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Show Elder News -- Journal, Box The Of Edition Utah Centennial Welcome im rrrnrrii5?WTnnrTicE "fOR DAY A BR,GHAM A OR CTT AND ELDER BOX Brigham Citf WELC OMf y0Ur j COUNTY Jones and his family; Captain NEWSPAPER David It. Evans; Thomas and his family; William Ip Thomas (possibly Tippetsl A. land 'his family; Simeon John Harris; William Dunn; fam-- : Gibbs and his family; four "Parents" Of News-Journ- al Established William Pistons; the of dies With 30 To 40 Industrial Branches, Early In 1894 And 1909, Were Merged In 1938 Die and his family; Jefferson David Five-Sixth- s Wnplit and his family; Community Was The Brigham Bug!er, Poms and his family, and the in 18ti3 at the behest of Brigham ,he t 'family of Henry Boothe. Continued from Preceding Page Three Mile creek. newspaper ,0 he publUh Young, the United Order encomhome here. passed virtually all of the busi- Brigham City, made i(s 3 City la Laid Out Area Surveyed Snow was called to ness and agricultural life of the ance here on June U Thomas Pierce and Meriti I.oieno The country whs surveyed by their new community for more than the late MdnMieM L snJ to make Rockwell came about this time Jesse W. Fox m 1831 when it lake families set-ti- i oar 13 years. ins? follow in According to existing son of the late the and eight was In homos at Box Elder, as the Weber of county. the reports of the order's operation, zo Snow of the L D families moved to the new set the part of the folowing year, i. unit was known, after h r spring llernent, including the Cliffords, the Indians having ceased to be fail conference in 1851. When people lived within it happily as managing oJ:T,,r ardC the Dees. Eli II Pierre and so hostile, the farmers moved he ai lived lie commenced lay- and cooperatively, and it was lusher. A shoit time later Sr the help notably successful. became sole owner of the George F. Hamson. out of the fort and took up their ing out the city, with comthe After W. which Fox. of Jesse gained favorable farms according to the survey. First Child The United Order operated ment by of their work, most of pletion newspapers 40 industrial the state other Reputedly the first child born In the summer of 1853 Brig- which stands today in the citys between 30 and for the great amou and the in the colony that later was to ham Young, president of the L. community branches, of local news and advertis. streets, the city was named become Brigham City was D. S. church, ordered the fam- Brigham, in honor of Brigham was about found in its columns. The B growing and manufac- ler was George F. Hamson, Jr., who first ilies again to build and enter a Young. graciously received', saw the light of day in Decem- fort for protection from the Inturing that percentage of all both citizens and business ire accordluxand necessities 1851. various settlers, the Other ber, early and dians, This time the .fort was given hearty support time of of two the uries used in the lives of the the years During the first about two blocks west of the ing to the records of 1899, The Bu the settlement of Brigham City present center of Brigham City. and first residents of Brigham people living here. In 1875, the ceasedspring publication and Sno a band of more than 500 Indians Mercantile and moved his City were Mathew W. Dalton, Brigham City lived who of families A list to N. from time Jonah Lewis threatened time, Mathias, Manufacturing associations pro- was set plant to Ogden, wh, Boothe, up there under i, and for the protection of the in this second fort included: Peter Greenhalgh, D. W. Wal- ducts reached about $260,000 in management of the foreman, people a fort, known as Davis William Davis and his sons, ker, Barbara T. Walker, Rebecca value. C. Wixom, where Snow publi-i Fort, was built, with William mother and daughters; Eli Har- Thorn, John Merrell, Berthia ed the Weber County Times. time this similar about his and Pierce Along Davis as its presiding officer. vey family; Wells, Christian Olsen, Lewis J. Owens and his fam- Johnson, Simeon About this time Porter RockCarter, Sr., communities later to grow inThe Box Elder County Nm well took up Porter Springs, on ily; Benjamin Thomas; Richard Charles W. Hubbard, John Wood- to towns and cities were being made its first appearance or colonized by Brigham City in ward, James Whitaha, Sr.,. Mar- established April, 1894, wn of Brigham Young through- J. R. Hunter as tin R. Ensign, William P. Tip- order publisher an A vigorous and l out the state. pets possibly Thomas S.), editor. In 1898, Hunter uj runinterests with active man, Call, Homer Call, Omer Call succeeded by Hvrum Standirj and Jonathan Wells. Many of ning through every phase of as editor, and Charles Pasvc these names are familiar here life in the territory he colonized, as business manager, who dr today, home by the third, fourth Brigham Young visited in all ped the name county fri and fifth generation of descen- parts of the state frequently, the News, the paper afterward dants of these pioneers. Jason counseling with the communi(Continued on Following Jagt Wed Is and Sarah Gibbs Baty ties leaders, speaking to their of the great colonizer, t lief also are recorded as being people. the the earliest white following babies inscription: (among Last Address Here born in Brigham. But his namesake city has the "Erected in honor of Bn It is signifieent that the town distinction of having heard his ham Young in commemorati suc.named in his honor most last public address, and today a of the outstanding service cessfully established and car- memorial park on west Forest rendered the Intermounto ried out Brigham Young's dream street, between Second and West as patriot, pioneer, o of a United Order, or as it was Third west streets, commemor-- j onizer, church leader a Mer- ates this address and named here, cooperative marks its statesman. On this plot ascantile and Manufacturing scene. ground, August 19, 1877, sociation. A simple monument standing delivered his last public o OF Successful United Order back of a reflecting pool bears dress when he organized t Organized by Lorenzo Snow a bronze placque with a bas re- - Box Elder stake. BRIGHAMS FIRST BUSINESS, WAS FOUNDED ENCOMPASSED BY UNITED ORDER IN 1890 Self-Supporti- ' Pr.iT i five-sixth- a s a r Cy-ra- Gl FTS "LASTING CHARM' FOR ALL OCCASION'S s COffO 0 At the u PEACH CITY V E BANANA SPLITS SUNDAES N, y; SODAS CAKE ROLLS R i aiv ICE CREAM S OF BRIGHAM CITY IN BULK Iountain Service ANDTHEWEST -- REMINDERcs GENUINE INDIAN JEWELRY STONE SET JEWELRY FROM EOX ELDER COUNTY AT THE HOLLYWOOD- - MERCHANTS LUNCII ICE CREAM SHORT ORDERS SALADS FOUNTAIN SERVICE PEACH CITY ICE CREAM AND GREETING CARDS HOLLYWOOD CONFECTIONERY |