Show Millard Places History of Abraham heavy wooden rails drawn by horses The work day began at daylight and ended at dark Farming methods in those days were crude The seed was broadcasted by hand as the men walked up and down the fields then the seed was harrowed with a wooden harrow Under these conditions the Black boys by the had following spring acres cleared and planted into grain Their first year’s work was a failure They averaged only a little more than a bushel to the acre During the second year work on the Woodruff and Cannon farms was again done by the Black boys They used a Slip scraper to level the ground this time Through experience they came upon a more consistant method of planting and irrigating and through their efforts were able to get nearly a thousand acres under cultivation The crop yielded 2500 bushel of grain The first house was built on the Woodruff farm and was used as headquarters for some time Large farms were owned by C H Wilchen Jessie W Fox a Mr Smith Taylor Nuttall Alfred Solomon and others Joseph A West and C H Wilchen were agents who sold land to settlers who came' from other parts of Utah and Idaho The settlers were O M Fullmer Charles Orison Toolson Stromberg Buxton and Burgeson Mr Fullmer came November 2 1892 and brought 1893 after his family in January building a home The other families came about the same time including the Hogan and Van Noy families Homes were built and a few wells were sunk The land was cleared of canals made and the greasewood farms seeded A building for church At and school was later constructed first both church and school were held at the Woodruff home In 1890 Bishop Joseph S Black brought his fourth polygamist wife Louisa Jan Wilchen Black to the new They built a home and community cleared the land Mrs Black was the mother of eight by a Note: The following was taken from Milestones of Millard Abraham which is located five miles northwest of Hinckley had its beginning in the late 870’s as a “Church Farm” A colonization company the members of which included President Wilford Woodruff George Q Cannon and Abraham H Cannon counselors and other Saint authorities took up a thousand acres of land about ten miles northwest of Deseret under the ‘Deseret Entry Act’ The company was anxious to get Mormon settlers located on this new project and saints from various parts of Utah were persuaded to buy land in this vicinity Land Taken Up Joseph S Black bishop of Deseret ward was chiefly responsible for getting the church leaders interested in the Abraham tract of land and under his leadership the land was brought under cultivation The cuts in the ground for the irrigation canals were made by the use of Mormon Scrapers The scrapers actually consisted of two wooden handles fronted by a iron shovel affair This piece of equipment was pulled by teams of horses averaging 800 pounds in weight and a man followed behind grasping the wooden handles Later on as the work advanced the Mormon scraper was replaced by the Slip scraper This was more of a bucket with two wooden handles tending similarly as the Mormon scraper With the Slip scraper more dirt was moved at one time and the work advanced at a more rapid rate and Although Wilford Woodruff George Q Cannon remained in Salt Lake City through contacts here they were able to begin development on the ground they had located in Abraham Joseph S Black was contracted by them to do the work and plant the crops on their farms In the fall of 1888 the work started with the clearing of the greasewoods by Peter T Black and his brother Henry Black who were between the ages of 15 and 18 The ground was cleared by the use of huge ? 11 ni rn IT l USPS Millard County former marriage and six by Bishop a Black She homesteaded tract of this fertile ground in the name of her husband and with her children the acres of were able to get many Mrs cleared and under cultivation Black passed away in 1896 but her to live on the children continued with Mr Black acting homestead overseer of the them from his home in Deseret In 1907 it was sold to Peter T Black son of Joseph S Black’s third wife “Church Organized” Saint A branch of the church was organized April 30 1893 as part of the Hinckley ward and named Abraham honoring apostle Abraham H Cannon one of the promoters of the settlement For a while the church farm had been called Zarahemla Millard F Eakle was chosen president of the branch In 1894 he moved away and Oscar M Fullmer became the presiding elder Zina E Hogan was the first Relief Society president and Harriet Fullmer counselor and Josephine Toolson was secretary and treasurer The first baby born in Abraham was a son Oren born to Dennis and Maggie Barney Black then living on the Woodruff place In 1899 and 1900 the project was given much publicity and many next settlers moved in Some of these settlers were: T George Theobald Will Elder John E Wright William S Taylor Oscar Burk James and Ed Humphries John H Hilton Richard Parker H C John Hanson R E Robinson Johnson and Glovers school house was built A This structure later accomodated eight school classes all at one timeThe building itself was constructed of very rough lumber but during the second year it was lined with mud and straw adobe During 1900 a townsite was surveyed on the “Solomon” section and the school building was moved to its present location on the east section of the present day Abraham ward chapel ground Prior to this it was a half mile east and a quarter of a mile south The Abraham farmers were forced to travel into Hinckley for the household water their needs demanded and water for their livestock Later a stock boy was appointed to drive the entire community’s cattle to the head of the canal for water West Millard History Book g j) Stories about the Great Depression coming in Lenore McCall 231 No Center PO Box 865 Delta Utah 84624 Some stories about the Great Depression of the 1930’s are coming with the family stories John L Peterson tells about how terrible the times were As he put it “You couldn’t buy a job” There was not much money circulating The first government “make work project” was hauling gravel to improve the streets They used horses and wagons and the loading was done by using shovels Later trucks were made available Other work was making cement headgates and other improvements on the canals and ditches Willis Eddy Dutson tells another story as written by Wilna Wixom “The year 1930 was the beginning of the Great Depression Millard County as well as other areas suffered a severe water shortage The crops failed to grow so there was no feed for the livestock The US Govt purchased their good milk cows for $12 a head and pigs for 50 cents each then took them out to the south hills (from Oak City) and shot them No one was allowed to have the meat for food All the banks in Millard Co closed and many people lost their life savings The Red Cross and government furnished food clothing and other necessities to the people which the bishop was given the to distribute The responsibility selfishness of some made this a very unpleasant task” The Chronicle advertised subscriptions for vegetables fruit or whatever The schools were closed early since money ran out and teachers taught for 4 weeks and received 3 weeks pay We would like more information on the period either as included in family biographies or material to include in the historical section Tburs June 1987 18 - Page 5 Helen Barney retires Utah Power & Light Company announce the retirement of Helen Barney She is retiring after twenty years with the company George Cox District Manager invites all of her friends to stop by the office on June 25 from 4 to 5 pm to wish Helen the best on her retirement Hay testing On Tuesday June 23 hay testing will be done at Dave’s Sales and Service from 9 am to 4 pm On Friday June 26 the NIR machine will be in Delta at IFA from 9 am to 4 pm Clark Hamilton NIR operator will take samples if you have a large June 25 You number on Thursday will need to call the extension office in or Delta Fillmore by June 22 if you have a large number of samples that need to be taken and you would like Clark to do it for you ECIS completes first year The Early Childhood Intervention (ECIS) Preschool is completing its first year of services to Millard County ECIS is a state sponsored program coordinated at Snow College to help developmentally delayed children who need special attention to prepare for mainstreaming into kindergarten With a new year beginning July the staff and personnel are looking forward to serving more youngsters in the area The preschool offers the services of an Occupational Therapist twice a month and a Speech Therapist once a week and daily individualized attention There are also many group activities such as singing counting fine and gross motor activities and a special Social Integration daily Program Many families whose children qualify for the services are able to receive them free of charge Anyone with a child five years of age or younger who could use the services offered by ECIS is encouraged to contact Edith Allred at the Early or Preschool at contact Pam Goodrich at Social Services Dr Yvonne Yang Dr Yang opens offices in Delta and Fillmore Dr Yvonne Yang announces the opening of her offices in Delta and Fillmore for the practice of Internal Medicine Dr Yang attended the University of Utah School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City In addition to routine medical care Dr Yang’s services will include treatment care and hypertension management of diabetes cancer screening treatment of heart disease and arthritis Dr Yang will begin receiving patients June 22 Her Delta office is located at 140 White Sage Ave adjacent to the IHC Delta Community Medical Center Office hours will be 9 am to 5 pm Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 am to Noon Her Fillmore office is located at 674 South Highway 99 with office hours from 9 am to 5 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