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Show Beaver County Monitor SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 3 | | | | PAGE 2 Township Petition Fort Willden....4 Farm and Way Station An error in the legal description on the petition document, as presented to the Board of Commissioners on September 3rd, has now been corrected. Proponents have re-circulated the petition for signers to initial changes. Despite heavy efforts by opponents of the township, the majority of residents in the affected area appear to remain enthusiastically in favor. The petition is scheduled to be resubmitted to the County Clerk on September 12. Commissioner Chad Johnson said Thursday afternoon that the petition can not be certified until the October 7 regular commission meeting. He The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has prepared a plaque to be permanently displayed at Cove Fort honoring Charles W. And Eleanor Willdeni, the first settlers in this area. The unveiling of this plaque is scheduled to be held on Saturday, September 21, 1996 at 2:00 P.M. at Cove Fort. Descendants have been invited to attend the ceremony. Eleanor Romney, a Willden family dependant and Family History Missionary, serving in Salt Lake City, is acting as RSVP coordinator for the event. Excerpts from family history: Charles W. And Eleanor Willden were English converts to the LDS Church who had come to Utah in 1849. added that he is unsure whether a referendum date can be set at the — certification, or whether the 90 day protest period must expire before a vote can be scheduled. Because Charles was an iron worker, Brigham Young called him to work in the Cedar City iron mission in the 1850s. After the iron works closed down, Charles acquired 160 acres at the Fort to establish a farm and way station. The Willdens planted five cottonwood trees and started construction of “Fort Willden” on the bank of Cove Creek in 1860. They erected an adobe house and a corral, enclosing both in a 150-foot-square cedar post stockade. They also raised a crop of grain. Before retreating to Beaver for the winter, they “cached” their grain for spring planting, carefully Candace Yardley with Beaver County Grand Champion Lamb. Dean Lamerequx is the buyer. storing it for their return. “Their newlywed daughter and her husband were trapped there by a late winter snowstorm between Fillmore and Cove Creek in February or March of 1861. Ann, who had married at the age of 14, and her husband, Neils Johnson, were returning home from Salt Lake after Photos courtesy Southwest Livestock Show and USU Extension Service For Beaver News Contact DeAnne Harris at 438-3040 a fruitless effort to find work. Ask for subscription coupon special Wild Cat Canyon was blocked for wagon travel, so they stopped at the _ Beaver County Monitor does not charge for wedding or birth announcements, missionary or Quincy Goodwin (left), with the Beaver County Grand Champion Steer. USU Extension Agent Mark Nelson is standing in for the buyer, Mike Dalton, Security Title. house where they hung blankets and quilts at the doors and windows and built a fire in the fireplace. Even this did not keep out the cold, so Ann and her husband made a dugout. military news and photos. igskin Bingo Is Back By the time they reached Cove Creek, a5 It wasn’t long before they ran out of food and so found the wheat her father had cached and boiled it. For a change, her husband ground some of the wheat between two stones, and she strained it through her veil, using the coarse siftings to make some salt-rising bread. After several days someone passing through on their-way to Beaver noted their plight and told her parents. Charles and Eleanor loaded the wagon with the doors, windows, provisions and other necessities and moved to Cove Creek in March. — a On April 24, 1861, in her cellar home Ann’s Jirst child, a girl, was born, her mother being the midwife. Little Hanna Jane Johnson was the first child born at Cove Creek.” ae : 16 Pub-is a. private club for me el a 4 mbers only. _ In the spring the whole family moved back and built a two-room home in the 8 to 10-foot high stockade. Travelers found Fort Willden a convenient stopover between Salt Lake City and St. George, and the ranch-fort thrived for a few years. After a harsh winter and with the growing threat of the Blackhawk war, the Willdens abandoned the fort in 1865. Early in 1867 the deserted fort was used to set up an office of the Deseret Telegraph. Later that year the Cove Fort pioneers arrived. | For several years they used Fort Willden as part of their larger complex. 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