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Show William Maughan Was Leader Of Wellsville In Pioneer Days William If. Maughan, who served as Bishop of Wellsville for moie than forty years, is the outstanding figure in the development of that community. What he accomplished there In his lifetime, can haidly be estimated The Maughan family originated in England whete William was boin at Alston, Cumberland, on . May 7th, 183-1- When he was four Peter his fathei, old, yeais Maughan, joined the Moimon Chut eh, and in 1811 the family emigtated to Ameiica. They first settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, but later, in 1830, (tossed the plains and came to Utah William was sister n yeais of age at the tune and diove a four yoke tt am of oxen the enlue distanee fioin Jsauvoo to Balt Lake Valley. from 1850 to 1856, the Maughan family lived in Tooele county, but in the summei of 1856 Piesi-deBrigham Young appointed Petei Maughan to establish a nt in Cat he Valley He responded to thin call and in the fall of the year led a small colony to the present site of Wellsville. Among those who aceompanud sel-tle- him, besides his own family were illmm Gai drier, t raneis Gunnell, Joseph Woodwaid, Jeihn Reese, Zial Riggs, Coeipe r Cummings, Alexander Hill and Timothy and their families. At the lime of his settlement in Wehsville, William H Maughan was twentv-tw- u yeais ol age. '1 hiee yeais latei, whim two of the Aooslles of the dun ill, Orson Hyde and Kzia T. Benson, aimed in Wellsville to oiganize a waiei, they seleeted William to be the fust Bishop Ibis was a i responsible position for sue h a young man, but lie filled the oflice foi more than forty yeais with dignity and W in ONEIDA STAKE ACADEMY has a significant place In the rducntUmil hlstoiy of Pieston and vlcin.tv. Shown la a carpenter class of 1001 left, foiegiound, Chester, Christensen, front row, If irley Greaves, Chiu Gunderson, Harvey Wilcox, Georg Smite, Leo Parkinson and Bill Second row: Luther Nuffer, Ceoige Nuffer. CrocKeU, John Johnscn, principal; Oswald Chi instructne; Mi nunl Pa kt r and Lawn m Johnson Third low Alma Munson Jed Paine i Hivvkes di Neplii Peterson, C Chi esl mnsen, and Edgar Feist ed Top row, John MiQin-in- , Divid Ji nsi n, Raymond Georgy Johnson Maughan and Tied Campbell. . 1 honor. XV I f I i I S r? WHEN THEY HUNG the beef right on the wall, right opposite the counter! And what beef' This un.que oldtime photo, taken In October, 1602. poi trays Cow lev and Mr and then falls Butcher P there's Job i Shop. Bell have the aprons or, an unidentified shopper. Puling the early days of Cache Valley there was considerable trouble with the Indians, and the settleis were forced to organise themselves into a nulistary district Bishop Maughan became pionnnent in this oiganiation In 1861 and 1862 he was elected Major under Geneial West's command, and later served as Colonel in the Second Infantry under General Ezra T. Benson. Whenever there was any duty for the public welfaie, he was on hand. Explorer Bishop Maughan entered into every phase of the development of Wellsville and Cache Valley. A writer in a Salt Bake paper dated June 10th, 1869, gave him the honor of being the leader of the fust exploring expedition made by the Moimon people into Bear This took place Lake Valley. piobably in 1857 or 1S58 "Bishop William H Maughan of Wellsville, I am infoimed. was the first American who explored if i : ! ! Bear Lake Valley. He w as accompanied by Messeis T. R Leavitt, James Smith, William Carr and Hutace Newell of Wellsville, then the only settlement In Cache Valley. They crossed Logan liver about the present site of Logan city and continued north along the line of the settlements; thence up Cub river four miles, over onto Mink Creek; up Little Pole creek to the present dugway; then through nature s beautiful pass over the mountains and down into Bear Lake Valley. "The exploration was then directed along the west side of the lake to what is now called Fish Haven, thence to the head of Fish Haven canyon, over an almost Impassable range to the summits, to the headwateis of Logan river In this region they discovered two small lakes enclosed by heavy limber, piobably never before seen by white men. The descent via the Left Hand Fork of Logan river into Cache aV Hey was tedious and perilous" Mission ( all After having labored for a period of fifteen years as Bishop of Wellsville, William H Maughan was called rn a mission to his native land, England He depaited liom his home in Mav 1875 and labored with great diligence for a peiiod of moie than a yiat. He was tebastd and tctuined home in the fall of 1876 Bishop Maughan siived as mayor of Wellsville Horn the time Ha town was incoi porah d in 1X66 until 1882 At that tune he was suueedid by Joseph Howell He again seived as mayoi fiom ls'ib to rim The lust Coopeiative sloie in Cache Valley was organized at Wellsville undei tne ditecUon of Bishop Maughan. He held the oftice of Piesident of the institu-- I tion for many veais This stoie was a successful business ent f 3 5 Ii, Deseret News Readers Gain Over 100 In Five Years In Cache Valley! Cache Valley, the Deseret News has Increased Its family of readers by more than 100 during the past five years, leading all Salt Lake metropolitan newspapers by TWO to ONE! The popular appeal reflected by this amazing growth of readership in Cache Valley as in the entire Mounis the result of offering greater reading tain West value with many more entertaining and informative features; more complete news coverage locally and around the world. Family paper daily. Tye pea enjoy s greater popularity as a vegetable in the southern United States than in the country. COLLEGE 0 CAMPUS CAFETERIA Wmw$ THE MOUNTAIN WESTS FIRST NEWSPAPER ? this v ue all united in n cognizing Bishop Maughan as one of the stalwarts who helped to cat ry th into the banker of the Gospr rodv fasinivs of Zion There can he no doubt but that a blight cioen is laid up fur hint Tne funeial mitigc was nuuc than a mile lung composed of 82 caiuugis founder of nme to Annina in 1671 aboaid the Lyon of bnstol, landing at Boston Roger William Pi o id me R L, the Sut saitiati eomn b .as CTIIT Speaking of progiess, it Is doubti of Cat he alley have made communities vdiioux the whether of dramatic the aits In the eat ly days logn s in the field snal1 i oi in mu it , vvhuh was sms I ldio, ItbiMon movies arJ DKVMWTC n-- v mini bit mgs of the nmdiin up was inpelbd to neateitsnt soi ml and artistic piogiam Fveiy town had its own tlwa'ra communitv endeavor Shown abw tioupe vvhuh was a is a siene fmm a Villulle presentation of Cinderella. lutuie date-- , in in ahi ut lxsj To the lift Is Anne Pitkin Wj (Mis John H Wilsntu to the tight Is Mime Pitkin Burnlc 71 Bai ige. . of mat 11 izfflfc to the attains Ther ei jon inlands ;atlon P7 yea: ,jhn 0. of tin is a leai tJat I G f 4 rt - Th. one in or nzec bricl stoc! to Agriculture and Industry Id the Working Together Are Building a Greater Utah Utah Manufacturers Association lielit w cow elsewhere i y. Bl BY Oil r..M(E gteat grandparents William and Sarah James, became Latter Day Sunts tn South Wales in 1819. They were marned in 1S33 in the same country, and their first child, David, was boin before they came to America in 1856 They settled fust in Pennsylvania, where William worked In the coal mines to earn money toi the trip to Utah. In 1S58 their first daughter Emily was born. While William was working In the coal mines, he was approached by a man who said he was piepaung wagons and oxen and all the equipment necessaiv tor the tiek to Salt Lake City. He insisted on having all the money in advance, and when the time came to start he was nowhere to be found. All that was left for William .and Sarah to do was to set out with their two children on the e trip, pushing a hand cert which contained all their be- claimed. You, too, will like the Deseret News. Read it and make it your Family newspaper! 1946-5- Samuil Tributts of respect vvcie paid o the det eased Charles W. Penrose saul of turn- - Had the news of the I jshops death reached as siorei, othtrs of the Twelve wiulrt have bet n present, because SEVERE TRIALS ENDURED IN PLAINS TREK CROWN POINT, Ind Norman G. Sprague, chicken farm opeiator, refused to pay a 5198 97 bill for 4,000 pounds of broiler mash he fed his flfcck because he said it made psychopathic wrecks of them. All 535 became nervous, excitable and unmarketable, he locally-edite- ABC Reports of Joseph Howell, B. M. and Chickens Upset Other "firsts" contributing to this amazing growth are: The only d colorgravure Sunday magazine in the area, 16 pages of America's favorite comic every Sunday, and a Fait, very substantial. When the Temple was opened the Bishop was chosen to be a member of the board of dnectois Bishop Maughan served for a number of years as a county commissioner in Cache county. He v aa also selected as a delegate to thiee constitutional conventions In thr year 1900, after having served for foity yeais as bishqp, longings. They had very little to eat on the way. There were times when they had ot content themselves with cornmeal, prickly peas, and segos. The baby girl Emily was sick most of the time and had to be nursed and carefull tended. But they had great faith and prayed to the Lord. She survived. My arrived in Salt Lake City In 1860; then they moved to Ogden, and later to old Paradise, which is now known as Avon. In Loi n Lewis Building Temple When the construction of the I.ogan Temple was undeitaken in May 1877, Bishop Maughan at once became active in urging the people of Wellsville to take pait in making conti lbutions to this building The Temple was under construction for seven years and the showing made by Bishop Maughan and the citizens of Wellsville during this time was 1100-mil- f ldibiH funeial, from the standpoint oi those in attendance, that had ever been held in Wellsvill. Piominent men of the church were rmong the speakers, includVV illiam B Preston, ing Bishop Charles W Pmiose, Moses Thatcher, Charles W Isibley, Joseph Moirnl, William C Paikinson, ise. My ! William H. Maughan wa honorably released and a younger man, Evan K Owen, was sustained in his cteua His last years were which spelt in peace and secunty, he had built for himself dunng hi on hng hie His death occultedhome his at 1905, 30th, August in Wellsville. He left a laige and spltwliu family to do him honor. Funeral .Service The luneial of Bishop Maughan was hild in the WelLsvile meeting house on Sunday, September The people came in such 3. n umbcis to the seivice that it was slated that this was the Consistently for three years we have been serving BAN-ELL- EGGS. Finer IS eggs an by Aggie graduate of the Poultry Department. distributed |