Show Early History I S Of Manti Con Continued from two weeks age From a letter from Father Morly Morley Mor- Mor ley ly to President Young dated January Jan Jau- January uary 12 1851 we learn that a gristmill grist gristmill gristmill mill was then in running order The yield of wheat was good tie tae winter was mild snow mild snow not more than six inches deep in the valley and general good health prevailed A number of weddings this year March 11 1851 Madsen D. D Hambleton to Marian Mariah Davidson May l 8 S 1851 Newman Brown to Sarah Petty May S 1861 1851 William Black to toMary toMary toMary Mary Jane Washburn Mashburn all of Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete with father Morley ing On April 29 20 1851 Pr President Young Apostles Kimbal and Woodruff Woodruff Wood Wood- ruff f and others started started from Salt Lake City to visit the settlements in southern Utah and to explore tiDe tae t e valley of the SevIer and other places They spent a few fo days In Manti ManU A meeting was called in inthe inthe n the school house and the visitors organized a high council for Manti ManU In a the evening of the meeting day both the bowery and the log school souse louse were occupied Singing prayer a and d talks were fol followed followed t owed by dancing l until ten oclo o'clock k when whon all retired to their homes highly gratified gratified fied fled with the he manner in which the Sane urne had been spent On Tuesday May 1st the visiting brothers moved south accompanied led by militia men and guards fron from Manti ManU On May an alarm was sound sound- ed Some Somo Indians who had been camping in or near the town left and went as far north as tho the herd corral then made a stop turning loose the horses they thoy had been riding riding rid rid- ing Thoy They went to the herders herder's camp house and wanted to come in The herder Brother Geo Peacock Peacock Pea Pea- cock refused them entrance The Indians went onto the roof of the house and tore a n hole through but instead of going in ln they turned to I new now destruction by setting fire to tot t tH tar in corral When they found that flint J I Ian an alarm had been sent to town I they left This corral and camp camphouse camphouse I house were at tho the foot of the north lane which was wag the tho main road out I of town It was on tho the west side of tho the present site site- of the Manti ManU and led straight north to this corr corral l and then bore off to the bIle J north east cast f According to record two sawmills sawmills sawmills saw saw- mills were started this year rear One I was under the tho proprietorship of I Hamilton Potter and L Lowry wry It t began hegan operation January width Lyman Urman Hemenway master workman work work- man On June G 6 1851 1811 Charles Shumway's sawmill started work and and everything went well 11 It was estimated they sawed abort abo t four thousand feet foet in twenty four hours o n. n The first death th recorded occurred occurred occur occur- red on Jul July 1851 Jerome Jorome Bradley died cIted aged 20 years fears 1 I months and amI 13 days In April of at 1851 the first city I election was hold and all aU free whito white male malo inhabitants of the aga aga of 18 IS years or over wire permitted permit permit- ted tecI to vote The officers elected wore were Dan Jones mayor mayor Jezreel Phineas W. W V. V Cook O. O 0 S. S Cor and James P. P Brown alder alder- aldermen I C men John D. D Edwin Whit hit Ipg Abraham Wa Washburn liburn Geo Goo P. P Billings Billing Isaac Morley 1 Jr S. S II Marble and Brown coun- coun I Continued on paso page I 4 Early n History I I j. j Of Manti Continued from page ono one I To bo be continued I I 1862 1852 I George Peacock was elected pr pro pro- oGeorge o- o l I hato judge and b by joint vote Yote of or the tle legislature and find In March 1852 1852 P pursuant to Instruction he had reP received received re re- re he ho organized the tho county by bya a ip ting ling tho following officers officers' II IL Taylor county clerk I Gardner Snow P. P W W. Cook Coole and James Jamos Richey selectmen Nelson Nelton Higgins sheriff John Johll Lowry assessor assessor as as- t as-t sessor sessor and collector 1 Geo treasurer Albert Petty surveyor j i jand and L L. Silver notary All th these e qualified and entered upon their i duties of office I I Items of importance that occurred occurred occurred occur occur- red about this time lime follow Collow i March 22 22 1852 James Allred and families settled Bottled Spring City In November of 1852 Pedro Leon and anda I 1 a company of or Spaniards arrested I at for selling Indians as slaves sla were tried at Manti ManU and ordered ordered or or- dered to leave loa the county i Continued next week I |