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Show 4 - Of Lore Early The Filled Is With Of Hyrum Story Osboin, Andrew A Allen, Moroni Benson, Hans E. Nielsen, Niels B B Andiew Nielson, Nielsen, Monson George Nielsen, Hans, Jens Monson. Oliver McBride, Noah Bnmhall, Adam Smith. Jens David Parkes, Jenson, Hugh Paikes, Calvin Bingham, Alonzo Bingham .David Osboin Jr., Willow a number of dugouta were liam Williams, Thorna William., made In the hillside and a few John M Hansen, Christopher Jonas log cabins built. Das id Osborn, Olsen, Andiew Anderson, one of the leadeis of the group, Halurson, and Soren Nielsen laid out a plan for the settlement Start Planting north of Camp Hollow. Hut It The new settlers began at once that the Imk of wuter to plow the ground and plant w'ould be a serious handicap at wheat, About 100 acres in all were this site, so the present site of broken up and planted But the Hyrum was tinatly chosen for the 111 lie spring at Camp Hollow prosettlement. vided srairely more water than Following are the names of the was needed for culinaiy purposes mpn who with their wives and and it was imperative to bring families settled at Camp Hollow: in more water if the crops were to Aha Henson, Iia Allen, David mature. There was a considerable influx of new settlers into Cache beValley during 1860, and a number of new settlements were was of these One of first Hyrum. the gun that year. Early in April, I860, a group of about twenty families entered the valley, traveling by way of Collinston since the roads through the Wellsville or Sardine canyons could not be traveled that early in the season. 1 Providence, With Wellsville, Logan, Mendo , Smith field and Richmond al.eady established, the new group naturally turned its attention to the southeast part of the valley, where there was as yet no settlement, und decided to locate near a spting situuted about a mile ea.st of the present town of Hyrum. The spring rises m what is now Known as Camp Hollow, not far from the home of Ceorge Stanton. Cabin Built Just west of the present highway on beth sides of Camp Hol The Herald-Journ- Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition al Ira Allen arid others located a site for an irrigation diKh about rune miles sou-'- i on the little Bear Kiser, wheie the little Paradise settlement was just beg.nning to A government engineer was employed to make a survey, but the canal bed which he proposed was so large that thp seitlois could see it could never be completed In time to save the crops. They were greatly discouraged, but Allen and others made another survey with a spirit level am all went to work with eneigy and determination. Work ;n (tonal The canal, measuring five feet at the bottom andeight feet at the top, was completed in 21 days. As the crops were burning, thg men worked piarlically night and day, camping at the site of their work. Food supplies weie scarce and the workmen had little to eat besides blead and milk. Alva Benson went fiom family to family gatheung what food he could to feed the men. The tools at hand weie a plows, eight shovels, and a few old spades In places where it was feasible thp men also used a d whirh of two split logs with the "go-devi- l, con-siste- ! :! i pit-sen- t pNnt The main and bordered with reet,. I'ght.ng system. OthJ available ,o the cnJL ?' 7 msu,ct J school mZI ' Nearly 18 live on the modern homes. Thirty-,?of smooth highway rtm ' south, east and west square The three soirer rise high above ties in appropriate locationt Hyrum Dam To t - extreme south trance to the city i, beautiful artificial v, water storage hlps to water to the farms of Hyna to the adjoining towni Lja on its banks is a swimming Its location is ideal for b and f'shing M Oh ea-- i ' ntrance to 4 d on Next One Purpose rpr Beauty Spot, Recreation Area people to sove country east of town for the pur jrose of obtaining lumber for building purposes and for securing herd ground for the horses, cattle and sheep and lor manufacturing butter and cheese. The plan to make a road through the canyon was presented to the people by Bishop Ole Liljenquist, who explained that upon this move the prosperity of the weie subsmbed by 128 people at $40 per share Each shate was payable in labor on the road. O. N. Ijljenqtlist was appointed suei mtendent ot the road, with Oliver S. McBride to assist him. Charles Anderson, Lehi Curtis, and Mr. McBride were appointed to survey the road. Charles Anderson was a blacksmith, and he worked diligently and enthusiastically on the project, and It was shares (Continued on Next Page) systematically BEEN A CACHE VALLEY DEPENDABLE MARKET FEEDS AND FARM SUPPLY FOR MILK WHITE t: and to finance Homes, UTAH POULTRY & FARMERS COOPERATIVE HAS P 1951 . . . to help people depended. As a result thereof, 178 n: S church lughSjH building reation halls theatre, W? ' stor-- s, one i j:hlng Ro'plumbers, shoe repair sl. lunibl'r tuaiv, store, dlu ore, radio lePa'r shop, c doct J 6.nd dentist, sevf: ages and sen ice static Milk plant, Del Monu . plant, and billiard hall. L Blacksmith Fork Canyon Is As one drives through Black smith Fork Canyon In Hyrum, It Is difficult to visualize the hard work of our eaily pioneers and ancestors which went Into the building of the road through It. It is a beautiful natural canyon, a hunters paradise aad a fisherman's rendezvous. Lumber Needed Hyrum had grown In leaps Ynd bounds from I860 to 1873 and it became necessary to ojien up the I this spot to locate at the present site of Hyrum City, which they considered a more favorable location. Note the dugouts built Into the hillside. Bishop Bingham had been called present Mam St. The first cabins Alva the Bear Lake region in 1863, to were those of Niels Nielsen, and Ola M. Liljenquist was named Benson, anw ttie Allens buhop When Hyrum was incorWard Organized and porated in 1870, Mr. Liljenquist Apostle Ezra T Benson and first Peter Maughan organized a ward was elected the wasmayor, a leader in he for years fall many the in new settlement in the was the community and the moving of 1860. Calvin Bingham force in cooperative ventures so chosen bishop. The name Hyrurn a was suggested by David Osborn extensive for the time that own day has referour of writer from course of was taken and red to early-da- y Hyrum as Hyrum Smith, brother of Joseph Smith. It is possible that the new "cooperative city." Aiound 1870 a substantial and settlement would have been given the name Joseph if it had not commodious rock building was been for the fact that there weie erected on the public square, and plans to. build a city where the for many years it served as the Church farm was located (about center of all important community a mile south of the Logan sugar activities. Like other settlements factory site) and that it had in the valley, Hyrum from the been agreed that this city was to beginning showed a keen interest be called "Joseph". in dtamaties and music. The old Phenette Williams Allen was 'opeia house which stood on the site of the Elite Hall was the first baby girl born in the new settlement and Ira T. Williams for years a social center for all the first boy baby The first the southern end of the valley. was that of Moroni Benson Dramatic companies were organiand Martha Philips. zed and many creditable plays The settlers remained in the were performed. Hyrum was also fort until the spring of 1864, when noted for its brass band. The town now has approxithe town was laid cut by suiveyor James H. Martineau and the peo- mately 500 families. From Its n ple moved onto city lots Inch n- ag e b ginning it has grow n a veiv rural city into an familv hea- - was givin a city lot mbtn c ty It owns its own power and 20 acres of land to faim Cache Valley Banking Co. 1903 HYRUM STARTED IIF.RE This Is Camp Hollow, as the first Hyrum settlement was called, as it appeared in 1860. The settlers later moved from ends placed together to form an was loaded angle. The device with men and several yoke of oxen were hitched to it and it was pulled along the bottom of the ditch, pushing the earth to both sides. Too Lute In spite of almost superhuman efforts, the canal was not completed in time to do much good that year. The crops were so far gone by tne time the water was put onto the land that there was just about enough grain left to supply the crickets and grasshoppers. It was a discouraging fust year for the Hyrum ettlers. Most of the men had to leave for Ogden and other places south to find work so that they could get food for their families for the coming winter One settler, dens Jensen, who had come from Mt. Pleasant, had to drive a yoke of oxen back to that place, a distance of over 200 miles, to get 20 bushels of wheat which were owed to him. The settlers moved from Camp Hollow to the present Hyrum townsite in the early fall of 1860, and there they built log cabins close together in the usual foit formation The cabins extended east and west on noth sides of the Day Industrial, EGGS. THE DEMOCRATIC WAY, SINCE 1923 Agricultural i Ownership. i 5 i i it, . . 4 , . '" . . tx rtfn4hiirniiiTiiriiiiafj over forty-eigyear of banicing service the Cache Valley Banking Company has gone through some trying financial periods that affected not only this valley, but the entire intermountain territory. In THE OFFICES AND SUPPLY STORE AT 173 SOUTH MAIN THEY HELPED TO PRODUCE 40,000 CASES OF QUALITY EGGS IN 1950 ht It has grown with the West which was only beginning in 1903, when the bank was organized. It has been, all through these times, a bank where people with small amounts to invest could deposit their money, borrow for their needs for better homes and living conditions, and receive financial advice. Down through the years people have repaid its endeavors with an ever growing list of depositors showing confidence in the management. Complete banking facilities are open to all, backed by an experienced board of directors and employees, men and women of integrity and standing in the community in which we live. IN CACHE VALLEY ASSETS OVER $6,000,000 Marketed through this association, and helped to eat 72,824 feed units of balanced feed supplied Cooperative way. "V The poultry industry In the Cache Valoy has been or.e of the most important branches of agriculture. However, without a dependable market for production, the returns to 'he farmer would be negligible. Since 1923, between 400 and 600 producers of poultry and eggs have this market in the Utah Poultry and Farmers with offices In Logan. Nit only las the market made returns on production that could not have been done any otnor wuy it has also supplied tha producers with balanced feeds, farm ne ls and supplies on a cooperative basis-lo- wer than usual prices. This has proven, without douht, the advantages of such a cooperative organization. , 3 UTAH POULTRY AND FARMERS COOPERATIVE 173 SOUTH MAIN LOGAN, UTAH TELEPHONE 991 Cache Valley .Banking Company LOGAN, UTAH i -- i j- - |