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Show REPLICA OF EARLY - DAY FORT Richmond, One Of First Settlements The city of Richmond, northermost community in the County on the east side of the Valley, was among the earliest settlements in Cache Valley. John Bair, who had started about 1832 to operate a ferry boat on the Bear River in Box Elder county about where the Hampton bridge north of Colhnston is now located, decided in 1853 to make a journey into Cache Valley with a iew to finding a a,o i place for a permanent set- t lenient. He was accompanied on Hem Gibson. Gilbeit the trip of explication by Hale Bright, Mr. Whitaker, Widow Oil Empty and otheis. and chtldien, and the Ctandall Coon a living in the valley family th y were impiessed b the man Alio among the fust gioup was trean.s of watti and spun,, 'Hell Filed Jack." whose tiue bevvy giovvth ot glass, and otho: nan e was never known by the fea o'es which made the vallty a likely plaie for settlement. settleis. Being the fatthe.st settlement Thiy decided to take netth and quite a distance front! claims at a later dale. Maughans Foil tWellsville) and Move North the Richmond gioup had Nti. Blair and seveta! o' In i s made the move into the val'cv 'o take extia piecauttons against n July, 1 S.'s; i Since settleis at Indian attacks, so a temporary Logan alieady had claimed land fot was constiucted near Brower r Summit Crook, where Sm.th- pniig. The fust log houses weie utli the banks of the fi'Ul later was located, the iuv cr est side of the naMy moved faither noiih and,cr0 dotted to locate near the stie.un1 liesh highway and south and present Robinson om- iuw nnwn as Oil Cteok in R t don.v. nd. some built ri They log tunins n large spitng. latT Cottonwood and pine logs foi Brower spring, and then tetutred builnmg and fuel were obtained for their families m Salt L.t.vC iron' along the banks of High and Cl erry Cheeks and near tne Veil foot of Mount Nebo. Some of the lit peimanenl -- iilii-vv Arioiig I, i el Hilled to tile Rich mind fan.di:., lived m dugouts during si i e Hi the fall of 1S.V) weie ice toe fust wintei, which proved to follow ii, g- - Moiom Cole. Will'nm ne qo'te severe. The best of eo- 41'pi Laae and Justin Shepet l, upiritkm vva- - tequited in tin? 'U-I. Lewis, Widow Petty an I tie n limy to insure Mttvivul un.il iliililrm Knmh Dalv, Alvin F. the spi mg. New Arrival Doling the jear 1860 'heie vva n considerable influx of addi-ii,il settleis m Richmond. Sum" city a years old. has a popu'a-ih- n approximately lUX). Its economy is largely agricultural. Besides the usual farm crips the'e is a good deal of poultry ratling and extensive dairying. Thiel local Industry Is the pun-.- 1 men nulk plant of the So,-- ) Mlk Co., which employs .boul P'0 people, most of them from Richmond. Daily famous of 'he Richmond area deliver large qutui-ti'iof milk to the Sego Mdk Oj. plant, as well as to the cheese -tt a-ax- . 1 . aUnj nadj hr roulijjJ , Piopeer Progress Centennial Edition al of the valley. Present pruvupul 's Uolert Dahle. Other Officer Gther Richmond city officer a Ihe present are George H. John-oKvan Spackmnn and Andeison, Calder S. Hall, Melvin Kos riant, members of city coun ettl; A. L. Harris, clerk, Laura ChiiMcnsen, treasurer; Lorenzo Bullen, city marshall; Rowoe Men ill. Judge; Alma Spackmnn, plant at Amalga 1 tesent mayor ot Richmond K sexioti and John Spaekntan, vv ho Cnn lex I. Stoddaid take'- of patks and community served one year of a foul ..car buili.ings. Ric) mond has one bank, a Car,eim- Previously, Mr. Sloddt.id for 35 yars w!h negie public library, an at'raitive ' s Noiih Cache high school. pf'Mtc square and public patks. eactier and as ptineipal. Ttie nod a new and modern city omld-h;g- h school at pieson, .vc.v mg which is perhaps superior to about ,R5o students fiom all die1 at v uty building In the countv. rontmi mties in the north end llte Denson stake tabernacle is n, - j - d Ml U 1 miniature of the original settlement, thi original are doctor's rescriptions . . . I B. Parkinson, and Marlow Woodward. The yy;jan, Smith of drugs in accurately filling your v Franklin. Idaho, cons fort at i a OVER I We use only the purest and best h- rir LOOKING located at Richmond. i; Citizen ot Richmond have been concentrating their effort recently on Improvements in the zl'y water system, wurce of which Is Cherry Creen. 1300 fcet8 of hteel pipe were Instaded last vcai at a cost of 54,000, and an equal amount the year before. for the future is to install nn additional 3700 fet, which' jl wilt give .he system all steel pipe Richmond is noted throughout the stale and In fact has coii-- S sixtevtiy received national rice'i on ds Black and White Days, am' annual institution of which the' citizens of the area are Justly proud. Nearly 400 cattle wtf shown In thoroughbred HoLtem' ',t competition at last years Black ard White Days. n' v - Herald-Journ- es . i Th if would be called today, perimeter of defense. Preston Citizen SUPPLYING BETTER BUILDING MATERIALS Always In Charge Registered Pharmacist o, ot t ie names noted ate Lewis, Skutmoie, Funk, Hogan, Whittle, i i'ii son, Hvei. W. I) Hendneks V. and Joseph Ilendi teks. M. Mot fill, Hani. Griffin, Burnham, Bnwnu.11, Widow Bullen and so is Heisehel, John and Newell, V. T an Noy, Stillman Pond and Samuel Whitney. Rebecrtt Lewis (later Mrr. I. K. KKNNET1I KX AN 8 Raw ims) was t fie fitst child botn in the .settlement. Ike impoitance of a w eklv The exact origin of the name newspaper, like the Preston Citi- Richmond is not known, though O DRUG SUNDRIES zen, to the development and same believe the settlement was rlevolpment of a community like nam 1! in honor of Apostle C. C. Ptes'eii cannot be overestimated Rfh. O PROPRIETARY REMEDIES Tne Richmond ward was organ-thi- s It is the newspaper that nut rots ized in 1860, with Thomas Tidwell growth and ptogtess. COSMETICS NATIONALLY KNOWN That Preston has attained to bz hi 'hop. He was succeeded by ts pio.ient position ofas a home ren- M W. Merril, later Apostle MerPERFUMES a ptospevous rill, who took great interest in ter, enj the hub alt civic affairs did is a and in atea Idaho, iigneultural great uaceable to many factors. Efforts deal towaid building up the setAGENTS FOR SHEAFFER PENS, EASTMAN KODAKS & SUPPLIES and influence, both individual and tlement. First Mayor collective, have gone into its 'proWhen the settlement w as gress, but the public has been W. D. Hendricks wu3 FRANKLIN VETERINARY sept aware of this advancement and t.tged to aid in its develop- named as first mayor. For yeais PREPARATIONS ne was a leader in all impr ment, in a large pait, by tne as well as in establishing Pieston Citizen. Too often, usually becau'e the press is the medium tr.dustties which would make the thtough which information is ex- community more nearly He built a shingle mill press! d, the influence of the printing trades and a country nortneast of the town, a grit PHONE 23 RICHMOND, UTA H mill end a carding machine. newspaper ts fiequently Piiient-da- y Richmond, now a An Influence A newspaper like the Preston Citizen, printed every week, is an influence for development it tells of people and th.z "do.ngs. It enteis intimately in' ) FLOUR their lives and pet forms a and helpful service. A local newspaper like the Preston Citizen is not a machine. EVERY It is the heart of the community and ai! lives count time by it. I' laughs, weeps, suffeis with its It moulds coinmur.i'y people thought and is consulted as a BAKERIES chronicler. A situation which is probably not tealized to its fullest extent is that thousands of dollars have bi en invested in the equipment Water-Pow- er to make possible the publishing Mill in of 'he Preston Citizen. So thoroughly has the management laid the groundwork, that at any tine 1866 . . . LDS, By the occasion demands, throug.i grow tit, expansion or any othir tea-a- n for progress, a new spatter ot ins calibre can meet the situation and grow with its commuit-it- . Is Valuable To Hometown RICHMONDS REXALL STORE I' i ' j o o TSu, itrHj HSRfilhfiTijalRSS It ALWAYS BUY AT ces QJh nui t MONSONS fFUlLLC . Incor-purate- PAINTS HERS ROOFING SHINGLES SASH DOORS CEMENT PLASTER SHEETROCK GLASS BUILDERS' HARDWARE INSULATION HARDWARE FOR THE FARM LATH LUMBER COUSULT US FOR YOUR BUILDING d, Courteous Service NIVISON DRUG STORE NEEDS ovet-looko- d. PHONE MONSON LUMBER CO. 38 B. R,CHM0ND' UTAH C. MONSON, MANAGED be-ca- THREE STORES SERVING CACHE VALLEY RESIDENTS ? With t GILTI Quality Foods and General Merchandise bJ A QUALITY HARD WHEAT rec-c.xsa- ty SINCE 1905 EDCSl This PURPOS- E- FOR FAMILY OR Was Established Cache Valley in Apostle Merrill, and Brothers Hyer and Hogan, ). r " I , 4 , - ViV . a f T HBUHCRS woctwB ac wiston O.'i e may judge of the influenc; of Ihe Pieston Citizen when it is poll t t out that it goes into ruoie than 2000 homes in Preston and Franklin county. With respect to 'he ha'ance of business more than 26 people including the correspondent'' aie employed. Ttie-- e are constantly coiiespondcnts watching for news and send these facts to the editor, which result; in a vickly summary of happ Began in 1H92 Toe Pieston Citizen was estab-lisin 1892 as The Ftankhn County Citizen, and was published ht 1 under that name until 1945, when the name was changed to the Pnston Citizen. Don Smith, the publisher, came to Preston and acquimt the Citizen January 1, 1S47. He comes from a nevvs-pap- 'r lamily and has prinlers-jnHis father. in his veins." Engine L. Smith, was the publisher cf several newspapers in Kansas and was the publisher of the newspaper at Elkhart, Kansas, !n 1918, when he passed away Ihe lamily moved from Elkhart and pui chased a newspaper in Julesburg. Colorado. It the meantime, however, D n contnued to gain his education in the journalism department of lie Kansas university at Law-ree, Kansas. He graduated from this school in 1932 and locaed in California, where he gamed employment with the City News Buieau in Los Angeles. In 1j.ji ne joined his family in Julesburg and took over the a' ds editor Active Interest It was in July, 1942, that Lot. .sell' ir heeded the call of his noun-trand enlisted with the armed forces in the air corps. He served 19 monhts in the Central Africa tneatie. He was honorably at Foit Devers. Mass., as a fust lieutenant in 1945. In February, 1946. he poined his brother in Jerome, Idaho, who published the local newspaper, where he wotked for eight months. k CUB RIVER HAS SUPPLIED J THEURER's STORES e the fi" iae lion )R " n ARE ALL MODERN AND WELL ARRANGED stock only qualify and brands of groceries and rnercha ndise buying to a known demand for three stor enaLles us to maintain economical prices at a saving a Sr ,cluality. Courteous and efficient service. Spec- ialirT in fresh meats and vegetables. Pfovidence ntone O44.R2 well-know- n THEURER BROS. Lewiston Phone 12 ,N THE FERTILE CACHE VALLEY OF UTAH" Richmond Phone 12 Gilt Edge Flour Mills, Cache Valley industry, mills e quality, balanced protein flour idaal for family or bakery use. It is powered by a e in the Cub river which develops 60 horsepower. It has a capacity for milling 80 barrels of flour daily. It is one of the pioneer industries established in 1866. A new building 30 by 40 feet is just being completed and equipped with a steam 'grain rolling plane with electric power for steam rolling whaat, barley, and grains for feed. Custom grain rolling will be done. A dependable outlet for this quality flour hat been established in the intermountain region. The hard-whe- water-turbin- nt -- THE POWER FOR 85 YEARS te y, THE NEW STEAM GRAIN ROLLING PLANT GILT EDGE FLOUR MILLS PHONE 90-- W PHONE 90-- W M |
