| Show retrospect of emery countes Coun tys early settlement the salt lake tribune had write up of emery county recently a amongst other things speaks thua 1 it early settlement it wib be of interest to who have not already seen it we reproduce a portion of it what la now emery county was settled by the white race in the later when orange sely then of mt pleasant sanpete county bat of castle dale emery county was commissioned by the authorities of tho dominant church at that period with the task of subduing this then wild and b wilderness save for its age brush end grease wood email party of citizens ofSan pete county accompanied mr seely acres the moun tatna and other of that county rapidly bolow ed for county even at that day was considered a well settled community and the water for irrigation purposes was consider wl practically all claimed the farat were made in castio valley along the hunington ferron and muddy ahta valley cotanda from price at the north and on tho D R G railroad through th of the county to below the town of emory at the couth a distance of about eighty miles in width the county varies frrtz a half dazen to thirty miles the altitude varies from to foot abare aea level coming iver arora san pete county were prejudiced against ie country they caw to settle tor i county the land aarow the was for many year looked i on as only ground for the citizens of sanpete county it WM only baited bi some few of them hen idiana adventurous f the robbers roost gang raided ther heep and cattle herd and drove the tock over the mountains and do n ato the valley biow the rought back by the concern iff the valley were such a ta impress he people generally of county hat emery county was a section taftt bould ever remain outage tho of redemption danee they spoke f it with derision and anra but ahat a mighty result has been ined in the past two decades people ho are even well to do in sanpete bounty are among the moat ardent bedera of emery county jan and for be past two years it lias not been the or idle class of the older I 1 country that have 0 o emery jut it has been iho prosperous nd educated families that hav across the mountaha moun tama to the county |
