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Show I J. F.Wright On "Early Days" H I "John F. Wright, who was bishop of H of Hyrum, Cache county, from 1801 to H i 1001, told an Interesting story on M ' Wednesday of his experiences In Cache t Valley In the llrst settlement of that H i region," says Tho Tribune, "lie said P, i that of the men who pioneered tho tie- yelopment of Cache Valley but live f now survive: Morgans Kvans, John M. ' R. Iilanchard, Hdward Nelson, Ralph I Smith and John I'. Wright. These H , men went into the valley on April .10, B 1K.V), and stopped at what is now m Smlthtleld and put in some crops B They were obliged to return to M Maughan's Fort, now Wellsvllle, where ' there were II vo log cabins, on account H of a threatened Indian raid. Later on fl I they went to Logan, where afterwards . Mr. Wright's father, John 1'. Wright, fl f laid out the llrst three tiers of blocks M In that town running west from and R including the present pubho square ' This was done with the aid of a pocket iBB ' compass, and the squares wcro so accurately ac-curately located that when Jesse W. Fox, Sr., afterwards surveyed the town no change was made In Mr. Wright's location of these tiers of blocks. Mr. Iilanchard constructed the llrst log cabin In Logan, according to Mr. Wright. "Hcforc going to Logan Mr. Wright had been living at Sandy, Salt Lake count-, and Iilanchard and tho others went Ir to Cacho Valley from Farming-ton, Farming-ton, he thinks. lie sajs that the llrst year they raised forty bushels of wheat to the acre, although the seasons, which hac since become much modi-lied modi-lied from their former severity, were early In the fall as a rule. In fact, Mr. Wright says that when he cradled his last wheat In 1S5) he left his tracks hi the snow. "It is one of Mr. Wright's fond desires de-sires to meet with the survhois of that pioneer movement and to talk over and record their recollections whllo yet they arc alive and able to recall circumstances and dates. lie says that in some respects the dates and facts which he gives do not quite agree with written history, but inasmuch inas-much as he was among the plonecis he considers them to be correct " |
