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Show Carbon & Emery County Business Review - October 1997 Page 15B Early pioneers lightened life on Price River with dramas the commenced for house for schools and During year 1884, quite a number of new settlers moved into and around Price, locating themselves up and down the river. They were living in tents, lumber shacks, wagon boxes, dugouts in the banks and a few in log cutting logs Sunday follows; Samuel Cox, choris- a few whose names are not Birch Bryner, Emma Mathis, fiddle with which he provided the music for the dancing parties of the company that was called to go and make settlement on the San Juan Mission in the fall and winter of 1879. So to procure some books for the choir, it was decided to get up an exhibition continued on page 37B the purpose of building a services, for day schools for ter; Ernest S. Horsley, assi- mentioned on account of the meeting house, to be built on the educating of the children, stant; sopranos Keziah J. original list being lost. the townsite, and by the 10th opera house and occasionally Empey, Caroline Robb, Sarah Very few books were availof April had it so far com- for a courthouse. M. Cox, Pauline Pace, Sally able and no organ to assist. plete! that the first Sunday January of 1885 opened up Ann Olsen, Emily F. Olsen; Brother Cox had a tuning fork services were held in it on with bright prospects. Quite altos Alice Mclntire, Isabel! which he used to tune his April 13, 1884 commencing at 2 oclock p.m., the size thereof being about 24 feet wide, 40 feet long and 12 feet high to with George Frandsen as the square, three windows on bishop. In the early part of the east side, three windows January of this year, George on the west side, a double Frandsen, Caleb B. Rhoads, door with transome over the John D. Leigh and others top in the south end. This went up in Miller Creek and building served as meeting cabins. The Price Ward had been organized two years before, a number of people attended the Sunday services, and the bishopric of the ward thought it would be a good time to have a choir organized. During the latter part of this month, the bishops first counselor, Erastus W. Mclntire, took the matter in hand organizing the choir as Barbara Mclntire, E.S. Horsley, Arthur W. Horsley, Erastus Olsen, Henry G. Bryner, Peter I. Olsen; basses Seren Olsen, Herman B. Horsley, George Robb, A1 Barton, William H. Branch, Henry Mathis, Albert G. Bryner. There may have been Price history 14B continued from page between the home of Alpha Ballinger and the Price Trading Company, which he owned. General service was provided in 1905, and the first toll line extended only to Castle Dale Today, those with true status carry a cellular phone. Businesses can not imagine operating without fax machines, modems and multiple phone lines. Digital switching and fiber opened between Price and Ogden on May 17, 1883. Tounit trains capable day, of hauling 8,500 tons of coal are instrumental in moving 84-c- ar Carbon Countys primary product to market. The first post office was established on Aug. 30, 1883 in a store owned by Frederick E. Grames. Mail was brought by train from the east and . west. Before that date, letters optic cables allow high-tec- h were brought from Utah phone service Alpha Ballinger County or Sanpete through never dreamed of. How did all these changes Huntington to the Price piooccur? In a booklet published the In neers. February 1931, in buiit 1929, Office Post was pioneer Ernest present at $96,000. Today, Price resi- Horsley explained how dents not only have access to progress takes place. What the U.S. Postal Service, but have I done? Helped to make are also served by Federal the roads, build the bridges, Express and United Parcel have killed, a few snakes, Service. helped to make the canals, The history of banking in erect school houses, chinches, Carbon County dates from courthouses and jails. Oct. 2,. 1901 when the First Planted some of the first National Bank, was organized shade and fruit trees. Helped with James M. Whitmore as to care for the living and bury and have served in a president. The Carbon the dead of civic positions. number bank and County Emery County bank were formed shortly after and merged in 1932. No, there are six banks and two credit unions in mms CONTINUED. trX'h ' Price. The first local residents to install electric lights were Robert W. Crocket and John AUTOMOBILES the lights at the Eastern Utah HOME ' A. Crocket, who powered in 1911 with a gasoline generator. Electric lighting came to the city as a whole in 1912. Price now owns its own electric power system, and the major market for local coal is power generation plants-o- ne on the Price River near Castle Gate, two in Emery County and another in Delta-whi- ch supply power to cities throughout the West. When telephone service was first introduced to Price, there was only a direct toe i Advocate " t DM?! 637-42- 00 Detailing: 403 S. Carbon Ave., Price H I' SCOn DAVID EVANS JESSICA OVESON 637-780- 3 TOLL-FRE- , E . HEALTH 1-800-371-7803 . RO. BOX 728, BONDS BOATS - MOTORCYCLES . SR-2- 2 475 E. MAIN, STE 2, PRICE, UTAH 84501 After Hours Call - FILINGS HOURS: FG fr llllllll I S f fir- ? J.D. BANASKY BUSINESS LIFE . Main Office: 396 S. Carbon Ave., Price M - MON-FR- I 637-061-1 or 637-371- 3 8:00AM - 6:00PM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BANASKY a. |