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Show Pioneer Bishop Of Hyrum Ola N. Liljenquist, a pioneer of Cache county and bishop of Hyrum during the early days of that sett lenient, is the subject of this sketch. Phi useful and noted man was born at Ignaberga, Sweden, in September 23, 1825. Ola's forefathers for two hundred yens a. uk mg in the lime quarries at but Igimt'i'i ga, the widowed moth. i of tile boy ad ised him to Mk mother occupation. He thin hue left his home and went lo the city of Copenhagen. Hen-mk, ti learn the occupation of tailor He was not long in fin i ng vorl;. and in five years he had become a master tailor, with n chop f.f his own. He made coo. smeral.le money had servants an alii nded the theatre. His woe Cmispne was able to buy a silk dress occasionally. . Converted TI en in the summer of 1X52 the unexpected happened. Someone placed in ins hands a copy of i hi book of Mormon, The nook nri'U' ed liis interest to sum an extint that he began to attend the meetings of the Latter-da- y Suin'.' in Copenhagen, and soon api'lird lor baptism. He also giving up his lucrative business and emigrating lo th? gathering place of the Saints in Amend,. In 1857 his plans mater- ialized and he found himself on his .av to Utah. at the head of a large emigiant group of his own well-know- n name of H. is ltie people ' I!v,Um .ng Sunday in es w"' i, Hvmns w Cenip'i,i(',l!' was a elf edurat-- ! -- petersen ho-- compost-(ort- v l musn-a- e down tivmns. will go monument "I a a die ages llU5 lhe pr0se ' He also Among of those songs. : of the eomposi- ,e ifthe most widely song An. A Pil- P'a.ver . ' ' Secret and -Angels Sing worry", 'When the Mists Have - W "Praise All", "My and among so, ne compositions. ,ine Peace" me". are pother be In ed H.fueS j ' r" of eie they tried and persecuted. Za Hendrik Petersen died at Tm in Dec. -- 4. l!'o9 at the age convert Dam-l- i ti He was a chuich in 1So3. ihe Mormon 1fis7 tQ 162 he labored as tend. ry in h,s nati'e the founding after rears to he and his wife came when , ' Great countrymen. s hard-hip- s aw hiti'd him. but he did not mind hardships. At Iowa City, Iowa, tne end of the railroad in t?i" Wes , Ola joined a handcart com- tinny t iiri pushed a handcart tliir- - Being a self made and progres-- ; tee,, hundred miles across inouii-nisive man, hundreds of hours were ar.o plain to Salt Lake valspent in reading literature. At the ley. time of his death, his private E - a time he settled at Goshen library' was the best and most ex-- i m I'lali county, and from 'here tensive one in the south part of vis tailed as a missionary lo Hvtum. ids native country. He served in halt. Cache county. !:tah First settling at his capacity w ith great dilligence During his lifetime he fulfilled where lie organized k( city, Ire m ISM to 1X62. Choir in various civic and eccesiastically first Scandinavian Ot: his return to Utah. President to Hyrum in positions, among which was city :t city. He came of the peace, city Hi ipham" Young advised the stal-- j recorder, justic F. v art Swedish convert to sPitle in mason by 'marshall, tithe clerk, school trusa,, father wa a assistant superintendent of Hyrum. Cache Valley, where n in bo.v- - tee, and Hendrik eaily S anrlanavian of his the Sunday School, settlement was 4 learned the trade themselves had supported by terming Hyrum now became h,s w. and helped to support the n i,- I i OLA X. I.I1JEXQCIST ' iiome. and Ola N. Liljenquist' soon beennu? the leading citizen. lie was installed as bishop of the ward, and in this capacity he ized ' - in getting out railroad ties. F.ii the first time real nieie-began tc flow Into the town of Hyrum. The success of the sawmill venyears. Hyruiv. was little more than a ture encouraged Bishop Li.jen-quito eslahlish another cooperarude fort when Bishop Liljenquist 1, tive enterprise. He began to prothere in 1862. mote a dairy.' Shares in the new lo" cabins which housed iiS faced each other on the one dai-- were bought by 88 families, street ot the town. Fear of the and in a short time the bishop Indians kept the settlers living tad money enough on hand to wilhin the fort during the early end east and purchase dairy and equipment. years ol the community, and stit machinery In 7S75 all the cooperatives them armed to do their work in owned by the people of Hyrum, tlie fields. A bishop in those days looked tne store, the mills, the daliv eft r tin- temporal as well as 'he and tie- sheep, were combi' ed cr.c company, known as the spiritual wants of his flock. He in'o Order of Hyrum. Bishop Uiicd he and nsideted that ci temporal tr.e spiritual were one and that Li'jenquist was the president of there was no dividing line. In his the organization. Sunday sermons he spoke of faiin, npentance, the gathering of Israel, and also of digging irrigation ditches, growing pot aloes, and guarding themselves agauist i he Indians. Organizer P.isliop Liljenquist soon formulated a progressive program for the people of Hyrum. He planned to extend the city beyond onlines of the fort. He laid nul e a town of blocks, with a free lot for each inhabitant and leyond the town, land was to be divided into twenty-acr- e plots for farming purposes. The whole town was also to have free use of the grazing areas in the bids. The irrigation water was io be owned by all and used sparingly. Lndee the leadership of Bishop Liljenquist, the settlers of Hyrum began to prosper as they had done before. But now t new enemy came to thwart their progress. Swarms of grasshoppers fiew down from the hills and settled cm he green fields. Kor seven the people fought these yea-- s relentless pests, but it appeared to be finally a losing fight and many of the men abandoned their lard rna went to work on tno incoming railroad. However, Bishop Liljenquist was not defeated. He called the attention cf his ward members to otter resources, out of x.hicn they could make a livelihood. For instance, there were hundreds ot for sei-ve- 18 sl Dirl-llin.i- v 'em-i!;e- s -- - - i 1 te ,1 . ,: i .. ' s ' '' 4 - V z ' ' "4 .4 I ' w , - " A- 'v ' if J I; i:W I - - good condition. The toll realized each year varied from njne to twelve hundreo dollars. Round trip through the canyon was 50 cents and a trip to any point in the canyon was 35 cents. That is the story of the beginning of the Blacksmith Fork Canyon road. STAR PRINCE DOMIMO ,' - y ' , , v Of Hyrum Story tCont. from Preceeding Page) RAISED IN CACHE VALLEY H This is Super Royal Panama, from T. T. Super Royal (sire) and Bella Donna (dam). Thirteen cham 1st pions have been made from his first crop of calves. He was added to the herd in 1944 to increase the high standards established by Ray Jensen for breeding stock. He came from the Dan Thorton herd. SUPREME ROYAL PANAMA tvvVT This is a beef steer raised by Gale Jensen that took Grand Champion at the Idaho State Fair held in Boise B. 1950. good example of the Hereford Breed Supreme from the A Jensen herd. recreation of a rodeo race tracks for horse rac;ng, ball field and picnic area. Immediately to the east of the city is the. beautiful Blacksmith Fork canyon, where two recreation centers are kept in fine condition t the city. On the outlie square is located a large softball Ju moot in the summer, whom rink in the becomes an .voder. The city owns a largi spring floor dance hall, and civic ci ib Kcms on the second floor are maintained. About twelve civic organizations, city representatives and chureb representatives are banded together as the Hyrum Amuse-meAssociation. Incorporated, rt an through coordination of major projects accomplish ijencf eiol to the progression ot the city. is lucaleo a new area, v.iich consists y eweiry COMPANY jew,elry of distinction service of character i.i GRAND CHAMPION BOISE, 1950 . RAY E. JENSEN AND HIS SONS HAVE DONE MUCH TO e INCREASE THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE HEREFORD BREED SUPREME BREEDING IN THE WEST RAY E. JENSEN nt 1 STEER Young Ward, Utah ef-to- mm Telephone uighty-on- o His name will be remembered for a long time in the city of idycim, where he did so much to built the community In Us pioneer days. in 1920 and started feeding Ray E. Jensen, Young Ward, In Cache Valley, bought his 300 acre farm work and raised in 4-interested became cattle for the market. His two sons, Marriner and Van, and when they cattle about learned Fair Utah State breeding the as At a project. Herefords they returned home they were so impressed that they convinced their father to get some outstanding stock. In 1935 he purchased his foundation stock from the outstanding W.H.R. Ranch at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and since that time has added new blood lines from nationally known herds until today with 100 reg istered dams and five herd bulls, he is recognized as having the best foundation breeding stock for tht Hereford Breed Supreme in the intermountain west. in ' age of 1 Work began on the road in the spring of 1873, but as summer advanced the farmers had to return to their lands to farm. Charlie issued a call for help, and the aged men of the community and teen-ag- e boys responded to work out a share each. Early in August, a letter was received at the camp some 12 miles up the canyon asking if President Young and party might pass over the new road to Bear Lake. This request fixed the time for the completion of the work and people rallied to assist in it. The road was completed on the 23 of August, and Brigham Toung and his party passed over it. They all expressed surprise and praise at such a splendid road through the mountains. The cost of the road and improvements' was over $10,000. A toll gate was put on the road two and a half miles up the canyon. and the road was kept in av.'v s'T's at the ner a orV - , city ing stock from the W.H.R. Ranch, Cheyenne, Wyoming, the largest breeder in the United States, and from other recognized Boys, Too xQumwTO that with initial breed Developed in Cache Valley (Coot, from Preceeding Page) in his honor that it was called Blacksmith Fork. In those days it seemed to expedite explanation if people were Identified by their trade, and Charles was referred to as Charlie Blacksmith more often than he was called Charles Anderson. V la HEREFORD BREED SUPREME Blacksmith Fork ' From 1S75 to lS'.k), a period of appointed a traveling patriarch, fifteen years, everyone in Hyctm wit la a special assignment lo all Mormons in the who desired employment found it Bc.tniianuvian In hi stales. with the United Order. It was letermouqtain a time of peace and prosperity novels he purchased a tract of land at Kexburg, Idaho, and o.t for the entire community. 1 In J8P0 Bishop Liljenquist was the 2 llli of April, 1W6, he die herds. 187 , tinihi-rlaiu- Saw mill With over half the families as shu'enoUlers, a steam sawmill was soon creeled in the timber, and theie was a lumber yard in the town v.'here the building nuiien.al was solo. Out of the first sawmill tliero grew a shingle mill, and a second sawmill, which special- ten-acr- ' i able-bodie- d c Since Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition el use-tie 1 the expression of his, own mother tongue. He became a fluent speaker and writer of the English language. He studied the prose writers lives and methods of their; works, and it was in this field that he made the most remark-- ' able record. Kor many years held together a chorus of forty to as their leader. He was independent in thought. and convictions, and an earnest student of the Mormon Church. Herold-Journ- l in the m aud if a road could be built up Blacksmith Folk canyon, tm., resource would be available. The bishop was now more eiitlui even than he had been oefore. H spoke about the possibilities of this road in the Sunday mootings, lino it w as not long bef ire n,an i.' Hyrum every was lending his assistance to the vora. In the summer of 1873 toer-tee- n tries of road had been completed back into the hills. ai at therefore family. His schooling was very meagre, being not more than 6 months of public instruc-- i tion in all. Yet through constant' self schooling this man became one of the early educators of Cache County, as well as being the first man to introduce the in first graded schools Cache County. He worked at his trade in Ily-- 1 rum, but at the same time in spare moments he delved into the study of the German and English languages, as well as improving writ- - s ot The 036-R- 2 |