Show I 1 letter from elder george A smith to the editor of the news ron dav i k C county arity U T doe dee 4 1854 adz DEAR i SIR I 1 it is very natural for the eye of an observer to note changes with wore or less accuracy in this age of progression five years acro ago I 1 art preached abbed in ellb a log school hoise bym ri sS jOy ith willows cane and dirt i hastily wit after winter hid hai set fo I 1 I 1 I 1 bt 1 I M ei extraction I 1 I 1 traction had been aalf 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 thy anions kenyons An being P yet u r to accod odthe the neighborhood 1 I 1 I 1 it convene eanie ie the t lie meet I 1 I 1 I 1 ing seabring sea I 1 ering ring settlement of commenced I 1 to open I 1 11 I 1 I 1 abid i T wl D r V is ife d this place the log 8 braoo i se habben had a ben demolished and the I 1 i foundation was laid for an adebie one which h wag was one year in building in tile the spring of f 1852 this site was selected by the court for the county seaf aea and the town plot w was as surveyed in the nil fall of 1 1353 A commence commencement jn t was made to build a fort which I 1 was abandoned d in consequence 0 of an agreement on part of the inhabitants of tile the ward to enclose t the lie town plot with a wall it proving tao small an addition I 1 was waa made to the ori original gindl survey on oil the south making the eni en i closed plot in the form of an L which shape was rendered necessary to avoid locating a line imp of odthe the wall through it a swamp the east line of the wall commenced is rods the south line ih west wert end 72 north side of the ta hie L I 1 1 weid side north end 72 making the whole I 1 line oft rods which enclosed enc losee 1121 apih lt h containing iou nio I 1 wl A wc 1 I 1 lotin a block the streets 6 rods wide last january this place contained 3 small rind and 4 low log houses in the latter part of the wall was com comroe fenced need of earh att thick at the bottom to be high aft 2 thick at the top two thirds of this wall is now aft high the remainder is in progress sR and expected to be completed by seed time next spring the site is mst mat beautiful bein being uneven enough gh to give div e variety and yet so level that the water can be carried to any part of it for irrigation or I 1 machinery T the he adebie work of a court house is is remt completed and will he enclosed by christmas uis by act 2 stories stones high it contains 3 jury rooms 3 offices a halt hall and a cout count room 32 feet square it is beatti beautifully situated on a rocky and is the first court huse H use built in the territory and is a very good pattern for utah or some ol of the larger counti eq to improve upon the contractors are H W and D A miller at there are now 27 one story and anda 9 two story adebie houses 33 log buildings prin with good pine fifie shingle roofs and several others in progress and farmington Farmin glon presents the appearance a of a fine town if f several a years standi standing tig the school house by is very well finished ani answers I 1 the present purpose for i meetings a ach school is taught in it of 81 80 selin scholars lars by eldr elder john S gleaso GI eason n he is now teaching hi hir third quarter r and gives general satisfaction adother room will soon be prepared for the reception of a second se school linol as the first is becoming too much crowded farmington is situated near the mouth of north cottonwood kanyon the stream fornis furnishes hes water for irrigation and mill privileges and W 1 1 waters a larg jarge I 1 tract jf the choicest lafty th the j fountains V lin i WW gaise abruptly upwards 0 ot aoe ami mile 1 I e ki in ri beig 44 the neighborhood lire fir e alu quen antly lly N godl ka by the ahe kanyon kanya n breeze aze f from om theeart thee 1 1 east abt t I 1 t 4 h f in in 1 the yeara year 1849 the aate ae dewillard Dr br Willard PL richards ichards if a road to the umber ber in in una thi Is kiyoe kanj gon A expending succeeded yia T R huking nuking aki aga tga a I 1 road about 5 miles up it and erected fwu aaa I 1 mill in in ii a lage body of excell nt timber r alchi 0 legli the e canyon is one of we the w writ wat by nature atu rete to make mak a road into beit has become as easy of access access as any in iu the country thereca there la if good grist g rist filiti J in operation just the town a w water power thras thrashing liing I 1 maclaine ma ia aenne cliine nidine ni hine and saw mill aarein progress ss of erection inside the will the town contains inta iq 3 b 2 sh 0 1 i 1 9 IF er t rah cabinet jnet land and an extensive e tannery eTy ji I 1 I 1 cots q I 1 I 1 T 0 I 1 smith is a large frame icv B br messenger I 1 ia teach teaching ing tili toe legeret al pet to an evening knol I 1 vre held two meetings gl on the sabbath I 1 preached pap h e 4 on t he the iq and va W the evening upon education bro wm win ha ime and juhn john L smith boire testimony an T ihde rem remarks irks on perpetual binici ming ting fund d tithing 4 tins morning the arth was whitened by five inch jaa of snow are M p many any good farm hog houses ses erected in tina kiei 4 r I 1 1 ir mr J judson dann stoddard h has els 4 building ix a fort on oil his own hook I 1 near nea haa built sedral rods of wall makii making ng P two r sides of f one corner his fort mr johnp john P banard has the largest house hause 1 Us saw awit it 1 resembled some of tile housey in ill steuben county N Nev el york it will pr probably be protected by the guns of port fort Stoa dard when Cen tenille contains about 40 families the plot is is partly enclosed by an 18 8 inch ad obie wall wt high the storm will ill prevent nt my kivini this on my my return my wile wife son and daughter have apy d the airi ainne g with me to this place as relatives tives brinig brin ig tb blind old the mountains of f vir ginia yours arely traly t 11 I 1 it i 1 VEO A SMITH I 1 |