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Show ZFnr.hkk pageA3 Bountiful is second oldest settlement in state of Utah By CHERIE HUBER Contributing Writer First known as Sessions Settlement and then North Mill Creek Canyon or North Canyon, Bountiful is Utahs second settlement. It is named for one of the ancient cities mentioned in The Book of Mormon on February 17, 1855. The city was officially incorporated by the territorial legislature in 1892. The Bountiful Tabernacle held its ground breaking ceremonies in February, 1857. The Bountiful Tabernacle is the oldest chapel in continuous use in Utah. The beautiful building often appears as a symbol of Bountiful. Across the street from the tabernacle, at the new Bountiful Post Office another new monument has been raised to the Bountiful founding fathers. People seem to enjoy sitting and contemplating the monun ment, its designs and the list of family names. The 140 year old Willey pioneer cabin has been well-know- salvaged and placed in Bountiful City Park. Ken Burninghams Glimpses into Bountifuls Past is a video tour of 19th Century Bountiful and an excellent guide to the citys past. Downtown merchants seem to have caught the vision of Bountifuls unique place m history. Banners now fly on Main Street invite people to visit historic Main Street Bountiful. Bountiful City Hall features a Mayors Row of men who have served Bountiful beginning with Perrigrine Sessions. More than 145 years of Bountifuls history has come from the mayors of the community. Monuments have also been placed at the Kimball mill site, at 4th East and Mill street. Heber C. Kimball had the mill built in 1851 through 1853. The monuments commemorate Heber C. Kimball and Daniel Davis, Adopted son of Kimball and mill manager. The third monument honors George Quinn McNeil who assisted Davis at the mill site. Just east of the three markers are the stone wall remains of the old Kimball Mill foundation. The mill monuments were an Eagle Scout project of Matt Williams. ONCE A POST OFFICE One of three buildings used as the Centerville's Post Office, remains standing. Centerville was settled in 1848 and was initially known as Cherry Creek. About 140 of the town's pioneer buildings are still standing. Centerville began its history as a settlement in 1848 was built in 1866 by William Reeves for the Wells Fargo By CHERIE HUBER Contributing Writer Centerville began as a pioneer settlement in the early spring of 1848. Thomas Grover, Osmyn Deuel, and William Deuel were the first settlers. The area was called Cherry Creek Settlement in 1850 when Stanford Porter was called by Brigham Young to be its Presiding Elder. Although Centerville is a relatively small area caught between the mountains and the Great Salt Lake and bordered by Bountiful and Farmington, the city has momentos of its history generously sprinkled through the older part of the city. By 1852 the settlement had been renamed Centerville. The first church was a small adobe building built in 1855. It was used for all public meetings including schooling and entertainment. In 1862 a larger building was built just west of the first building. Those buildings are now gone. What remains as the Centerville First Ward Building was begun in 1879 and is still in use. The original building had a large assembly room, a vestry room and a prayer room overhead. It has been remodeled and added to through the years, but still retains much of its original charm. Centervilles stage coach station is also still standing on Center Street and Second East. The large building is now used as a home. It Bountiful Park. Bountiful was A PART OF OUR HERITAGE Bountiful City's Wooley cabin now stands Utah's second settlement. First known as Session's Settlement and then as North Mill Creek Canyon or North Creek, it was settled in 1892. in Farmington became the Davis County seat in 1852 By CHERIE HUBER Contributing Writer North was Cottonwood until it became the Farmington :ounty seat in 1 852, when its name vas changed. It has also been mown as the city of roses in the ast when roses were grown here in ibundance by florists. Two large itructures in the center of town help o define Farmingtons history; the :ourt house on State Street and the 3.ock Chapel on Main Street. Both lave been part of events that have ouched many lives. The courthouse was built in 1890 and remodeled in 1932, 1958 ind 1979. The original 1854 courthouse that it replaced was the first :ourthouse built in Utah. During the 1932 remodeling the new courthouse was built on and around the 1890 courthouse. A larger stained glass window inside as well as the pillars out front make it worth looking closely at. The 1864 Rock Chapel, a historic building just because of its age and construction of native rock and lumber from the nearby canyons, was also the home of the first Primary for LDS children. The building was dedicated the year the Civil war ended. Farmington still retains several dozen rock front homes dating back to pioneer times which are still in use. In the past there have been several tours of old homes in Farmington some of which have been carefully restored. Lagoon Amusement Park might also be considered a monument to areas history. Simon Bamberger started to develop Lagoon in 1896, the year Utah the finally achieved statehood. It is now the states largest amusement park. Lagoon has been changed and redone many times through its almost 100 years of life but has always been a Utah gathering place. Margaret Hesss book, My Farmington," which is available through the Davis County library tells about Farmingtons history in detail. A good guide to the city itself is How Kids View Old and New Farmington written by the fourth grade students of Gail Bock at Knowlton Elementary during the 1981-8- 2 school year. Company. After the Utah Central Rail Road was completed in 1870, the building was used for other things, among them an amusement hall called Elkhom Hall. Near the stage coach station which received mail are three other buildings used as post offices. Centerville still has about 140 of its historic pioneer homes still in Centervilles silk worm industry was started in a home on Main Street just south of Centerville Citys building. Mrs. Whitiker was one of the more successful growers of silk and made several articles for Brigham Young of silk. Some of the articles are on display at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneer museum in Salt Lake. The building which has undergone some changes is now slated to become home of the Centerville Historical Society and their pioneer continued from front she hadnt been to one for a long time before then. Along with some other Utahns who are over 100, she had breakfast with the governor last Thursday. She was presented with a pin in the shape of the state that proclaims her to be 101. The breakfast was fine, she said. However, at one point she took a tour of the facility where the breakfast took place and found herself having to walk down a flight of stairs because no one could find the key to the elevator. Now I feel like Ive been out all night, she joked. Mrs. Gerlachs fifth grade class at Woods Cross Elementary School decided they wanted to buy her a new dress to wear in the parade. She also wore the dress to her birthday dinner at the Lion House with Mrs. Gerlach whose birthday is July The class would have liked to buy Dibbern a hat for the parade too. No, I didnt want a hat. I remember when women stopped wearing those hats, she said. Dibbern was born Martha Elizabeth Nielsen in Salt Lake City in 1894. That was two years before Utah became a state in 1896. She attended Granite high School and then worked in a warehouse. When she visited a younger sister in Nebraska she went out on a blind date with Edward Dibbern. She married him and they later moved back to Utah where her husband worked for Hill Air Force Base for over 20 years. The Dibberns had no children and she has outlived her six brothers and sisters. But Martha doesnt live in the past. Shes interested in whats happening around her now as she watches the world as it continue to change. tT SHOP, INC 602 W. 800 So., Bountiful Dorthy Streeper gathered many interesting items of historical value from the first Centerville Elementary School prior to its demolition. The society has also gathered year books and class pictures. Monthly meeting featuring Centerville residents are of great interest to members of the society. Better yet, the presentations have been recorded on video tape for future reference by The Sons of the Utah Pioneers has also put up a statue in Founders Park on Main Street in honor of the Centerville pioneers. museum. ADVERTISED Centerville has an active I WANT YOUR HAIR TO LOOK GREAT ! The right cut... makes a great style. 14 and several students. DIBBERN Historical Society. The idea for the Centerville Historical Society was first promoted by David Putnam and Mary Ellen Smoot in 1982. For the past 13 years The Centerville Historical Society has been a valuable history resource for Centerville . For example Alzina Barton and Randy Appointments Walk-In- s Men & a Women's Cuts Full Service Salon mc's 292-959- 9 565 W. 2600 S. 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