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Show of road referred to as the long stretch between Oakley arid Ka mas. "The earliest settlers to come to the area were trappers who arrived in I8S6. One of the first trappers was Thomas Rhoades and his wife. Their daughter was the first white child to arrive in the valley. The town was also named Morrell, Denmark and Lemonville. The people of Marion learned to band together and built schools, churches, grocery stores, and post office. Mostly though it was an agricultural community During the 1940s a pea vinery was built, as well as the Kamas Valky Cooperative Feed Association, which furnished a large amount of the feed used in the valley. A creamery was started in 896 but was not very profitable and closed down In 1903. a stretch 1 J lamas Kamas was first included in the area of Marion and was called Rhodes Valley. Several years later the name was changed to Kamas Prairie then simply to Kamas. The name is derived from a Mootka Indian word chanas which through a series of change became Camass a word used to Identify ary of several plants, the bulbs of which formed a staple food of the Indians of Western America. In a broad-er sense, the word is used to designate a small grassy plain among the hills--a good description of Kamas. Kamas Wiley sits with the Uintah mountains to the east, the Wasatch Mountains on the west, the Provo River on the south and the Weber River on the north. Brigham Young sent settlers to the valley after he had heard about the ideal place for a settlement from trappers and prospectors. The town was surveyed and divided into town lots about 1869 or 1870 and incorporated as a city on une 4.1912. Indians used the valley for their hunting and grazing ground and were not easily persuaded to give up their land and made things very unpleasant for the settlers. The Indians threatened the settlers ' until maty (eft and some went to the fort in Proa for protection. When they returned, they built their own fort in Kamas. sometimes having 32 families use it and at other times it was almost vacant. It was doned in about 1870. Occupations among the early settlers was a lumber business which has stayed in the valley for maty years. Kamas is also a diary and ranching area. The town has had and continues to have maiy businesses such as: grocery stores, banks, service stations. hotels, blacksmithing. undertaking, flour mills, telephone compary. and poultry Thty have built schools, churches, and dance halls. The town current hosts the Kamas Wiley Fiesta Days held during the ujy 24th week. Jranris The town of Francis is located in the southern part of the county. The original settlers were part of the ones Brigham Young sent to the Kamas Wlty There was a nice spring located at the bottom, of the bench at Lemons dugway, and some of the settlers built close ty This was the best water and the most abundant in the area and people came to the spring to take water to their homes for drinking. Some used the Provo River for water to wash clothes and water animals. They began to use the river for irrigation in about 873. It has been stated that the first cabin was built by an Englishman. Francis M. a Mr. ohn Wiliams Lyman was sent to organize a ward of the LDS church and the town was named after him. At one time a railroad was to be built over Wolf Creek Pass into the Uintah Basin. Mary men from Francis helped the effort but never received any pay after the company went broke. Several working on the project almost lost their lives as they cut ties In the mountains and floated down the Provo River. Residents built churches, held parties and enjoyed friends and family Thy built a school house and had entertainment there for maty years. A creamery was built east of town using steam to operate. They separated the milk and returned the skim milk to the formers for feed for calves and pigs. Thecream was churned to butter and sold In Park City and Salt Lake City in a covered wagon. 1 - IKoJU Woodland is located on the upper Provo River east of Francis, with an elevation of 6.8S0 feet. The Hoyts ACE HARDWARE John - Polly Hoyt 55 North Main Kamas, Utah 783-455- 2 Hours: 8 am - 6:30 pm Monday - Saturday Provo River runs directly through the community and is an excellent place to find beautiful scenery and fishing holes. It was first called Woodland Alky but was later changed to Woodland due to it being a valley covered with large cottonwood trees. The chief industiy was timbering with mining timber being hauled to Park City for the mines. Later, a sawmill was brought into the community so that the large logs could be sawed for use. They also made railroad ties and sold them in Provo. Woodland Is now mainly a residential area with people traveling to the city to work. Snyderville has the distinction of being the first settlement In Summit County and one of the earliest in Utah. Parky R Pratt discovered a beautiful park in 1848 and worked on hfs road up Big Canyon ( later Parleys) during the summer oT 849. He wrote that the road was good enough to bring out an abundant supply of timber and fuel that foil. On uly 4th. 1850, thty celebrated the opening of the Golden Pass. Samuel C. Snyder, a well to do pioneer of 848. came from New York with his famijy and bought Pratts rights to Parkys Park in 849 and helped build the road over the summit. In I8S0 he came to Snyderville to live. At this time the hills surrounding the valley were heavily forested with pines from 3 to S feet in diameter and with qjjaking aspens so dose together that a road had to be cut through them. When Snyderville was first settled, the native meadow hay was cut ty scythes and stacked for winter feeding. The valley was a natural cattle raising county. The other important industiy was lum1 1 1 bering. When the mines were discovered in Park City there was a great demand for logs for houses and buildings, for mining timbers and for cord wood to fire the steam engines for hoisting at the mine. Scores of men. with their families, came to Snyderville to cut down the trees and to work In the mills and haul timber and wood. lnjcy lic Fao ty ftitjtdJtip atui jmftcsngt mttnt fUf & k it. Willow Spring Trout Farm 78.1-46- 08 WMXMUXMWHMMUMMMUUIUlUUMUMMUMUHn We specialize in stum burgers. Try our fries, soft drinks and ice cream. 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