Show SOME first CLAIMS Ev oyone acknowledges acknowledge pow that it Is ie years since ince the Pi camers first entered abr V jay and joany banyat of ahe he do dear i r old bouls oil dd their m melonea dito in regard to the exciting loci vents of that arrival then the inheres lD in teres in doing kiive dawe are s assured i quite into ote sp P bud and to this jubilant time Ibe tare 1 quite a baido pai doable able ambition out aatlo in sell quer quention tion and balf git which all ail are proud toce to see and aird understand retana ILs ae a matter mattar of 0 course at this late date data more or Is leu 18 and yet an scrap crap of history would be lost loat and time would be wasted io in harmonize harmon izi lag ng tat ement alter after statement consequently the following claims are presen presented tei without critical or crucial comments comment io in the main car no doubt yet preserved for and subject to revision it ir considered consider eff of material importance read bead and let sonority throw its ita mantle over the long ion past years yeara and memories the pioneers Pion eera re irs honored for or what they did and walls every man or woman la Is entitled entitle d tu proper credits credit it matters matten lose lew who did it than man that it was waa done it la Is claimed by lemau curtis that jooa joan browna brown a biti bitta alioa liou or part hereof oame come through immigration emigration canyon breaking the roads and camped un mill creek or emigration eq tore are ia as is it was afterwards called on july 22 1847 thuy they had bad used picks shovels ebo vele oc scrapers apera ana plows for road making faid 6 ld later they came up to temple the first of the Pla pioneer users to arrive in t ne he valley on D we the were elders orson crali prali and erastue snow preal jent being detail ed by sick ut se consequent on undue exertion toe tae famous brigham young or pl PI meer company arrived july watch constitutes the be true jana offic official ij 4 entry to be remembered and hundred oieva jr this camp formed on tomie uie block the first to see bee the valley the pioneer company I 1 was wae aun elizabeth lemon post dear ourn who belag a good burkemo bura emo i ode everal miles of the company to which one ebe was attached too the first party LOW living to enter the valley after the pioneers Pion eera on the be ot 01 sept 1847 sanford hanford ring bing nam dam and wile with others now dead oame me in on horseback ahead of the company tuey left laft un on little mountain the first birth in utah wm a arker rosr boho balao canyon september 26 6 2 aam am too tie male child born lin anthe ha valloy valley loronzo D young 2611 the first girl born jn a the valley young beele to in a government tent on en the corner corder of temple block blacks august jah 1847 4 am mu MM jaad ban a to live five none and nd two and to io iowan iren ilits motion ui to ateo also claimed by kary diary brown tor for bero her bili mry kipry The first twine milne born in the valley to sister one vt ot theae thaw Is ia yet lar tae The first death oy y accident wax wan a I 1 little i atle bay in city ateek tb tone sone of 0 W and matilda J therl kin too tee first acel accident deal res titine in death was ra john E K aged aj 5 years at the alph early IDOo the dog cateral na teral death waa that of nosey rich blob weaber mother of apostle blob Goto october iber seb 1847 the first marriage it to ie olim edwa solemnized between maty marj E hadlock and Freo present tnt taylor off lesting the brie wore a white ank unai tims un ai brought irom Vor most this to la alo claimed for A H COD over avrard aad Wite no dales for either TAO first sythe was haag gad and tile the he first mowing done by hanson haneon walker soon ronn atter after arrivals arrival july 24 1847 the first team to plow to la the valley was driven by lieal N kendall go be 88 aabye ye toe first plowing was waa done by datus ensign and burr frost froat so go says bay gutber tho the beam of the plow broke after a few and the next natt claimant for honor is george W brown who began on july 22 23 1847 on what Is now called main street atres the same claim to ie maue for others othere this thib plow was wa owned by john F elredge Eu 1 redge ton ten acres abrea plowed that day oy dy those who took part wm carter cafter claimed the lead and years yean ago as g recognition carried a miniature plow in ia procession proceR aion president woodruff planted halt half a bushel of potatoes potato ea on the afternoon of the twenty fourth immediately after fo ler his bla arrival the first potatoes potato ea planted J july 97 were a partial failure one half plat ni boing from the elz or of plow to a apar spar rowa egg nine itne and a half bushela bushel were rallied from these next lbert year by lorin and aaron farr to in the now ow sixth ward and Br Brin intuni tons the first western importation of potatoes was waa made by captain j hunt who brought in a bushel buhel and sold them at 1 each two bushe loro ww brought in irom los angeles on olk pack animal by E K fuller in the spring ot of 1840 john van cack wiio bad raised a lew few pota toog the h i previous year was offered thirty dol MI jars ara in gold for a bushel tite first seed wheat imported from the west weal was wae five bhele by capt c james jamea brown a the fa fl of 47 4 tho th 1 i following early spring capt jaunt ia brought to in seed aeed wheat from the wat the first saw aw pit was waa erecter erect ei by vb wm W walter and aaron P p part in R bad d butte rom from their the first panel doors and three light ai wow in 1847 I 1 the first saw gaw will mill was waa erected in in mill creek by samuel Thomp thompson gon the first fint molasses mola will mill aej an 4 i from corn stalks atalka were made by la lazraus araus irilee iR R ilfe tf the first drat waterwheel water wheel and hon was wail worked on by john ff f bliwas tike the first rain pan 48 utah ab the lawal assi said bald in twenty yar was wa in abo www prayer tyer 4 hifue tn first bobbir evar ver made IQ in ni wai by john lawry 1 a tee 0 old je vue the afat reeking eabair magic maae ina fit 4 old tort fort to IB 1847 by Jo johnss hawla birch g grown growa row a in iod bd B as aasi you one ol of plows plow made in U 1 now owned by nathan T lota the ant reshoe mook machina ilia i built by jeph 8 undock ile Wasa tob county tY the fast fl 11 g ailed A utah john joan P wriston with kgb wrulon was evidently one of thai aba he be laumb to 0 o lagic the flat cotmon to no ee colbel jaa ailed the recruiting lor lop tk government to hye have ailt m moi to plant and nd fo forthe fortee rt poor poof to have hava arala Teji heirs herip her j jP 9 to lo liar to help m 0 abe th A als dm dam in city creek the alist too i now new fourteenth mord bardl to pa pin ant a rot potatoes on oa ground plowed io c W brown to ran toe the awas of A each efton to tl of t tee stakes used W or mf orners and to have hare helped build the arelt adobe house toe the first bowery or build lop was wae commenced august let 1847 james W shape reports his hia call to work oo on ft that day two days after his arrival the first adobes acobes were a joint effort many claim to have worked on them and DU in bunding the old fort the abe first brioli brick was make by frank assisted aes isted by john lowry and j H the house built from ofala brick is said to be still standi standing rg to ID abe tb of F urthel th or ward rd the first boue to have a root roof oo on was wae that of mra cells cella Huot who with her bar husband came in from Calif Califor orala sila he returned the same winter for or seeds etc the only existing house bouse built in the fall ol of 1847 la Is owned now by wm ana W biter the first salt was made at the lake by stephen goddard brother button lid another the water was down in kettles and the product counted excellent the first brat southern exploring and fishing fibbing party consisted ol of parley P pratt john M higbee henra ca bussell and oeners ott pt was a difficult trip rip tor for wag n and outfit and a lew few grout tue the result but the valley utah and so eo reported surprise lae 88 a the first boat upon salt lake was wao built for exploration by J joseph mount and william potter the first ditches were no doubt made in coron jarvis johnson claims to have done dodo considerable the first violla violin made by horace drake in 1847 the first loom mads made in utah was waa by bj drother brother Oi ollerton lerton ane first yard of cloth woven ther that 60 was by june jane holden for mother sessions the first beef gallo gallow wf po most meat block and meat ineat market were made and opened by dirr P curtle curti the first school opened i in a utah was by eliea Ostra grood in the ou olo VO fort rt this honor is also claimed fur for mary jeary miles the first dress wade made from sacksay sacks by harriet garries sargent rich the material 58 colored with willow leaves is the fist was taken by oroon oraon pratt prats early in july 1847 IL strument ment untried carried by ozra F the first two sheep brought into the valley by joseph 8 murdock Mur doob bailey murdock who drove her bar OWL team eam bad three more tied under her bet wagon the first ox team driven into the valley was by J E eneido under the direction of captain daulcy spencer the ike first mail carried to winter au qua ai riera iu in 1848 war a duie doie b samuel lewia ip P decker and amuil amini jackina M 7 the first brat gold discovered in utah was waa taken by J joseph H Hj I 1 from the jezzard of a janicken lu in parowan carowan la jn 1850 1 the first lime bushels buo hels was wae by joel parrish in emigration eanon june 1848 thai last letter written by president ham young was to doctor J H it who now new posie see ses and li it money meney |