| Show will J henderson gives early history of garfield kane counties hatch utah dec 20 1939 my dear friends ju in the beginning I 1 want to express my sincere to the management of the gardane power company that through the courtesy of the foreman robert A middleton one of its boosters boasters bo I 1 ha have been invited to speak at this celebration I 1 was asked to review the early settlement of we the pan gultch duitch valley long valley the Pah reali and escalante country when my turn came to speak I 1 could see that we had several speakers which was perfectly proper I 1 commend the pies president ident ralph B blackburn for fok the wonderful way li he presided dad and gave the different localities a chance to be represented on the program which left a very satisfactory spirit and good feeling I 1 decided it would take up too much valuable time for my talk so I 1 am handing it to the garfield county news I 1 came to this country on june 20 1877 sixty two years ago I 1 have witnessed tile the growth and development of this country ever since that time and valleys were settled first in 1804 and abandoned in on account of indian troubles several of the pioneers were murdered by the indians during the first settlement these valleys were resettled in 1871 both have been settled continuously since that time names of some of the first settlers of Pan gultch valley in 1801 1864 are bishop nells neils nellson neilson joseph joseph thomas richards timothy robinson john fLow der thomas adair Il lenry walcot george mumford william talbot and the but ler brothers john james aultom and tom second settlers ett lers came back la in the early spring of 1871 bishop george W sevy allen alien S miller albert delong Long william lefevre arntt barney and later the 11 houston brothers john jim joe and tow tom meltiar hatch and sons tie orson and ira james hearle the fattier father of thirty children and his bis brother sam nells neils P ipson and ilia his sons nells neils jim and hans fians the john W myers and ills his sons john ephraim and joe the judds lees jesse W crosby I 1 Mali Ma honrie onrie al steele sicele cameron brothers dave ijohn will joe and ben jimmy dickenson Dk kenson and many others long valley was vas resettled in n 1871 by jonathan aleaton II Jl eaton the father of fifteen sons thomas chamberlain the father of fifty five children bishop henry esplin the fattier father of twenty tour four clid children dren his bis brothers john and dave ed lamb and other fine men Bs calante was settled in 1876 by andrew 11 and ills his lur her james edwin twitchell aliens alleys heaps gates and many other pioneers was settled in 1870 by james L thompson a member of lie mornion mormon battalion and tits his f sons oils john 0 t james Brig brbgham bain will and joe bishop jonathan packer and tits his son nephi W J henderson sr john 11 dickson george and jone hi inglam grain waldo and his sons dave ed and 1 anin i bryce aud and his sons rb dave bill at al and dick 0 1 the L famous bryce canyon was named 6 after tills man arley bliss ed clayton morrison Morr lson mech nin aln was settled in tile spring 1 of 1878 by the thompsons Thomp sons ingrams and others fl foin alil and later by jim smith with tits his two families dish op daniel goulding with ills his famines families bishop pat willis with his hh two famines families roan alti and ib bb savage brothers sampson chynoweth Cuyno belge and billy 11 moore foore brothers tropic was settled it in 1802 by james and olo ole Ahl Alil strona strom broth cra ri bishop hansen david darld B ott william tain J jolley henry A jolley bishop joseph U jolley brothers bill and john pollock brothers brothers will george joe chris carla chow mecham brothers georke george bybee levi stewart and many other prominent men when i the most of these men am came e into this country there was no civilization at all everything was just like nature had designed it no roads no canals no homes no post holes hoes or wagon tracks leveral roving bands of indiana india there was hotl not a mile ot of railroad in the state of new mexico arizona southern utah northern telas and southern california CalL fornia had T t oran person suggest at the time that good roads would be constructed into this then remote region that people would come from all parts of the world to gaze upon and admire its beauty and grandeur that the journey would be made from the then outposts of civilization to these parts part in a single day he won would I 1 d have h wre be ben n regarded dedas as a harmless dreamer or a dangerous lunatic but notwithstanding that we have lived through this period and seen all of these and other things accomplished shed when the pioneers first entered what Is now the southern part of utah and northern arizona it was a wild and uninviting part of our country the hunting ground of the ute and navajo indians and when those these people saw f continued Continue don on last lant data Is given on bettl settling in g south utah continued from page 1 the white while men come with their covered wagons and plows their flocks and herds to rat eat their grass aud and our civilization to frighten away the game which abounded they naturally resented rescued aur encroachment eternal vogl leuco lence was the price of safety safely aud even then i wo ve were never flever safe food and clothing were blo and these could be obtained by the cultivation of the soil and our flocks and herds they became our most cherished possessions iipp J isreal of old we became a pastor lal people little i could be given to the professions and other mccu occupations by welca men now new accumulate wealth it was the example and of such HIM awn and women which left indel ably impressed upon my wind mind these men inca and amen who ao plo leered the panguitch valley lo 10 long U g valley creek and escalante it was my good fortune to be associated with then them on th thy ranges aud ana in their homei and church chinch I 1 desire tu to mention others who were pioneers in the livestock industry on oil the east fork of thu the sevier river and the johns valley country Will fain berry and john 11 davis pioneered the east baat fork with cattle from Ka narra birou county la in 1874 the herd of cattle took the name of the Ka narra coop cool co op ol company they brought sheep into this country later will lam lain berry was killed in lewis county tennessee by a mob while he was doing work for the mormon church interested in this herd was john berry his brother their home was at ka narra utah wilson allson ll son D pace his brothers bro i harve pace and lemuel red lived in ili now harmony iron county isaac riddia brought the beaver coop co 00 op 01 cattle herd into johns valley about the same time later watkin walkin reese succeeded isaac riddle and raw ran this herd of cattle for fol many years all of these men and their wives were real pioneers clean in their habits and as dependable pen dable as ag the sun aun that gave them light when they spoke 1 I as a lad know knew they spoke the truth around the camp campfires fires at night might their experiences perien per lences ces were told one could feel the power and influence of these great men they talked with the lord as one man talks with another these men never sought the downfall of at his neighbor that he might rise to greater heights but were just brave plain spoken men who ask only to be left to follow their own faith and occupation knowing that the lord lordis Is knocking at the doors of the hearts of all men and that if they would only leave the th latch string on the outside as asJE it always dungon hung on their cabin doors the lord would in and bring peace to their souls 0 it was in this environment that my early was spent I 1 too became a tender of flocks and herds first tor for others and later latee for myself and it was under these circumstances in constant contact with men of like occupation that the ideals and aspirations which aich have governed my life were form ed they were mea insen of lew few words worda these theae silent ridera alder of the hills and plains and tillers of the soil boll wen meu of unsurpassed courage and with hearts as tender as the hearts of od women where acts acia of mercy and service were required as was often the case profoundly religious they held in reverential respect the religion on of others not many audible prayers were nvere said by them but when the days work was finished and the blankets spread down davil for the night many silent petitions went up to the throne of grace in hi gratitude for blessings received and others othera desired it Is up to their sons grandsons and great grandsons to carry on where their fathers grandfathers and great grandfathers left off we hope and pray that they will be as loyal and dependable and their lives as fruitful as the lives of the che wonderful pioneers plo have been and we certainly believe they ww will carry on aay association with these splendid men and women made it possible for me my sons and daughter inlaw in law to give ghe to the church in mis ala flonary work seventeen years one month and nine days ten years as bishop of the ward fifteen years as president of th thu u Pan gultch stake and two terms in ille the state legislature just juat this morning we heard the broadcast from berlin pars london and finland pin land just as plain as if the announcer stood by our side according to newspaper reports the gardane power company cost the electric lights of the garkans power company are converting night into day and may the management never fall fail in their desire to furnish the light the people anticipate and may the gardane power company ever run I 1 thank you W J |
