Show historical sketch of morgan county continued from flom last weedu week I 1 in 1868 the union pacific rau rall road was built along the weber river throda through gh morgan county 6 to form j link erik in the first tr driscon tran iscon scon tin railroad today a transcontinental highway barall Is the railroad difficulties in passing through h devils gate prevented entea the weber canyon from becoming the main road of travel into salt lake valley in the aa garly IV days congress granted the railroad p ot of I 1 this b Is county the first telegraph line through the county was built in connection connect ton with the railroad which was completed to a connection with the central pacific railroad or on may 10 1869 at promontory utah in the year 1865 the first fir t school was opened in the home of elizabeth crouch the teacher in 1833 1865 a school house was built and alexander ross a man of little education was appointed the school teacher in 1867 the efforts of the colonizers were hampered by vast swarms of grasshoppers which destroyed fully one third of the crops during the session of the county court held april 20 1874 a motion was passed that morgan county unite with morgan city to erect A 1 good subr sub building that may answer for a court house and city hall the court approved 2000 00 for this purpose providing the agreement gre ement between the city and county could be made the court house was not completed until 1883 and at that time the cost to the me county amounted to this did not include equipment since that time fireproof vaults one for the county and one for the city have been added to the building in 1906 the rocky mountain bell bel telephone company was given a 30 year franchise to maintain and operate a telephone line in morgan county this line was established with offices in morgan city in 1912 C F holding and F A bean obtained a franchise and bull a power plant in hardscrabble canyon but the place proved unsuccessful cess ful during july 1914 the utah power and light company oata obtained in a franchise and built and maintains lines in morgan county tor for electrical power about eighteen miles of the he t old mormon trail are in the east canyon in morgan county where the davis and weber canal company reservoir Is located the dam is feet high and the storing capacity Is 28 acre feet of water tor for ln purposes in salt lake valley I 1 30 miles west farming Is the leading occupation and the dairy and poultry industries dus tries are annually increasing in importance the county also has livestock and mining interests in moderate proportions the plant ol oj the union portland cement company Is located in the town of devils slide the county is noted tor for its high quality peas A large pea can ning factory Is located in morgan city the 1930 census gives the coun countis tys population at 2536 and in 1940 2 the assessed valuation at present Is or 2241 per capita according to the 1934 reports and the estimate of the county assessor this per capita wealth accounted for in part by the presence I 1 of the railroad Is one of the highest in the united states I 1 the me principal towns and cities are morgan city peterson porterville devils slide stoddard milton archville and croydon note inventory of the county archives of utah prepared by the historical records survey division of and professional projects works progress adri administration brilstra no 15 morgan county morgan city ogden utah the historical record survey aug 1937 continued in next weeks news |