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Show I .X i 1 r r . I xn THE DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY DECEMBER 21 1029 SATURDAY v r years the Old Fort vzMud. into a monument and called Pioneer Eagle Gate and Ensign Peak Stand as Pioneer Reminders City Planners of 1847 Had System1 i Park. r to hundreds of ject furnished work who ware then Mormon colonists struggling to build settlements is . that section. The Mormons also opened the in the state near mince first coal I Coalville. Thomas Rhodes, while hunting on chalk creek found a , i , Builds Eagle Gate. When ' president Young developed hie 'property east of the Tm-- j pie grounds, he built houses and then put a high Gobbled none wall around them. The Wagon entrance cronping of coal. was an imposing affair, pith a Lugging some of it out with his faugh eagle suspended overhead. knife, he took it to Salt Lake City. ' This discovery was followed by With but "a feW changes the Was ForeUp-to-da- te Joel Lewis in lko. Daniel H. Institution gateway remains today though the and Weils, Bryant Stnngham wall and the ago disappeared long of runner of University Stephen Taylor opened the minea gates are never hung eny more-i- t in Grass Creek canyon in jwJSCO. spans Start street at South Deseret in S. L. a e Thee mines were afterwards Tempi street and now .appear to! -- meS 1 Ver-- 1 TMICOnlincnUI known as the Church mines-'to the capitol. betbe latnrav The of Persistent petitioning of the former residences j1 p in f Sought Mormons for a transcontinental Brigham Young associated with University of the City 0 e LJon are the and the bore fruit a did the gate A. jm Sent East From Here;!ra:iroa'1 houses. The first is s depart.A- fiuon for a telegraph line. Th . A stranger to most persons, who ment of the L D. 8. college and work ot conducting this project have not made a systematic study J Legislature the other a boarding house for was completed Oct. 17, 161. FORESIGHT on tlie part ofjsented the appearance, especially of Church history, few people to-from of town. out orchards girls the wire wer .uslhf The . f o existence r- -Mormon' pioneers in U' know anything day Well known to early settlers President tendered a oom.Vr courteously wltll'or of the intentions of Its founders. was an open block at State street lading out Of city streets hMyarkgated bouquet, radiant t one Young whose first rnesvnge to th a it singular fact, of the li lhe persecutions Following of and street Of Fifth South tile country Jbeauly and- redolent mingled Saints in Missouri calls! ahkh can be substantiated, that4 people of the eat wa. liiat1 Utah saved this section they fled to Washington Square. On it the Redijj Mormon Vloneers were the fint bad hot seceded from the Union from traffic problems which have perfumes.Here they established a thrivDee rets and the Stockings played vr a transcontinental! bcleetlon of lot. Buthllng iprojeclor made necessary the construction thetr iMseball games with visiting 7. ing community. Incorporated John C. of subways, double-dec- k arteries In the afternoon otto August officers elected and city, ers on a to crowds and Tem,-angrandstand elevated thoroughfares in the tho Apostles repairedtheir the,nherit- - Bennettj was chosen first mayor, Brigham Young in marking out bleachers. On it Hh traveling bk)ck t0 and James Sloan the first recorder. medicine shows, circuses and car- the nay for the Pioneer companies eis- took 1 antes " Brigham Young as they croesed the plain, often Realizing the need to obtain a nivals pitched their tentsTho plan of municipal design mock east of the Tempws site and for their children, a pointed out to hi companions the - wav also a pubis market course It has been followed in as close detail running southeast, upon which to good schooling de- ou!d been had nhich the railroad previously thing they 1S92-- 4 false In until as geographic conditions would al- settle his family and frieods.i , nied the the years Tain Peaks, two of the highest because of the unsettled con - bntldhtgwa pursue in dossing the continent. and low throughout the slate. 'County City C. Kimball took a block Hetier of the the ter- mountain tops m the Uasatch At the first sesiuon dition of the Mormons.'' rec,- - to house the officers of la fart, wherever one - eome-rior- . Is rear faf lhe xem pie. Orton Pratt, of s of the Tills view 1S31-5- ! the methe ranei. grounds on po.nt their lofir summit Feb portion in funning ritorial legislature acroas a Mormon settlement wheth-- a mock south, and WHford Wood-e- r Prophet Joseph Smith, TJ1 cU7 am COuTJir seen 3. 1841. introduced the following I. lie of Brigham Young. Eagle Onto was lhe morials to Congress were adopted heateuward at an altitude of afaout It be In Mexico, Canada or njirull a block cornering on tho ordinance .I11! I .he a. w.U. .re shout feet. the They are located be. , to the citv council: j Praying- for the construction of a tween part of the United" States, the geth grounds. George A. smith OR.DIN WCE. nil wad and telegraph trnc nnlton.i era I outline of streets is identical.! fcmple Amass von. southeast-- pf hasW Tvotfh of c! e'tt-or- dfl qnihejest,ansi ilforti LakoClty, nhe Missouri river. tmd'Tjy Thcf, Liman-un.-n- ear Indicative of the plans arc lurgej . u.oneer interest in bait Lake been called Ensign Peak ifver ' Earlier In tbe history of the cH frgm Irom the Temple hloek to the aum... TT o the council of of City city Cl on ide w oqd the the Kiabkrds was square blocks, four aquarei with wjilch since. And In are later a years of the City flag four, some are not staff was streets. It was directly efijcr ieidrscot from tBvameat the time , that the University building now stands was, don Pacific Brigham Young was a distance 13 miles. placed upon it with Old Count, Mn,a u now used ss the unloading point for stockholder. As soon as the road Tho first known ascent of ths? pioneer arrival in Salt Lalb vai- - Subsequently other selection. of hereby organized by ,? appoint- est- considered as of such inter- Glory flying as the ensign.) on arrival in the approached Utah, he became, the trains are They emigrant Icy that work was commenced on! lands were made by the Apostles ment ot the was made on Eagle Gate, Fort Ensign la Built. Aug. 20, 1847, paks following board of Peak. Pioneer Three das after the Pioneers citv. and many of these trains chief contractor. Associated with I1 Ilian g month, aft r the first for their friends who were yet to, trustees, city planning. Park, and the City it John C. Bennett, and block the on until were that him and John camped Joecpb The day after the naming ot En- come. Sharp arrived, Indians came causing company of pioneers cam Into ths County building square. William Law, registrar; emigrants made other aian?-ment- s A. Young. l!h President In the vision of Sait Lake val-- trouble. President Young instrucBrigham limits the f.rm- - chancellor; sign peak, tal'ey, bv John Brown Albert Beyond city and Sidney 8mith, for Rigdon, or Joseph a permantemporary m. W. liut and "two which according to Brigham ted the Saints to trade no more Young called z council of tb!mg land was panelled out in five Contracts were taken for cult ng Hmith. William ftyrum Marks, ent residence. were We-bTwelve. of w'Jih the There was m of tonnels and bridge work Quorum thm. and as a protection ot!irmen whoso names aro not cr, blau joining them a little given him after the H. Smith, Daniel H. Wells. Young, death Us to mure of Hrmth. present Brigham Young, Heber C.j farther Into ten acres; and out- - Samuel saw rtcord4.he build against a depredations fort canyon Joseph amounting Newel K. Whitney, Charles C. 1 Kimball. Willard Richards, Orson 8Ufu these Into twenty acrez This j, citv squares. than $ 1.000,000. Another contract mouirtam on one of the h John T Barneif law ensign-At a meeting, held August 1. There he records that the voice Pacific was laier for Pratt, WUford Woodruff, Oeorg( mptl.od prevented any one Union the Don Carlos p. ot the marytred prophet- - said. they decided to Smith, A. Hmlth, Amasa Lyman ami Ezra from owning a large acreage near It of logs which amounted re several Vinson Kn!ghuT$aaC-Oalland- , the colors faitTntufyoa wtlT pros- an sun dried bricks, or adobes, on of e hla f reencr Elias thousand hundred ,TBcn"on. dollars. tbec4ty-t- p lfigbee, Robert D per and have peace." the square four blocks south and bretlucn. One ot the primary ideas Foster. James Adams. Temple Site CImmco. , While working thee contract B. Robert west thre of When the Block. to was entered walked from north prethe behind this method Temple They Young President Young and associate Hamuel Bennett, Eben-ez- the valley Brigham in the fall 1847. and Commencing immediately to precamp to about the center between vent speculation, which President Thompson. projected the Utah Central railSnider, recognized it, he alsoof noted the pare the timber and bricks, they Robinson, John the two creeks, when President Young discouraged at every opWhile reaiding m Harmony, N. road .the Salt Lake St Fort Iougla eorge Miller, and Lenos M. mountain above him and said, "I started building the stockade on Young raised his hand and ex- portunity. , and a number of others Y., Joseph Smith lived at the homo of railroad, Univertho regents want to go there." August 16. The walfei were 27 claimed; Here Is ih forty acres It was a common practice, hot Kniphr. of leiac Hi e.Whilo l.v.ng therot ot Nauvoo, as coninches thick and nine feet high lie went up later to better view on for tho temple. The city can be only In halt Lake, but in other sity of the City hterof the outside the surroonding SainU in MissouH and ininoie.lyns templated in tho twenty-fonrt- h 'hcjnuignuninHii j with country laid out perfectly square, north ttah cities, for the pioneers to live' section of An act to incorporate glasses. While there he remarked Tho, The fort was buiK ss a rec- Joseph Smith interviewed Presi-- I Thee were in time taken ovr ,r Da, - and south, east and nest.' in tbe city on the blocks set aside tho City of Nauvoo, approved Hie of our Dec. I w Martin Van Buren, seeking by transcontinental g eopie rtp I.ne hich frDdhjp that it would be a good place to tangle of huts around the ten dent r It was then moved and carried for them, and then to have hold- 16. 1840. nto an lift narand the nol of wero to !o,e, aid made their acres. the of the Utah. Then the into two way nations ensign Later, president thy and threoadjoining blocks Un?ted Btateis. a that the t.mplo lot contain forty ings lh the suburban parts of town 2. Tho board named in the he said. This is Ensign Peak. were fortified. These one of the outstanding raiiroij ned about one yea. ) vere called , acres on the ground they stood on. on 'Which they farmed. In this first?c.section months-JiurNow. exof j After the prophet hid stated his builders of the west, was John V on Jan. 18, 1827. by North Fort and South Fort and brethren, organize your a It was further moved and Carried way they enjoyed a combination hold Its first this ordinance, shall meeting at tho office ploring parties , . . go and ex were constructed similar to the caw, lhe president cf lhe nation. Young, son of JJreui-iu- i 1 oung and'iSqtHre Tarli.ii, m S&uth Baiufandgc, - that the city be laid out in lo'ts ot of of Joseph Jtaiitti, ooTttP4ay7'The pioro where you w!H tmd too wiftrfirst one or the Old Fort. city and rural Jife. is reprrlrd to ha.e mid.a man of great ability. As a X. Y. - ten rod by twenty rods each, es- : School was taaght there tbe Not until halt Lake had grown ninth day of February. 1841, at 2 come back eerv time and sa Ofmiemen, our cau-- e i Juf 'young man he took a eontrait to1 elusive of the streets and into into this L the best place." first winter bv Julian Moses and but T can do nothing for you. If build more than 10 miles of roil' TITHING 4.11 KN. city were the adjac- o'clock p.m. , blocks of eight 'lots, being ten ent quite aincluded So the mountain rising about a Miss Mary Jnn 2 1 U The ordinance was passed and worth. After in the city farms V acres in each block, and one and UM rn:l'! T! ' Gw of iitfung .u te ??d into building was signed by Mr. Bennett and thousand feet , above the valley sheltering the settlers for some vo to f lsoii r limits, and cut-- up northern Arizona. This pro-- j tho thurth. Ji)ly S, 1S3S. givn E one fourth Jn each lot Mr. Sloan. Other decisions Included agree- - subdivisions. In his history of the Church Jo" rnent that each street oe laid out In Logan, Provo. Brigham City Smith writes, on Tuesday, 5 eight rods wide and that there' be!and other cities of the state the seph 2 a sidwalk on each side twenty feet Practice is still common for fartn-- Aug, HU184U The department of EnUudi litha' homes in the city and wide. Each bouse was tobe built er 1 in the center of the lot, 20 feet'0 ol,t to their farms to work, the erature and mathematics of the n most cases not requir-- - University of the City of Nauvoo" f from the front in order to inurellla,ance operation under the tuition than IS minutes tu trav- - is inFrofessor unformlty throughout the city, ilngmore Orson Pratt' of erAnother motion adopted was in operation the Continuing 3 that allotment be made for four With the increase of pommer-lhe honorary depublic square of ten acres each, to j clal progress in and about Sait gree of fa ULD., ' upon General laid out in various parts of the Leke, of highways, James Arlington Bennett, of S city for public grounds. At eight initiation of electric conveniences Now York. Thlrsas - nclock the whole camp fathered and farmcra gradually done on rarlio, 1842 22. April I .on the temple ground and passed dropped their original method of Extends to I tab. the vote unanimously. The Apos-- I living In the city and going to the Orson Spencer, a obny theowere appointed a committee suburbs to till tbe. soil. One thing to superintend the laying out of industry could not erase that was logian and scho,ol Mea her, and graduate, succeeded Mr. Bennett th city. This occurred on Wed- tha wide streets and large blocks, as d chancellor of the University all laid In perfect squares, wltn nesday, July It. 147. held that position until the Church wide sidewalks. Surveying Begins. was ter forced vacate tho of . City Preliminary survey of tho city Foresight fehoun. Nauvoo, because of increased perwas begun Monday morning. AuWidom of the method emgust I. by Orson Pratt' and Henry ployed by the, founders of Utah secutions. Mr. Spencer later became the O. Sherwood. In forming tbe Tern- - in drsigning streets is indicated first chancellor of the University pie block It appeared that forty through the problems now con- of Deaenst, now the University of acres would be too large. Copse- -i fronting other cities, caused in Utah, a hen it was organized a meeting waa held to by narrow streets and small 185 termine whether or not it would blocks. Whereas other citiez have The success of this attempt and fa wise to reduce iu Although deth the desire of cision was not reached- - at a counChurch for educational training cil two days later it was said that Imfor its led members to the ten acres would e sufficient. mediate establishment of the UniTho altitude at the southeast versity of Deseret, in the Sait Lake corner of the Temple block named Salt Lake, vatlev under tbe direction nf BrigA delernUfwd f in vlsftor nerld!aB ommonitiei Utah 22? fifaet ham Young. st 4.109 above sea levet ThlstU! not Imd oblong, triangular, or the Pining location Irregular blocks. The entire state, "11Sait LAke ot City. othr than the exceptions men- : Orson K Whitney, In his His- - Honed U the i of ihese sc- of ciTy planners today, avoiding T?i tivities: Not many seasons elapsed traffic congestion, and forming a the pioneer year 1847. befor. he maiiTclly of the Saint, which tide. Jens Niplscn, church history & model for were eefved of was th first Lattr-da- y records, other, with its wide and regular MOROM BRINGS MKSSAGE. Hsint- - on the Island of Bornholm MreeU flanked with nhade tree, neat aubstanllal dwelling empow'-crw- l When the Angel Moroni first vis- Denmark. He wasFeb.horn24.in 1736, Bornholm, ited Joseph Smith he reiterated the In grove, and crysbaptized July 10. 1851. tal atraams fre.h frogarden, id Ih tower- Bible prophecy that th Brophet andHewas came to Utah in 1854 and lod ing flowiriR Elijah should visit th erth be- cated in but moved in 1863 to down both ide ofhill, fore the great and dreadful day of Newton, Lhi Cache county, where h and healthful thoroughfare, pre- - the Lord. These have been carefully blended to produce a monument dedicated died June 2. 1875 to security and reverence. THE CATHEDRA OF PEACE. This mem"Liahona or Elder, journal Official Organ of the Minions of orial, now under construction at 23rd East and 13th South, affords one the Church of Jesus Christ of perfect means of caring for those for whom the day is done and darkness Latter-da- y Saints in America. The falls from the winds of Night. church haa a large printing establishment there known as Zions NDEPEXDEXCEMissouri I lying westward, and impossible all Printing and Publishing company. Fore-se- e Tho church haa acquired that. 1 place of sacred aignifiance the tnd bordering the prairies. other property in Inde- sacred duty which is indeed a genuine expression of tenderness and To 26 acres of the ffayBalnl: pendence. including The temple plot was dedicated original 63 acres set aside for Independence is situated on tho 3$, 1831. in the presence of, church purposes and on which the western boundary of thb state. in August piert. Among them wer temple lot was located. These 26 eight Jackson county It was hero ths Jokeph 4$mlth, Bidney Rigdon. Ed- - acres are adjacent lb the temple Descriptive literature will I sent upon request. We will consider ward Partridge, William , F helps, j plot The Hedrickttes. or Church of saints cams in 1831.- after God a it I Oliver privilege to be permitted to assist you in solving your individual Martin Harris and omdery, bad revealed to the Frophet Joseph fchriat, as they are officially Called. . Smith, that It was to b the land Joseph Cokv . jare reported to fce excavating for a problem. of their Inheritance that it had been Ever since the saints left Inde-- 1 temple, on what they beiiee to be the appointed, and consecrated for original temple site. pendtnee, it has been their desire toAmong the, old land marks In gathering of the saints, that it was to back and 4do their the land of promise, and the place wardgo building the temple. part Independence, that hate special for the city of Zion. to the church, it the Saints have es- significance At a pot lying a little west of The Latter-da- y Jackson county court house a growing bianch of the old has It the city, upon a plot which was not tablishedthere restored as nearly as been and one of the head- possIMe to its original condition It far from tbe courthouse b told church, the of States Central quarters was the is the them temple spot for significant mainly because it was as a a to in revelation He had also instructed them to Mission Is there. guide given purchase this land, and ej?ry tract In Independence Is published the the temple plot. . v ; Now u . Method Reflected in Ultra Modem sions of Many Experts. wc-ra-n I ' LV THE fBee-hlv- en.TvI N'au-vo- o. play-jraiiro- Early Settlers Soon Scale Peak - i i K- - til ilU -j jl - -- - VV Nau-vo- ut to-w- n, W V -- er ten-ac- Joseph Smith Pleads Saints Cause ikn Before Van Buren re jZ er Emma Hale Becomes Wife of Joseph Smith ,f , - 11 ia " thei! Y - tfle . tv ever-prese- nt Jens Nielsen First Saint at Bornholm ftr Ar-na- r. snow-croene- Independence, Missouri, Has Landmarks of Mormondon J- - ie lhrxt?f T 3w$PSRn9 3n HEADQUARTERS AT INDEPENDENCE S3 "M m If m. I r |
