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Show Wellsville Was The First Settlement Story Of To Be Established In Cache Valley to- Though Paradise and Avon then townships, are day sepaiate settlement and eaily histoiy lug- ically belong together in a single slor.. The As is well known, most If not all of the towns in Utah had their origin in colonies of settlers sent out from time to time, both north and south from Salt Lake City, by Brigham Young and his council. The colonists were placed under the leadership of captains who were deemed most experienced in the problems of settlement and most capable of organizing local governments. It was 1856 that Brigham Young and his counselors decided that the settlement of Cache Valley should be undertaken. Peter Maughan was chosen to lead a small group of colonists Into the valley and choose a site for a settlement. The first scouting group, consisting of Peter Maughan, his son W. H. Maughan, George Bryan, John Tate, Morgan Morgan, and Zlal Elggs arrived in Cache Valley over the Sardine route In July, 1856. Liked Valley Maughan and his companions were much Impressed with the valley and decided to settle In the south where Wellsville is now located. They returned at once to Tooele County for their families an don September 15, 185b the following arrived to remain permanently in Cache Valley: anu his wife Peter Maughan, sons, W. R. Maughan and John M. Maughan, Zial Riggs, George Bryan, Francis Gunnel, and O. D. Thompson and their families. After two days of further explor- ation of the valley the gioup again decided to settle on the Wellavllle. site of present-da- y They went to woik at once cutting wild hay and building log houses and corrals. On September 27 of this year the first child was born in Cache Valley to Mrs. Ieter Maughan. She was given the name Lliabeth. The birth took place in a covered wagon, one day after the fust snowfall of 'he year. Port The settlement was called Maughans Fort for some tune, but later was named Wellsville in honor of Lt. Daniel H Wells, It is strange that theie Is no community in the valley today which bears the name of Peter Maughan, who played such a great and Important part In the colonization of the area. The first winter for the new colony was a hard one. Snow lay three to four feet deep on the level and ten feet or more deep in the canyons. Trenches had to be dug to the wood piles and also around the haystacks to keep the cattle off the stacks. In January of 1857, John Gardner, son of Willard Gardner, attempted to reach Maughans Fort from Brigham City through the canyon, carrying the mail He was frozen to death and hit body was found two days alter about one- - half mile from the F. ft. When spring came In 1857 tic settleis began to fence their farms and plant crops. Other families arrived now, so that when the provisional organization of Cache County was effected there was a total of about 20 families living In the valley. Among those who arrived in the spring of 1857 were William Hamblin, Timothy Parkinson, Sr., Thomas Leavitt, ard . , Joseph Woodward. Temporary Delay The permanent settlement of Cache Valley was temporarily delayed In 1858 by the approach of Johnsons amiy, which was (oming to Utah to the people" Brigham Young ordered the settlers in Cache, to move south, which they did in April, 1858. Their move was hastened by the fact that the Indians in the area had giown somewhat thieatemng. Giain haivested fiom a fairly good crop In the pievious fall was stoied in the log houses. A gioup which returned to the valley In July 1858 found that it had been taken by the Indians. The resettlement of Cache Valley did not take place until the chuuli squaie The Wellsville tain mac le ran COMMKMOKVIING MC1TI.KMh.Nr of the first siniiig of 1859, but it Is known be sten in the backgiound Peter Maughan that a small gioup of people did peimanent community in Cache Valiev Wells-vill- e led the fust gioup of Mormon piuneeis hue. return to winter in the valley is this monument, situatid on the town- alter the war sraie had passed in October of 1857. The group con- and by way of Collinston. Some Owens, John Kay and Samuel Me ing these newcomers. If they sisted of Thomas Obrny and fam- of could sing." they say, he kept" for a time at the Mutdie these camped ily, R. C. Pinney, a boy of 13 Church farm and then settled at was them in Wellsville; if they couldIn 1859 Pfter Maughan who woiked for Obray, Fiank later to be known called to the new settlement of n't sing, he sent them to Creek, Spung Dunkm Gardner. Zial as Gunnel, Piov idem e. Thus Providence Logan to take chaige of geneial Riggs and family and the Clayton became the second settlement in alfaiis foi the entue valley. Thus Residents of Mendon wont be family. It was a hard winter. The the ruffled by this stoiy, since everyand leader stalwait tins pioneer valley. one knows that the Mendon of only food to be had In abundance conlife his entire tin oughout was turnips, a geneious planting Port Location tinued to play an nnpoitant part early days was known thi oughout of which bad been made by the of practically every the valley for us musical activim men who came into the valley in Maughans foit was built just newthe altairs , in Cache Valley. ties. community st e ot the small neck in the July. Gieaie.it factor in pulling west ft is inteiesttng to note that as to referred was He usually y Wellsville. the little group through the win- pait of piesent-daat the present time VVellsvilles of Cache Valley." ter was the hunting prowess t The west side of the Fort ex- the Bishop two bishops, G. G. Maughan and William Maughan the Claytons, who were also adept tended along the stieet which The position of leadership In L. P. Maughan, bishops of the In the use of snow shoes. They now runs north and south in the Second ward and the Wellsville would make frequent hunting ex- east part of the city. The first Wellsville fell to Peter Maughans ward was respectively, are grandsons He H William Maughan. son, on the peditions of three and four days house In the fort was built of VV. H. Maughan and 40 for Wellsvie in yeais at a time and return with wild present site of the (William H bishop of Peter Maughan. ducks and geese, wild chickens, Maughan) home. The fust school and virtualy ran the community Present mayor of Wellsville is elk or deer which they would and meeting house, a log building with an iron hand. One of the thing VV. H. Maughan Vllliam P. Leatham, a descendivide freely with the other fam- 15 by 15 feet with dirt floor and did in those early days was to ded of one of the city s first of middle in ilies. the dirt roof, stood who has long been active m new settleis coming into advise Peter Maughan and family and the street between the present VVells-vill- e and church affans in his civic at and the vallhy stopping other families, including that of homes of (Daniel H. Maughan in which community they community Robert Leatham, returned to and Guy Maughan.) Pleasant Town A story Families settling at Wellsville should make their homes. Maughans Fort In the spring of Wellsville today is a pleasant y residents some which piesent-daCoof 1859. In 1859 James were those During the same spring 'ommunity of good faims several new families entered the oper, Cooper Cummings, John of Wellsville like to tell is the- quiet and modern homes. No traces reused which in he method assignvalley, both by the Sardine route Turkel, William Dailey, John main of Maughan s Fort, thougn some of the older teisdents can point out approximately where it stood. And u you enter the on the strech of old Highway 91 which still circles into the ninth pait of town, you can see as vou cross the small cicek the i Id,, EXTRA bank in which the fust settle.-built then dugouts whuh seiv,d as homes until log cabihs were VALUE de-sti- Men-don- rs MEASURE CUSTOMERS RECEIVE AND PERFORMANCE! - qmcv ,t x & -- WHERE MASSEY-HARRI- : i i i,, i-V- ' J', r i ; y t 4 t P , , IS 1 -v s X v 5 1 communities extending fiom to Bugham City, is deserving of high piaise for its part in buying most of VVellsulle mountain and turning it over to the Foi ext Smice to piotect the and culinaiv watei nngation which is so pieuous to all the towns around the gieat mountain This was accomplished by the coopeia ive effoit of all these communities banded together in which is known as the Wellsville Mountain association As an example of what this effort accomplished, VVellsv illes spring water has increased 100 pel cent since the conseivation and leseeding program was undertaken. fach year on September 1, Wellsville is the site of a significant to all of Cache It is Founders Day," Valley. first celebiated 20 yeais ago, at which time a monument to the valley's fust settlers was erected on the Wellsville public square. The dairy industry is of prime importance in Wellsville, and the modern condensing plant of the Morning Milk Co., is located theie Other products of importance to the community area peas. hay. beef cattle, and sugar beets. FOUND MAKE IT BETTER1 . . . the basic watchword of Massey-Harri- s engineering was created mce than 104 years ago when Daniel Massey founded the world-wid- e organization that now bears his name. To assure our farmer-customeof the finest in farm equipment, Massy-Harri- s aids in engineering knowledge and skilled workwith millions dollars of manship in designing and testing to produce longer-lastinspent in research and development cele-btati- rs ... tractors, combines A Tractor for Every Cushioned power In the M issey Harris 44 Diesel delivers a pushing force on each piston that results In longer power life . . . greater lugging ability at the draw bar. This tractor g is adapted to the type of that is characteristic of the Cache valley. There is wider range of tractors in the Massey-Harrlina than one would expect. A tractor for every purpose. -- is g, and implements. Job Clipper Combine Self-Propell- ed Wellsville has a pleasant paik. a lighted softball field, and good picnic giounds which aie now being piovided with ImResidents aie proved facilities. proud of a recently rebuilt water system. Souiee of the city water is Wellsville canyon. Cool spung water is taken Horn the canyon just west of where the highway turns to go to Diy Lake As a result of the leeent lnunovements in the xv stem Wellsville now has enough water to supply 5,0tK) people. Conservation Wellsville, along with 16 other s - SALES AND SERVICE S built. Today jr , more economical - district were piuneeis who had onginally made then homes at Diaper, Utah. J. G Crapo, Alvin Munteith, William Smith and Barnard White, all of whom had settled on land at Draper, decided in the spung of 1860 to look for moie dean able homesites Theie was much talk the advantages offered "by Cache Valley, and these men dt- cided to make a tup into the val- ley and look ovei the piospects Upon their arrival in Apnl, 1860, the men weie atuacted to the southern end o the valley, wheie no one had settled as yet They weie immediately struck by the advantages and the natuial beauty of the little cove where Avon is now located. With an eye to ample water for nngation noted that the cove was situated at the folks of Last Creek and Little Bear Rivei. They resolved to make this their new home, and i etui ned at once to Diaper for their families and piocessions. When they ictuined to Cache Valley, they vvei-- accom- pamed by David Janies of Salt Lake and othir fi lends who had become inteusted in the n vv colony. Upon their ai rival at the Mte of their new homes the colonists set about building li g house s amt breaking up the land foi Hun Wash-Paiaid- "This is like a para.d. gested the name -- p, the settlement and by unanimous consent vvnenius.tsottled.thep, district se colony There are many nlvunttges m the Massey Harris clipper cor.iivne for use in the Cache Valley proved on millions of aeus of succ-sstharvesting in more than 110 different gra'ns, seeds and grasses. Vou move at a good forward speeds . . . getting clip through the fields at anv of all the grain . . . in the coi ners up next to fences and borders. And you save up to 'j bushel of grain per acre becau-- e there is no tractor ahead to trample gram at the opening tut. -- ul legislation this was doni '!' to the nl f with the settles, FzraTt5 and Peter Maughan the settlement be moced, miles to the north, to present-da- y Paiadise.Thl was more open here settlers culd protect better. Such a move in consideiabie sacrifice settlers, but they exprJ ff be-th- to make willingness in the spring oflSfag and equipment new location. , the all thf J, vveremoed Bishop of the Paradise mont fiom , founding irj was David Janirs He u0, it-- ceeded by H C Jackson . lurn "as succeeded by ti Smith. The next bishop uel Oldham who served fora yeais d and did a great deal tc j, up Paiadise He was aci, believer in public schools uops. hia an impnitnnt fnice in stmv-Indian Trails Choice as the new location was with the beautiful little more inter, st in educi m many respetts. it had its oe t he suiioumling hills cov- - throughout I the whole ea y t uisadv ant ages chief of w ho ti i nut with umbei the fine meadow irxt Shoot A log building located was its distance fiom olhei m - lands diid iivei bottoms, and the tlements and its pioxinuty to one m ignificent view of the valley to east of the stme building wz. of the main (Continued on Next Pag. camping gioundx ot 'the noith tint he exclaimed: j colony was visited by T. Benson shortly Apostle ntiei its founding. He was so The new lix-ti- j sSOp 'undei I cimb, Edwa Carl 11'. COAL Sanders & lit IT iff, ,v tv'iCvxs zvAittA ) vs WOOD m i It i h 11, di hr bre alley I I'd! i hi 311 try. ne pi roun hr fli 'ally Pioneer Coal Distributor Tai i mm I ti of Cache Valley the H his ved sung FA a ,ht w fa fid, a hm erst mi gn still 0 thi ir gin frna ( The iund soul d bag hirer IN YOUR BIN sea c NOW, MEANS "nces in tiers, use FUEL CARES OFF YOUR MIND it i b re pre car at FROM NOW ON. ildinj Your family's comfort will be assur- ed during cold weather if you have been foresighted enough to order your winter's coal early. If you delay, until the fall rush starts, it may i hz be difficult to give you prompt service and the particular coal which you want. And then too, the service may not be so exacting. t I- - u r CHICAGO Mis. Dorothy Jez-to- r, has reason to be grateful to the Chicago fire department. Ir.halator squads have saved the 2, life of her daughter. Delores, three times in recent seven-year-o- ld 0AL 0E1E-E-5 k, yean In the latest case, the litle g'rl hao convulsions and Inhalator Squad 6 sped to the home. They revived Deloies in 20 minutes you. 4 FARM SERVICE CO. Telephone Adu Due Black Hak, in southern and increasing hos?w jr. k ' Indians in northern thought advisable to .uV 'Ct csoedacqu protection to such outlMs'l merits as Parad.se At,8 ;epres war Child Steady Customer Of Fire Department W have an interest in your farm equipment that extends beyond the immediate sale of a tractor, combine or implement. Its d personal interest in seeing that your equipment is capable of delivering better work at lowest production costs. We have ample parts in stock and service men to consult with 1695 North Main betw and Bugham n ever 11 though change the c ,uun n,ara next stssion of the ut well-aime- w&5 mountain barrier gieat-giandsu- IN tww of the Avon- the Indians on their way to the south and east. Major Indian trails V oming and leading east into south tow aid Ogden and Salt Lake came to a junction not far from the new settlement. Chief akie and his tribe, as well as other often bribes, must htive tiav-elealfey over in and out of Cache liu se tiails Lveiy pi c caution had to be taken by the settlers to protect fiom Indian attack. themselves They b tilt their houses and some forma-abodugouts.m the usual foit tion a short distance from the lout ion of the chapel to be built later in Avon. Guaids weie Statinned just outside the fort to give warning in case of attack. Trapper Killed Btfoie the settlers had arrived. an old tiapper named Post, but usually Know n as Stump," had built a log cabin just south of the latm location of the fort. He lived bv himself, fished a good deal along the stieams. but never came a member of the colony of Mimons One night the Indians attacked the cabin, killed the old tiapper and bui ned his cabin. The settleis found his chaired bones , mid the mins of the cabin and bulled thini. This incident gieatly excited the colonists and led to an increase in then vigilance. The guards were maintained day and night at the tint and the men never went into the fields or up the canyons for wood except in gioups and ." DUE TO ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP AND QUALITY CONTROL, MASSEY-HARRI- S fust settlers Paradise wonderful!" Mis. Jez-io- PHONE r saiu. 531 -- J False Alarm LOGAN, UTAH , MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sunlight on the red tile roof of St. Peters orphanage heie looked like sparks to one woman. She turned in a fire alarm. V |
