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Show Tkf Salt Like Tribute. Sunday, April 19, 1979 in; , : Piute History Fails To Flames At Old Pioneer Site J; ta t.o L- - vMf.i 3 ukr.v tw'itilr.j i Cftssilii EtUcuvc&us, tswtvUaro FOR A HOME .'ORE BEAUTIFUL, mte til EXCITING, COLORFUL, LIVEABLE ... By Iiene Elder Tribune Correspondent KINGSTON, Piute County Hitiory is fast. And its destruction een taster. That is what happened near tins small community on April 7. Just 93 years ago a group of pioneers settled in a small valley on the east fork of the Sevier River, with their leader, Thomas H. King, as president of a new Tnitrd Order' consisting of 30 Mormon families. Community Thrives The community thrived. Its residents built a woolen mill, a grist mill and a tannery among other industrial structures. They built a presidents" houre for Mr. King, tire miller, until April 7, 1970. wlach still stood On that date, fire struck fast and destructively. And the history of the area disappeared in the searing flames. It all started as a constructive move by farmers in the area tying to bum off debris along a ditch. o) o) bwb BY Winds Whip Flames But strong and perverse winds whipped the flames into the historic area in Circle Valley and it only took minutes for tire flames to turn tills historical site into blackened ashes. All the work of Thomas R. Tling, his sons: William, Cnlbert, Volney, John and Thomas Edwin and their families was gone. As was that of the other pionetr workers and families. But the name remained, even though the United Older" r ended after a history. EJEES The most exciting fashion news in carpet in years, and it couldn't be more practical. f)) five-yea- Take Along Town Name After the order was discontinued in 1882, Thomas E. and William King moved to the present site of Kingston on Utah and took the name of the town Highway 22 east of Junction with them. The 1970 fire even wiped out some of the things that weie growing reminders of the pioneer workers. Gone are the old fruit trees those pioneers brought in, climbing planted and nurtured. Gone are the roses. And gone are many of the old, big, comfortable cotton-shaded those early men, in their youth ood trees which women and children. sq. yd. COMPLETELY INSTALLED w Heavier Runoffs Forecast In Upper Colorado Basin Rainy March weaher in the upper Colorado River Basin will result in heavier runoffs into the Basin's Reservoirs than expected, the Bureau of Reclamation said Saturday. The April through July runoff above Glen Canyon Dam is now expected to reach a total of 7.5 million acre-feeLake Powell behind the dam . is expected to be about 15 feet higher than last summer and 27 feet above its present level. , t. J i I About 930,000 acre-fee- t of 'runoff should originate above Lees special way of spinning the yarns for very luscious carpet as doesn't easily Flaming Gorge Dam. Of tills amount, the bureau says, 170,000 will be stored in Cele- - a con. 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