottonwood were prepared and made ready to be placed in the log houses so arranged as to form a fort There were nine houses on the north and four on the east and the west. The spring was in the center of the fort There was an early and daily race with Old Man Frost But the home makers sang as they worked. "Of logs we buud our houses, Of shakies made the doors, Of sods we bulid the chimneys, Dirt we had for floors." From the Saratoga road we go east on the county sheep trail road, paralleling the lake, for a distance of one mile and a quarter. Just about 15 rods north we locate the place where Ira WUles, for a time, settled. The springs were known as the Willes Springs Farther east to what is known as the Lake road is another gathering center. Midway between here and the lake is the large open spring and where Peter Shirts and his followers settled. This spring overflowed but very little. It was spoken of as having no bottom. Undoubtedly it had an under channel to the lake as sometimes there appeared fish in its waters. Directly north of this Doint and crossing the road for a distance of some 20 rods, is the place where Abraham Losee dug the first surface well used by the pioneers. For many years there grew here a large boxelder tree in memory of his early home. With the opening of spring of 1S51 each of these localities re ceived additional numbers. Par ticularly was this the case near the spring where the Shirts family had settled. Widow Mrs. Pamela Lott, mother of Mrs. Losee, assumed leadership of this group and located on the land lying just south and east of the intersection of Fifth West street and Lake road. They became known as the Lott Settlement To the honor of this good woman is the fact that she counted in the number of her distinguished son-ilaw, John R. Murdock. It is easily seen what forces influenced these tired and weary home seekers. They brought with them the necessary flour and food for their immediate needs but depended upon finding extras upon the land and in the waters where they were to make their future home. Water was next to food and this they found flowing clear and cool from the natural springs. The abundant meadows encircled their campfires and gave close-b- y grazing for their closely guarded cattle. This scattered condition was a very unfavorable situation should Indians create a disturbance. There were some rumors of the natives showing ugliness. They were willing that the white man should have the land and the trees but the meadows and graz ing Deionged to the Red Man's LSHI. UTAH- - a"T Quoting from the history of Lehi "Three Indians came up the creek where the Karren Fothering-haRoyal and Peterson families were living. They appeared to be in an ugly mood, emboldened by the fact that all of the men were away at work, they took great delight in frightening the women and children. Finally Charlotte Fotheringham, an old m, LOTT You can't get anywhere that way. Act now! The time is ripe! Visit us for the high quality you desire, today! We have only the best at the least ex pense. Buy today this wonderful way! WE CAN FULFILL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS WITH .... . AIiL TYPES OF NEW EQUIPMENT - GRAND OPENING ho Place your order TODAY PHONE mW t Wiir ii '"jm m ... 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