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Show V Has Rapid Growth AAacf& nuf w(tfrf a a vwin Infer known ns the (Jordon Mnry Hull and Jennie Wilcox. tiufiJ 17 fJecksOMid pince It was a lumber The fiist bishop in Preston was (,innmi?ity perrntim'nt v feel, with a lean 'Nathan Porter, chosen in Idle PiijJdlng lb hv rtirx , tr til Inuiiiijnt' i Kriutk-JiJO wms tIUi mimI Miim fh mt tie noifft side This house was 1879. located about one mile southeast inst sMJirx Iiiokf luii'i in ( It is interesting to note that of oi vvheie i tie business part nllev. Preston now is. Mr. Wtnna soils Preston was not settled in quite Tht sift vi hitf Franklin CounDennis. John, James, J iseph. Hop the same way as most of the tys laitfest ity ard county sioat and Hendon, also located near Cache Valley towns in Utah, by a is rmw located was known in m!y definite small group of pioneers him. da 9 as The Sand Ride or Th with their wagons and ox teams Ins! In 1869, Robert Hull hi it. There was an abundance in from Salt Lake valley. coming of wild grasses and thick bruh squatter's right on the place later The decisive engagement with the and willows along the streams, known as T. D. Alders. Mr. Hulls Indians at Battle Creek in Janvs land and the as claim disputed inaKing the aiea a good grazing uary, 1863 apparently had ended ground, and it was much used lor Taken from him by a U S. solider. for all time the threat from the on soon located Other tamilies bis purpose by the settlers at, Red Men in the Southern Idaho Franklin. The Franklin settlers the east side of Woim Cioek, aiea and by the time Pieston was m them David Jensen, Maitin established there was no need for iut the wdit h;i on the east am-inHide ot Worm Crce I'hailes Spmgbet g n, toi winter Luirdgi building the houses m the comand .Inseoh Clayton e.d i r thu U e to k foit foimation. pact In 1877 t lent ge Sh.ii p and familIn '(7 ns, ftooua.d anti Foul-to- r The fust Preston tesulents seem nd b oiii,ht ui t tin e a la. ge hi y ame tiiim Rulmiond f T vas ante w hi h thev irted nun t a house into the ui ea to have moved in from the Fiankv vvaome Pieston bet to The P tat " In mi huh Wduain Head h..d tiuilt the tiist hmi-- e on I bus 1877 is usually .liven as the City, the e t.st Hide ot Woi in Cieek. in founding date of Pieston the area known as the Noith though toeie was innsidei able mlituH Heniv miii nt Vvil- - sett h men t on atljai ent lands dinuam Head later leported We ing 'he ten yeais preceding this i, used 0 head t o an at our new date The lust Sunday School vvas home on the North Meadows. Wei used these oet to freight grain held in Mr. Sharp's home, as vvas to and horn the lust school, stalled in 1877 and merchandise C'onnne. Box Fitter County, to and taught by a Mr. Johnson. The Montana.' Nine yoke of xen and lust school house vvas built on the thiee wagons weie considered as east side of Worm Cieek and the one team tor one man to handle. lust feather in it was Mrs. Maiy We trailer) the wagons. At our Heller in 1879. The fust child born in Preston new homo we planted small fruit tiees in IM7 and shade frees in vvas Tessie Winn, daughter of We milked a rather large Dennis W. and Margaiet Winn, number of cows, and made butter hot n August 3. 1879. The urst and cheese. We sold laige, fat beef stoie in Preston was located in t r six doilais the home of Dennis Winn. Dater The woe and children of the Mr. Winn was joined by William Head family moved to Franklin Chapman and James Bosvvorth m during the winter months, so that establishing Preston9 first meri tie children could attend school. cantile business. Mr. Chapman ih67, John became the first postmaster. During the year The first branch of the L.D S. Winn built a herd cabin on the west side of Worm Creek, north Church in Preston, known as the of the place where the home of Worm Creek branch, was organA. W. Hart later was located, not ised in 1877. E. R. Lawrence was far from the Bear River. The the presiding elder and William area came to be known as the Garrison was music director. Mary Hull was in charge of Relief SoWinn bottoms. The first permanent home built ciety work. Later Relief Society Rachel were Porter, oi the west side of Worm Creek leaders was buiit by Dennis W. Winn. It Serena Jensen, Anna Lundgree. w 1 u-- 1 1 . . ' tin or Richmond aiea, first as grazers of stuck and giadually as settled farmers. But Preston grew rapidly once it had been founded, and soon sui parsed all other communities in the area both in size and commercial importance. It was incorporated as a village in 1900, and as a city in 1912. The first reason for this rapid growth undoubtedly was the building of the Utah Not them railway shortly after the first settlement of Preston. with Preston as the northrn terminal. This made the city the natural shipping center for the potenl tally uch agi 11 ultural, livestock and industiial Southern Idaho aiea, the gateway to Southern Idaho as weq as the noithein gateway to Cache Valley. RKUKST FORT What became known a the was "richest foit in the woild erected hastily at Challis, Idaho during an Indian scare in 1879. Boulders wete gatheied, within a well was dug and a room 40 by 60 feet was laid out. The walls of the fort were sacks of ore. valued at $2,000 a ton. and piled 12 sack high and six sacks wide. MORE DIGNIFIED Preston came near being called "Worm Creek. The first Church branch there had that time, hut Church authorities objected to tha word woim being attached to anything pei taming to the Church, and the settlement was named Pieston in honor of Bishop Wil-- I liam B. Preston. 1k BIGG'S CHEVRON SERVICE STATION We Con Supply ALL THE MATERIALS "TO BUILD ANYTHING" 1" tv- dgsaenjrv Is Is a jb- - ' , Where - , W Si Pleasure to Serve You STRATEGICALLY LOCATED. WITH AN EASY "DRIVE-lN- " ENTRANCE AND COURTEOUS ATTENDANTS tft TIRES CHECKED CYLINDER OIL CHECKED Paints Mill Work Tad Our Plan Service is Available ami We Wiil Supply Cost Estimates Without Obligation Roofing Travel Information Supplied "With a Smile' We Do a Factory Specified Job Of Lubrication, Washing Service Atlas Tires and Batteriee, . 1 Coil, 228-- W T9& State Sr. Prestons. 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