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Show LEin FREE PKESS, in Dry Creek to Pioneer News and Views I roc me m M T.u A. B. Anderson, Lehi City Plat i - u m Utah Pioneers - we are presenting print of the Lehi . -- ri It is the loundation of ' ' irtf today and of the "Plat i Lpjision came graauaiiy as required. 11 i nec. to had maked a torous channel from m.unwins to the lake. Just west, across the creek from the present Rodio grounds, was a large grove of cotton wood trees where an Indian village of wig warns had sheltered the Red men for years after the Lehi settlers arrived. When thp firvi ...,i ,.i Peterson party) visited here there --TV I J L L t del is acock Qe ' rhflrt L. s in coi attert mf It . Min THE i F PORt" surrounded the was scarcely enough water to tiffl nf- the fort. Within are 1G satisfy the thirst of their weary iy blocks providing 128 city horses. Naturally they called the stream 'Dry Creek." anclsti'fnt street at the extreme right Bishop Evans arrived February vuai. I jjjg ton is xne preseni center 15, 1851 and soon after, Apostle tree! The street one block south George A. Smith visited the little north wall is the Dresent settlement, and organized the Dry street. The meeting house Creek ward of the f,D S rh,imV, in the exact center of the with David Evans as bishop. t the intersection of the witn Bishop Jivans came his iain streets located on the record from Nauvnn ast corner of the block. pointment from Brigham Young blocks are 20 rods square as leader in the north end of the ie streets are 6 rods wide. Utah valley. Naturally the sethis weeks issue let us for tlers spoke of the place where ient consider some of the the bishop lived as Evansville. k,.r happenings in order to The first planting in 1851 yieldA pt&e sequence of events in their ed a nlentiful harvest, of 0. and some vegetables. At harvest '.Dry Creek, when visited by time the sickle and cradle cut mite Peterson and his explor- - the grain and the hand frail beat 4g xpeamon in I8iu, was a out the kernels and wind winrp 10 or 12 feet deep, vary-S- fi nowed the seed. This was a time in width, whose banks on for thanksgiving. In the little log N She side were densely covered school house. 18 x 24. whpre all V ithiwillnura snnaw hnoVi wr'AA public gatherings were held, exfeel haw bushes and manv nth pressions of gratitude and satis"iMJ native shrubs and bushes. The faction for future promises' were ftocJS1l4 wod trees added largely freely made. ous m dense growth that for ages From the failure of the ditch Mud Wall 31 Mill I n m tatoes and fall vegetables, made it imperative that more irrigation water must be secured from some source. The delegate from the north end of Utah valley secured a grant of of the water ot the American Fork Creek from the Territorial leg- uiiure 1 his action has been a lasting benefit to Lehi city. This was approved Feb. 18, 1852 and early in May following a large force of Egging 2240 rods of ditch. Poorly and half led, for four months the pioneers worked and struggled to remove the debris and loosen the solidly imbedded cobble rock from the sunbaked prairy soil. The question was asked, "What is a days work?" The leader. Bishop Evans said, "Follow me." It was soon decided that one rod two feet in the bottom would be considered a good days work. The task was fully justified in maturing the fall crops of 1842. During the following 95 years the rtreani has been changed, enlarged and improved to meet the ever growing need of one of Utah's growing towns. This inestible legacy of a water ditch left by the Lehi pioneers for their descendants and the citizens of Lehi. that has so splendidly helped in the past, will continue into the distant fu ture to bless the ever increasing numbers of Lehi's children. Government The necessity of some form of government to legally control the daily affairs of a thriving, grow ing community of New England stock promoted steps to be taken to form a Municipal government. Accordingly Representative David Evans presented a petition from the Dry Creek citizens that they be given a city form of government with the name of Lehi. This petition was granted and approved February 5, 1852. Thus Lehi became the sixth city incorporated in the territory of Utah. Lehi Incorporated In Section I of the Act of Incorporation the boundary is given as follows: "All that portion of the country lying on Dry Creek, in Utah County, bounded as follows, Commencing at Utah Lake direct south of the southeast corner of the Plat of Evansville, running direct to the said corner; from thence north three miles; from thence west to the Jordan river; from thence up the Jordan river to the outlet of the lake; from thence up the lake to the point of beginning, is hereby incorporated into a city, which 4 to-w- on uijTi-- d brigMa NOTICE TO CREDITORS Approximately cine square miles with an acreage of &S2U acres. Why Lehi's Kame? Why the name," "Lehi?" I know of but one source book where the name appears. Of course, that is the Prophet Lehi, in the Book o Mormon. Hamilton Gardner, in the History of Lehi says, This Book of Mormon appelauun being had moved so frequently. It is a remarkable comparison. Lehi left a beautiful home in Jerusalem. wondered in the Arabian desert; crossed the Indian and Atlantic Oceans; landed on the coast of Chili; spread out on the two continents of North and South America. , r M'i xue iuoruiuii p.uueeia icii a beautiful city, somewhere ui one of the European countries, then crossed the Atlantic, drifting six weeks in a sailing vessel, ana fm- ally landed at .New Orleans. Here taking a steamer up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers for a distance of 1UO0 miles. Then came a change in the way of trav el. From being rocked on the billows of the ocean they endured the push and pull of a handcart or trailing along with the dui.t following a yeok of bulls; a 1000 miles to the West where the setting sun sinks to rest. So far this comparison is not yet complete with the Lehi pioneers. Settlers were scatterd from the highway on the north along creek to the lake, and at different springs. Some of these houses were torn down and rebuilt as many as three and four times before finally planted on one of the city lots located in the above city plat. The tendency to centralize at Dry Creek brought many to this center. The difficulty with the Indians at Pleasant Grove and Provo brought an order from Colonel George A Smith to gather in forts and baricades for protection from the Walker Indian warriors. This fort was formed by buildforming the houses 70 located rods fort a square, ing within the east side of the city plat. This enclosure provided space within for the corrals, hay, grain and the cattle. At the termination of the Indian difficulties these houses gradually found their final resting places on the city lots. This mass move proved a great blessing to the settlers in stimulating a real neighborly community life and giving to them the ways and means of creating a home similar to the one from which they had been driven. ESTATE OF CHRISTINA P. SOUTHWiCK, deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned executor at his residence, 230 North 1st West in Lehi Citv. Utah, on or before May 31. 1947. Eldred Southwick, Executor O. DeVere Wootton, American Fork, Utah, Attorney for executor. end-to-e- pan ft ISL.- -k fiom'where I sit ... ly Joe Marsh V 1 1 - ,sn- 3 akethemn ears, ud!t om aa in love -- Or Is 'TW.r 1 It? reded. gnaw all of as secretly hanker, tima to time, for the good days and the good old- ifclhloned pleasures. Leastways, tidily Richards Arm a thrivincr PPJf tflneaa reviving the old-tim- e jlride, jf i& team of horses, and a rack, Buddy j t take as many as thirty adults Hr fr cents a head! or jwu tnree times a week they rt from Town Hall, and go out f ig the river; stop for a friendly iM of beer at Shoreside Tavern; raw-bedd- lSlf ite , n( tkl V"- - ui .. TtirtL week. MILK TO GROW ON U. S. 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