Show Page Millard County 4 1987 15 Oct Thurs LSPS West Millard History Book NOTE: The following taken from Milestones history up to 1952 except was of Millard a History of South Tract by Francis B Hauman “A man once found a booklet that told in glowing terms Of a golden land of promise to be converted into farms It sounded very good to him the more of it he though- tSo with due deliberation he decided and then bought” In March 1911 The Delta Land and Water Company was organized They surveyed a great many acres of Carey Act land known as the North and South Tracts lying respectively northwest and southeast of the town of Delta This history concerns the South Tract a project of about 10000 acres The land was free under the government Carey Act with the exception of a filing fee of fifty cents per acre The water was sold by the Delta Land and Water Company at fifty dollars a share one and acre feet to the share A reservoir for water storage and canals to distribute this water was built First Settled This particular tract was most widely advertised in the central states consequently the majority of the settlers came from Illinois Nebraska Kansas Iowa etc few being comparatively from Utah The new tract was opened for settlement in 1911 By spring of 1912 about settlers had moved into the country from some thirteen different states Tents appeared like mushrooms dotting overnight the landscape with white as new im migrants arrived Most of them came with a freight car of livestock implements and household goods their families arriving later by train The vast majority of the new settlers were s young single men who heeding advice had gone west At one time there were about bachelors This vast new land and virgin soil of the desert covered with a growth of greasewood shadscale and a little rabbit brush lay flat in a valley bordered a part of Pahvant by blue mountains Valley so named for an early Indian Chief This treeless was land a strange new venture to many of these early settlers The soil mostly clay some sandy proved a challenge in many instances to those unfamiliar with its nature Wells The first concern of the people after erecting their tents and making shelter for their livestock was providing water for domestic use This was produced by driving deep wells from which issued the finest artesian water anywhere The men who drilled most of these wells were Bob Whicker of Delta and Doc Black of Deseret In most cases a good flow was reached around two hundred feet These wells have been a source of untold benefit to the country First Ventures In December 1911 Mr and Mrs N H Folsom and family of six children his father E L Folsom and son John Help us write history water area clubs schools churches and drainage systems ghost towns Topaz mining agriculture Anyone interested or who has information on one or more of these subjects please contact me at 192 N 400 W (office) or (home) or the Chronicle Progress office by Ruth Rawlinson The West Millard History book is in full swing and family histories are rapidly being turned in Have you reserved space for your family history? If not let us hear from you and start writing! The book will cover the following topics: Geology of West Desert Area Fremont Indian culture M M MM M M M MM M MMMMMMM Carter of Hinckley in 1925 and farmed with his father George Sipes farmed and worked on many construction projects in the county and throughout Utah as a teamster J P Fidel a bachelor came here 1912 He from Colorado in February became the first watermaster traveling his route on a horse called “Satan” Joe as he was familiarly known was always ready for a piece of pie anywhere he chanced to stop on his route He spent a period of time in military training In 1921 he married Bessie Crowman of Salt Lake City The Pearson brothers Edward and Harry and another young man Frank Johnson also arrived in February 1912 from Nebraska The Pearson brothers farmed together for a year or two then Ed went to work in the Delta State Bank Ed was the first mail carrier when a rural route was established He was in service overseas in World War Harry too was a World War I veteran He married Ivy Mortensen of Salt Lake City a sister of Mrs B W married Frank Johnson Whitmore Marcia Beck These couples were very active in community affairs Fred Mrs Mr and In March 1912 L Baker and three children came from Illinois Mr and Mrs H E Beck and family also came in March 1912 from Illinois These two families will be for their musical and remembered literary talents In December 1913 Mr and Mrs E A Brush and five children arrived from Iowa They brought three beautiful draft horses some fine cattle and a Kissel automobile the first car owned by a settler then and a widower Richard Smith children were among the first settlers coming here from Spanish Fork Utah Dick as all knew him had the first threshing machine and besides his own farming he did all the threshing on the Tract He was one man who could win a bet in height with a tall man when they sat down He became ill and his sickness was something the doctors couldn’t diagnose tests were made and medical men from Washington came to observe and to study the case Mr Smith died before they found the cause and cure It was the first case of Tularemia or Pahvant plague an fection contracted from the bite of a deer fly which had fed on diseased jack rabbits Fred Keim came in 1912 from Colorado he has always been very active and helpful in all community affairs He lives alone and is a successful farmer and cattleman arrived driving here with teams and wagons from Green River Utah They spent the winter in Delta settling on land in the spring Mrs Eolsom their passed away in August 1912 the first death on the project Sarah Folsom was part proprietor of a fruit and vegetable shop in Delta known as “Goods of Quality” in 1920 This was the first introduction of fresh vegetables and fruits most of which were shipped in In 1922 she married from California Lloyd Riggs of Hinckley Lonnie and Enoch Folsom were veterans of active service in World War I Fred Hauman a young man from Nebraska accompanied the Folsoms here from Green River driving a span of huge mules He bought his land contract from Emery Eddney who also came with the Folsoms and moved on it in February 1912 On July 10 1920 he married Frances Beach a neighbor I V Maney his wife and her two sons Jack and Jim Kennelly came in settlthe fall of 1911 from Colorado ing on the sloping and higher sage brush land toward the mountains Mr Maney put up a windmill the only one on the tract They grew some fine shade trees and an apple orchard Their soil was sandy Jack was a veteran of active duty overseas in World War I In February 1912 Mr and Mrs B W Whitmore came from Salt Lake City He was originally from Nebraska coming to Salt Lake City from Canada Their flowing well was one of the first in the neighborhood over thirty head of horses and all other stock watered there twice a day February 21 1913 a son Gordon was born He was the first child born on the project In November 1912 Mr and Mrs J E Whitmore came here from Canada to make their home They were the oldest couple and were fondly called and Grandpa” “Grandma by all the neighbors Their home became quite a hub in the community life In February 1912 George E Beach and stepson George Sipes came from Salt Lake City formerly from Colorado Mrs Beach and children came later in the spring Mr Beach had a passionate fondness for fine driving and harness racing horses He followand ed the circuits and arranged managed many of the track programs for the celebrations of nearby towns He was also watermaster and later an alfalfa seed buyer throughout the state Mrs for Peppard Seed Company Beach known as “Mother Beach” to many of her neighbors died February 18 1926 after having paralysis for six years William Beach married Mable TENPENNY Cliff Butter L to Mark Williams R: Jardine Steve Jardine and Mark Tenpenny to perform in Delta Coming to Delta at 7:30 pm on October 15 1987 at the Thursday Delta High School Auditorium will be Tenpenny performing the authentic sound of the traditional folk music of the British Isles This is the first conseason of the West cert of the Millard Cultural Council with the support of the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts Tenpenny is a four member group of musicians that perform in a traditional way the traditional music of the British Isles That the farmer is in former times Attention all Veterans Widows and Dependents A Field Service Officer from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Service Office in Salt Lake City will be in your area to assist you in understanding and applying for rightful VA benefits preparing and documenting applications for compensation pension hospitalization education and other benefits This is a free service and veterans need not be members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to qualify for assistance The VFW Field Service Officer will be working out of the Delta City Job Service Center from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm on 22 October 1987 shopkeeper or sailor would work during the day then at night get together and sing the songs and play the instruments of the times Now Tenpenny all laborers by day travel together in the evening to bring us the sounds of the British Isles Though their day work is varied one fs a lawyer one a social worker while another works with the state budget office their musical performance is all together Their act includes numbers harmonies without sung in accompaniment as well as numbers acinby such unusual companied bones and struments as the bodhran hurdy gurdy as well as more traditional melodies to fast paced dance reels and sea shanties the latter being songs sung by sailors as they worked together in their ships for rhythm preparing sailing This promises to be a concert that all should enjoy Tickets are $300 at the door or in advance from Zions Bank in Delta Season tickets for the season of the West Millard Cultural Council may also be purchased now for $2500 for ten admissions For more formation call Ron Draper at Deadlines essential!! 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