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Show -- it r'tiwir-l- t Smithfield Has Developed A Varied Farming Economy Smuhfield, ongmally known as Summit Creek, was one of the fust settlements in Cache Valiev, ail attempt having been ham Douglas. Robot t and .lames made at establishment in 1S39. A gioup of pioneeis came into Meikle. Samuel Met nil, Jett Mer- the alley ,n May and while encamped at Maughan's Fort, about ldl, Austin Men ill, Seth Langton, 30 families made their made over muddy roads to locate theifc. Robeit Thom ley, John Thoinley, William Chambets Thomas Captain Wilkin surveyed the gham m land which was divided h casting lots The nu n ploughed the land, planted oops and n n gated with water from the cieek John W. Wright held the plough for the fust ditch while John R Blanch-ai- d and Jesse Pent son diove the leant No homes weie bcnlt. Indian "scare s, a 4, 'sirosny their. fam.lies aimed 8cnni of the otigmal pioneers wie .seth and Saiah Langton ano family, Robeit and Annie ils tor H T hoi On tlo' evening ol June 15 nhy, John and Maigaiet Js all had planted their oops, Thoinlev Thomas Mathei, John ty. and a hotsc man came limn Maughan s t. and Susanna Downs k, Smith, eral lera Fort with wold the the Indians Diuilev and Almna Memll, Vugil mted on weie in He wnipath Rnd that and Ann Memll lia and Lucinda burl ds the Celtic's ought to s. eh Memll and fanulv and Robeit She at the hint Cattle weie langton Moie xeltleis came in t, Pns yoked and evoy thing mule readv the spi mg of I860 or maav so that undo covet of daikness, b I ortifv Town Red Crosi thev could make the tup to Bughjtm Young adv iv d the AM. i some time passed .end eai l set l lot to build in tmt lines, the no Indian tumble occuu.d a 'll von don I he said 'the Ine has nuiobi i of nun it tumid to Sum-n- it dians will make vuu do so ' teg This en. thirtj to finish the wink of caiing lnov.d tine m the settlement ot en f and n oi hai tin jnj simg oops lie people lulled to 8 ulliln hi child That till ome id the wheat folli w lux si, tin list'd In ai.ine trandda, yielded 40 bushels to the aue w oils dugoips, oi in houses Hmvevei Pc tc i Maughan advised wlnie atuntj tin i (hose Womlav the men to give up the sc ttlement Julv 2 (tot 60, was a (lav long to and letuin to the Full It was be leniembcn'd by lhos( people, dunng then stav at Summit that foi the puuelul (uu't was sud-d- ( a Cache was found containing log nly biolan bv the Indian wai chains, yokes for oven and othet vv hoop and the hanging of guns These things together with bones W oivu it and ihildien burned to of cattle shewn about, gave evi- their homes fm pmleition. The dence that some one had camped pioneeis had been pis'pamig to theie veais hefoie cclebtate Tulv 21, and the men Summit reek Settled weie building a bovveiy in which miles west DURV Ocher Far-lelmanager l, In the fall of 1850, Seth Lung-to- to hold the meeting Vi 1899. Tins piomoteis were George F in the dairy William A Noble and Svhester I.ow. of Smithheldl was a hardv pioneer A hand of Indians had enRobet t and John Thoinlev Low lives todaj and is 88 years of is Abraham Smith, I'd t thou home m snt Lake City, camped just below the Industry In the foieground age. piestnt detc minted to tiavel noithwaid site ol the lower grist mill and ! until ihev could find a suitable it was lepoitcd they had stolen CHEESE PLANTS THEN, place for fnims and homes. They a ponv from Richmond The chief of this bund was attested and ai lived at Summit Cieek October 10 1859, and located one-hataken to the home of John tl mile wrst of Snnthfield Si.it h, w lu( h was one block south The tieck was a of the label na(le squat e. stieam of puie clear water fed Hold hief fiom the snows of high mountains a pnsoner for held After being in tl e cast The cieek was named the 'local daily Ihdustrv, One of MITHFIELD two or thiee houis, five young anothei pioblem It was necessary Summit because it was higher of the cun ent points out. to keep hogs to consume rat anceMors the than the hand on either side, thus Indians came to lescue their chief. One of them went into the Cache1 no were "Theie laige a uable lairy Industic in wasts." making urigation easier. The house and talked to the herds in those davs, Mr. Low pnsoner, with was stieam Snnthfield as th Danj explains Just small J B The Gallon asking him to tty to escape. He herds, num- lined banks with ,he weie tiout, mpanj, whoee plant was built t,pI)nrr from 1 to 6 cows The The testing of milk for buttei-fa- t cottonwood tiees and willows tried it but the men on guard 1892. demanded that he and when Snnthfield Dairy company, located content as a basis for pui chase Chicken, deei and other game was he did not, they stop G. S Farrdll was fued and the president of on the highway west of Srnith-- t was plentiful To the westward fell dead One white man, with Abiaham field, xthrted with 1700 pounds of price instead of by the gallon association, weie natuial meadows which Indian rath manager, and XV A Noble Samuel Cousins, was shot, too. the fust day, which grew to was new to the pioducer in those would piovide (nnlk for their pastuiage L retary Promoteis weie Geoige 20000 and davs pounds in 10 years arimals. The higher giound was The Indians staited for the shelWil- - 'leached 26,000 at its peak pioduc-Ahiaham Farrell, Smith, Snnthfield Subsequently, II Dauy covered with sagebiush which tering biush along the creek, firA Nob'e and S' hestei Low as thev fled with the white tion We supplied the trade in Company was absoibed by the assured the pioneeis that the soil ing Only one ot that gioup is still Montana and Idaho, as well as in Faust Cieamery Company of Salt was feitile. They found that some nu n in put suit. Near the east entianee of the ie Mr Low, and he is Lake City, and latei, Sego Milk of tne land had been ploughed. noi thorn Utah ran of age this sunmiei . "There were no commodious Pioducts obtained the piopeity. The mountains weie covered with Tahmnaclc giounds, two men FourDh In Counts mile west of snow,, which fact assuied them fiont Franklin were camping for Todav, one-habarns, no blooded dairy heids The The plant was recognized as the industry made progress, the old Snnthfield Daily Comrapid that they would have plenty of noon. The Indians, in passing, urth one built fud at them, killing one and uj Cache county nevertheless. Theie were no re- pany site is the Cache Valley water for irugation he first t make cheese only, frigeration, no cooling system, no Dairy Companys Swiss cheese wounding another, then they con1 minded Snnthfield rd the second for butter and milking machines, no milking plant, largest of its kind in the The place looked inviting to tinued tlmu fhhl up the cieek. ese The Hlernll Plant and this parlors The cold storage was sup- - woi Id It is a monument to the the sett lets so thev laid the found- In' ing to tie hill just north of nthfield fhrtory for 15 yeaisj plied with natuial ice Sanitation progress of the daily inteiest in ations of Snnthfield at lhal time the lowei gust null On Hie hill rW greatly met m developing the was a problem. a Memll and Ins were Cache Valiev They got out logs for houses and they bi other Sohvman coming from the rain on with a load of biush for the boweiy. Intent On Scalping The Indians began filing, killing Ira and wounding Sohyman in the light a'm and the abdolnen. Tnev intended to scalp Iia, but weie pi evented by his brothei thi owing tocks at them with his left hand until the putsuing men came to the rescue The Indians weie followed to Indan canyon where they hid among the lock and brush. When the men came back fiom the put suit, a council was held to determine what was best to do. It was a time of fear, anxiety and mourning. A guard was kept day and night. A fort was built and when men worked outside the foit they worked in groups. In Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative digging the grave for It a Men ill, two men dug and two men stood takes particular satisfaction in this Cache on guard Valley Centennial Celebration because More Indian Trouble Utah Poultry has been very much a part The Indians that swarmed over of this Century of Progress. Cache Valley generally belonged to the Shoshone tribe. They weie root diggers, poor, and not warThrough the past quarter of the cenas many other tribes. They like tury, poultrymen and farmers of Cache toamed about in small bands, worked have Valley together, planned finding fish and game and food for their pomes. When the settlers together and cooperated together in this efficient cooperative to help themselves, came, they took the pasture land and frightened away the game. to help the poultry industry and to help Indians stole pomes only to pto-teCache Valley. their rights. During the winter of 1860-6- 1 there were 68 houses built on fort Most of the progress made in the lines The men went together to Cache Valley poultry industry can be out of the canyon as proteclogs Utah traced directly or indirectly to tion against the Indians. They Poultry and Farmers Cooperative used the same plan when wot king in the fields. Implements Crude Farm the implements were crude. branches are three serving Today Any piece of lion wide enough hundreds of members in Cache Valley. was taken to the blacksmith and Branches located at Logan, Preston and shaped into a ploughshare. Hay Tremonton give members home town, was cut with a scythe and raked service that canby hand. Grain was cut with a complete, sickle and bound by hand. Thiesh-in- g not be duplicated. Utah Poultry offers was done with a flail. veterinary aid, better feeds at lower cost, women did their share of The lower prices on supplies as well as a the work. They prepared wool market at top premium prices steady, sure and wove it into clothing fbr the and extra profits through patronage family. They secured their own dye. The housewife made her own soap with the wood ashes being used for lye and sciaps of fat for Membership in Utah Poultry is open to When sickness came, comgrease all pourtymen and farmers in Cache Val-emon herbs were used as medicines. Get information today from YOUR branch manager: Cultural Activities For recreation the women had PRESTON gatherings to pick berries which LOGAN they dried. They had wool picking M. A. Westerberg, Mgr. 2 H. Elliott, Mgr. socials, too, and dancing parties. In the fall of 1862, Robert Fish-bur- n TREMONTON organized a dramatic company which provided wholesome Giles, Mgr. entertainment for the people. He also organized a choir. By the spring of 1864, it was consideied safe to leave the fort and live on lots of their own. Some of the families living in the fort included William Smith, George Barber, George Sant, Robert Nelson, Robert Fishbum, George Done, Nathan Smith, E. R. Miles, William Ainscough, Wil- shf 16 Jean. be-fo- io pio-tecti- ellx-Ml- i Daniel Collet Ducilev Men ill 1 C lj an) TOO Ancestor Of Dairying lf fan-sie- d j Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition al Quit A Story It would tequiie a volume to wide a complete histoiy of Snnthfield. to tell the stoty of all W),0 COntnbuted ,aNe to the building of a fine community and a sounij aie economy. The smiie could be said for other Cache cities and towns Suflne it to say that over the yeais Snnthfield has developed along the lines of modem pi tigress, founding its piospenty on a vaued agacultuial and f ! t r economy. Schools, tliutch-&- , actual needs of lne, e foi club oiganialion, cullcu-a- l unci ests, recieation alt find tne pi de-su- full expiession community. J. In this piogressive Ihesent mayor of Snnthfield is W. Kilkbiide, pionnnenl Cache alley educational and civic First Postoffice, Mail System Was Established In 1874 The fust official post office was established in Logan on Julv with C. B Robbins pust master. The mst postmasters of other towns in the valley weie Lizzie Maughan, Wellsville, Canute Olson. Hium, John King, Millville, Fiank Madison, 1iovi-donc1, 1874, Abigail Hvde Hyde Paik, F.van M. Gieen. Snnthfield, Hendry Standage, Richmond. most veneiable pioneers Is Sylvester Low, He was one of the original owners of the Southfield Dauy Company, eaily piedecessor of today big dairy industiy in the valley. One of the Valley tesident of Smuhfnld. Mr. Lew Is neaiing 90. dence, a son of Sylvester his family to Snnthfield Mr Low s father was one a null in Wellsville fiom He was born December 22, 1862, In Pi eviand Ann Allen Iaton Low. He moved with In 1865 and has resided there ever since. of the valleys fust nulleis, having operated 1861 to 1863. that they have giown up with Is case with Sylvester Low. He has the this But the alley. literally seen the development fioin an aiea of scatteied and Isolated com munities to the lush and piogiessive Cache Valley of today. Of few people today can it be said Mi. Lows life has been spent in a auety of activities connected with the valley. He has been pmtieulaily active in landscape and beautilioation wotk in paiks and cemeteries in the Smithfield aiea. a , m lf Years Financing the Development and Growth 59 1 POULTRY PROGRESS in Cache Valley of the Entire Intermountain Area TABIL'ITY ?, Ill mJm amapmuRV y ! fi xCx ZZuZ j .nxii rrrrr 1 .i ct y. t and Joseph Watts well-stock- . t Willis Lemmon, Viigil Men ill, Andiew Toolsem, Luis Toolsou, James Downs, lleniy Watts Fathei McCiacken, Janus Mack, Thomas Pilguni David Weeks -- 5 Herald-Journ- and Thomas Winn, Peter Richaidson, Aftet a few houses weie completed l lie men went back to Salt Lake City lor t licit families. They teunned the lust pail of Deceit liei In the meantime oihet lences The LOANS SERVICE Long Term Farm and Ranch Abstracting Residential, F.H.A. and Conventional Real Estate Commercial, Business Properties .Small Loans, 500.00 to $2,500.00 On Special Long Term Rates Investments for Individual Handling Nation Wide Service y Instance Fire, Casualty Fidelity and Contracting Bonds Title Insurance Appraisal Service Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation ESTABLISHED 11 East First North 1892 Phone 91 or 92 |