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Show TTi t i i t . Pioneer Progres Centennial tdltlon Choice Residentia River Heights moved away after having served a few months. Then Mis. Anna of River Heights occurred in April 1858, when Peter Maughan Olson Rider was made secretary Wellsville sent a group of men to explore in the vicinity of Lo- and served for thiilcen scats. made their gan. The second night after leaving Wellsville they Anderson Mis. Jennie Luntbig became of Charles the location treasuiei Mis. Anna OKnn Rider the about at present camp the lust Relief Society visithome on the corner of 7th South and Summerwild Avenue. was teacher befoie the watd was ing a them dear afforded as it selection natural was a The location lxd organ some view of the surrounding country and offered them Mi. Sarnh R. Drown was the from the Indian. first primary preident with Ante- William Wilson and Th Joseph The present location of River Dunn as fuM counsflnr and jm 1901 and built Mfs All(.p J()hn, as SP(.0tid Height was originally Mexican families came about now owned by a th flIst Sun. terirtory. Later It came under the the present homes 0s(.ar Dunn Thatcher estate. For several years Vein Seantons and John Anderson, , intend'-nwith c;unet j,. River Heights was known as Dry One inlet esting fact about the jj,n'Andpi J,,, and p; A pctricon was that home Canyon Bench and was looked up- John Andeison ai counselors on by the people In sunounding while it was being built they had Thp fts) Vl)UnK jri.ev Mutual settlement as a useless dry bench such a hard wind that it blew t was Louisa Hams, with without water. The soil In many the east wall down and it had to Lauia Wilson and Buitma Sparnle who families Other be rebuilt. some as counselors Ruby Hart Is was places wa vety gtavelly and areas were stony. Natural vegeta- made their homes hete somewhat secietary and Mable Hansen Grif1906 tion wa mainly a short growth of later were: Nephi Bmdrup fin was assistant secretaty. they lived hete four years then The fust Young Mens Mutual sagebrush and bunch glass. During and Watd alter to moved area College providthe spring month the was Nephi Bmdtup, with president Karl moved five back), year away, ed some grazing for cattle and Joseph Wilson and Golden DavidOla Providence people herded their Kowallis, John Anderson, son as counselors. Bert Harris and McCombs. cow here. Mot of the watd tecoids were The Peter Maughan family came when the chuitp burnKUalilished Ilomet here about 1908 and built the destroyed so the organization of the a few hardy btave home now owned hv Giant Nel- ed In 1882-8- 4 is from memory. soul had the coutage to make son. E. J. Kevetn and the Bastuvv was the Mrs peat I homes In this unpromising place. families came in 1910. Ihe John to he blessed in the fust baby These men with their families Wood family came fiom Otegon new church hy Bishop Lehi OlAlbeit made dugouls, and some made jn jqn; (luslavenvotis, son. which cabins in Thatcher they Nielsen (who built the crude log Ola Sjosliom and E. J Keveren lived. They gave the place the house), William Evans, William our nicest eiliens, both being aie name of Dry Town. A few of these Advidxon, Elijah Jones, and Thomeighty yeats of age. A. as Rider came in 1913. Mathia were settler liaidy Andeison. Andiea Church Built Lundberg, Choir IHtler Chi is Hansen (fust pet son to get t uction of the tlumh const The married here), Peter Kiaft, James E. J. Kevern lived In the Biown In 1908 and was was started house Bullock, Ilyrum Merrill, Mr. Ci oil- home, after moving fiom Piovi-denc- completed in 1912. Apostle Gem ge man, Knut Hansen, Moroni Lehi Olson ptevious-lBislmp Lars and F. Richards offered the decimal my Gudntunrison him to lead the choir had asked on May 31. 1914 The peoand Jgirsen. Moroni V. Gunderson while he was si ill living In Pi evi- prayer wife came In 1884. Their cabin dence. He lode hi hotse back and ple held I heir meetings in the was built near the river and be- forth. When the horse died Bish- basement befoie the building was The walls wete porous cause of the riv'er would overflow Olson asked him to move 1o completed. and water would seep and damp, Its banks in the spring the house op River Heights Some of Ihe good and inn on the flout Ruwas tot n down and lebuilt on lop Mimes the choir had weie taking IhtoughI lot kstiasset was t he janidolph of the hill. Hete five rhildien weie up Blacksmith Folk Canyon tor and he would have a mop and trips owned now is by home n. The hot for paities anil while thei'e would and duiing meeting would Bylvan Peteison. act ice The choir memlreis weie pail pi stood the water. '1 lie fust Halup mop The first Lundbeig home vety faithful to their leader, E J. loween paity was held m the on 6th South and 4th East-- on wete good to attend church house while Ihe building They Keveren, laige room with a lean-tpi act ices and sacrament meetings. was under const i union. The wathe a then bought lived here year, wete Giacej ter The seeped Ihtough the walls while lot west and built their home. The Wood, accompanists and MarAbraham I.oer was Lundberg home was used as a jorie Maughan, and later John M. they tried to dance. Eveivone dance hall whett many a happy Anderson. When Brother Keveren dtessed in costumes and all had hour was spent. Music was fur- retired the choir members piexent-e- d a wondetful lime dodging the water. nished by Hy rum Hockstrasser him with a gold watch. who played the organ, Nephi The people wete very united In VicThe first store was run by Btndrup (from College Ward) who tor Gustavenson and it stood on all their church activities. Thpy flayed the violin and accoidian. the spot where Otto Leiehty has had the best of times dancing to the oigan and fiddle under the his garden (on th west side). A Dug Out keiosene lamps An outstanding In James Bullock had a dug-oCanal Built event that teniains In the older the hill near Bishop John Davis The first set .lets tiled dty citizens memories was the citrus home. Some of the children of farming, but soon decided that they put on in 1914 A tent was these early pioneers aie still liv- irrigation water was necessaty. So pitched on the i hutch lot just ing in the ward. Ephtnun Lund- Ihe canal was built with a giealiwest of the buildings. Seals weie berg has lived hete the longest: deal of effort and haidship. The aiianged like a regular citrus. E. Mable Gtiffin it the oldest person ditch waa continually breaking J. Keveren was the clown. Gladys born in the watd and still living out and flooding the river bottom. Keveten, his ftaughtet, was an Inhete, and Heber Olson, our pie-se- The men weie called out time and dian maiden. Grace Wood and mayor. Is the next oldest. time again to epair it. After sev-et- Mabel Perry wete lady rlowns Other settle! s who followed the years of this the ditch was leading a lamb. J Karl Wood was Olfit st wete: Lehi Olson, cemented in the dangerous places, the Hoochte Koochte flannel son, William Rrown, Rudolph eliminating the washouts. Drink- player. Oisun Clatk played thE Hockstrasser, Ollte Olson, and a ing water was first obtained from (hunts. A patade was held atound Cummings. An old German coua well located a little east of the the town, after which the pet-fple also lived hete she played the Lundbeig home. This well caved mance went on In the tent. oigan and he played the fiddle. In and a new one was dug at the Thete was the fat lady, and the And others came. The Brown fam- home of Andies Anderson. The beatded lady. The younger boys Olily built thetr log cabin near Bish- third well was built at of the watd took the pait of Inop Davis' home. Lehi Olson built sons. For a long tint this well dians. lowboys and solriieis. A two rooms first, then built on as setved all the neighhoi hood and (j lm.Ri wjid west show1 was given his family increased. Berause of as a community renter. with the cowboys fighting the In- the odd way the house was conThe early settler s went to Pi ovi- -' t)mMS Rn(j being rescued by the structed the people called it the denee to church and .school. They voldtets Popcorn and lemonade Pawnee Village. Mrs. Lehi O- later met m the home of Bishop weie sold. lsons mother, Ingrid Larsen, built Olson, and others, as liavel was A stage was constructed in the a ftame home east of diftieult. basement In the notlh end of the the present Lehi Olson home. ehuieh. Hete was given minstrel Ward Organised Mrs. Ingrid Larsen was the first shows, plays, and other entertaindeath in the watd. The funeral On May 4, 1908, a ward was or- ment. Later the stage was moved was held in the basement of the ganized with 155 memhcis. The to the west side. One of the outchurch while the church was still same ward now has 568 people. standing plays was "David Garunder construction. Lehi Olson was sustained as the rick. with Lelaml Pickett in the Bridge Built first bishop with William Btown leading role. Another play was The River Heights bridge was as first counselor and Karl O. Kowith J. Kail Wood takbuilt in 1893 and was known as wallis as second. John Anderson "Clumpy." ing the leading patt. the Seventh Waid Bridge. It is was watd clerk. When William the oldest bridge in the valley. Brown moved from the ward a Electric Light Befoie the bridge was ,ilt it was little later, John Andeison was Electticity came to River necessary to either go by way of sustained as counselor. Victor Gus- - Heights in lHIT and elect tie lights Providence, or fold the river to taveson was made watd cletk. The took the place ot candles and the get to Logan. Following the build- ward then was officially named keiosene lamps. The tuial ftee ing of the btidge roads wete open- River Heights. The old name of mail cat net wete "Stovepipe" ed whete befoie the boulevard of Dry Town, however, peisisted for Nielsen, and H. J. Chtistensen, who River Heights was nothing but a many years afterward. delivered mail for over twenty .foot t tail and the trail was so narThe auxiliary organizations were y ears. row and dangerous that the pio- organized. The Relief society presiIn 1931 the town lost their neer carts wet a nearly sidewise as dent was Mary Maughan, with In- church building by fire caused hy they climbed the hill. Better homes grid Olson a irst counselor and a detective flue. A Relief Society wete built and many more people Elizabeth Bi ip as second. Mis. room was needed and so was built came to build their homes here. Vivian Burn it ts secietary and i on the southwest corner. A model n The J t Herald-Journ- al first record of white men setting foot on what is now pro-tecti- y j , l . pie-iden- Sjo-stro- auxi-liati- f: tl t t furnace with a blower was install-- , ed under the Relief Society room to take t fie place of the old coal stoves The chimney opening was too small for the powetful dtaft, and the soot exploded, setting file to the church. Many of the watd tecoids wete destroyed. After that they held their meet- lnKs in the basement of the school bouse. The people wete united and wasn't long after until they waited erecting a new church, which they lehuilt on the founda- Hen of the old building. In dis- mantling the old building power- - t winches had to be used to pull the walls down. In trying to cut a door through the basement walls it was found necessary to use dynamite, showing how well the early gettleis built. ' al fr f ul fvoliool House. The people wete anxious for a school. Their determination was so great that they erected a school house with their own money and labor The building was elected in 1912 and was later bought hy the County School Board. Pievious to this they held school for Ihe fust four gtades in the basement of the chinch hou.se, after U was The first teachers completed. Marie were: Miss Thompson, Chloe Stewart, Pndey Spirentan, Miss Hickman, Miss Cteacic, Fein Rollins and others. Miss Ella Ned-d- o of Providence was the prtnci-pwhen fate dealt another blow anfl Rver Heights last their school house by fire December 11, 1914. The town again was without a . d after flKhlin h thPlr 11Kh,s' after six years the town as a s hool again of whu h they ate vety ptoud. It Is new and modern, and one of be best in Cache Yal- - jSnK ley. Joy Short-Live- d EEECHWOOD, Wts. of a local tavern were happy (UP--Patr- when a young stranger enteied the bar and ordered drinks for the house. They stopped smiling, however, when the stranger produced a pistol and tork $lb0 front the1 tavern and $66 from sevetal customers. e. Wes-terda- !! i ' D V I I, i , I i j i ! f , I h i f - or Kul Pun Bishop l. I. This picluie dates ft 1 irt Counselor Counselor John A, Andetstn of River Ileighis ate Which they made inlo Dry Canyon of locating a water supply for mm uHtfutfoe hl y M I OK WATER hi 1 sen, A. Kowallis, and .Second LOOKING INTER,MOUNTAIN WEST Nearly seven hundred miles separate the First Security Bank at Genesee, Idaho, from the one at Provo, Utah. But in between, and from east to west. First Security Banks are almost everywhere. In the union of the 41 offices of the First Security System there is strength and an unique ability to serve diversified and rapidly growing businesses and industries in this Intermountain area. Each office is complete and keyed to the economic needs of the community it serves, each has the financial resources of the entire organization at its call. Youll like doing business with First Security . . . Let's get better acquainted. ut nt al t r S' Statement of Condition JUNE 30, 195! se'-ve- (, ottdensed Statement nk must siri mrv A II OF IT Iwo-roo- Consolidated Statement FlllST SECUIITY roil POIKATIOX Sat tonal Association System of Banks RESOURCES Cash on Hand and in Banks U. S. Government Securities, Direct or Fully Guaranteed Municipal and Listed Securities Total Cash and Bonds $ Loans and Discounts Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures Stock in Federal Reserve Bank Other Resources Total Resources 74.50S.222.78 2.255,340.30 80,000.00. 13,295.54 SI 54.582,435.46 138,432,972.80 3,525,809.7 i 345,000.00 J1 0.1 55.60 $292,497,114.39 577 57 14,452 709 27 $141395, 359.14 5,375,094.02 34,743,201.44 12,025,230.67 145,562,614.4 2 71.050,472.51 $268,756,613.06 1,118,268.05 930,865.15 17,489.52 2,744,332.57 965,881.36 2,046,258.60 2,361,522.02 152,863.35 5,526,525.33 $ 56,623 572.97 35,730 194.68 5,17K809L19 77, 525, 576784 1 1 60,876,136.14 82,606,531.94 6,500,508.17 $149,983,176.25 5 LIABILITIES Treasury Tax and Loan Account Other Government and Public Fund Deposits Due to Banks Other Demand Deposits - 5 - 10,628, 1024 Time Deposits Total Deposits Reserve for Unearned Discount Reserve for Taxes, Interest, Expenses, etc Reserve Under Authority U. S. Treasury, Mint. 6209 Other Liabilities 77,308 291 25 35,47s!364!9I . 1 . Capital Surplus Undivided Profits Reserve for Contingencies Deferred Credits to Income - Total Liabilities 17 f'l NXNfi 3,000,000.00 3,000,000.00 3,082,983.84 1,221,396.27 138,363.64 10.442.743.75 SI 54,582,435.46 $ 5.625.000.- 00 6.125.000.- 00 4,550,412.81 1,745,999.49 167,563.70 18,213,976.00 $292,497,114.39 Banking Offices to Serve You WWVW So It Lake City (4) Richmond Sugar House Brigham City Clearfield Ordnone Ogden (2) Logan Provo - ' f & Bingham Canyon as of many River Heignts homes. He is seen at the extreme left. The building shown above was destroyed by fire In 1931 and replaced by th pteeent River Haights chapel bt the year 1934. - Magna Orem-Oene- BIMIOP AS BUIJJER The above picture show tne first chapel in River Height under construction about 1910. Lehi Olsen, fust bishop of th ward, was builder of the chwroh a . v Park MiMIMt FEDERAL KUIKi (SUES MfMMR FEDERAL DEFOUI insurance com. I001 City |