Show f van S N C pi F N C ae WM vuew 0 affsa ff SA c 00 r MW fr M anit Wn it v b r ot C aai awi Ns U ny 1 I il I 1 by MRS WILLIAM CHADWICK EARLY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH MORGAN it was in 1864 or 65 that the first school was opened by elizabeth crouch at her residence the next year the people undertook to build a one room log school house about where the opera house now stands it was under adverse circumstances that such a work was commenced it took a determined effort and little by little the material was collected and the house erected alexander ross was the first teacher there sam francis A 0 durrant and mrs irs rawle also taught there about 1867 or 1868 the people taxed themselves to erect a brick school house this was opposite the T IV butters residence just north and west of where the present school building is ia it was used conjointly for school and meeting purposes court was held there also theatres theartres the atres dances and stake conferences it was heated at first by a fire place A bowery was built next to it in which the morgan stake was organized in july 1877 this building served the people for fifteen years or more the next school building erected about 1885 was a large and more commodious building than the first one it was a two room brick structure and served the people for many years for all purposes this one was torn down and replaced by the present five room building upon consolidation of schools this building was sold by the board of education to the morgan ward for the sum of among the first school teachers were alexander and david J ross elizabeth crouch ester francis sophrona bull mary ann bunn mrs richard rawle james H mason gunda anderson and charles A welch CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF MORGAN CITY morgan city was incorporated in 1868 by an act of the territorial legislature the legislature outlined the boundaries of the city as follows commencing at the bridge on the county road crossing east canyon creek thence down said creek one mile thence northeast two and one half miles thence skirting the base of the mountains in a southeasterly direction to where the weber river enters weber valley thence skirting the base of the mountain on the south side of the said weber river two and one half miles more or less to the southeast corner of the bradt survey thence 34 of a mile to canyon creek thence down said canyon creek to the place of beginning shall be known and designated under the name and style of morgan city the first election was held on the first monday in august 1868 the officers elected were william eddington mayor richard fry wyman M parker robert hogg charles turner and abiah wadsworth counselors samuel francis and david robison justices of the peace T R G welch marshall and supervisor of streets A city seal sea was adopted with a coat of arms an antelope with cliffs of rock in the back ground and the inscription morgan city morgan county utah it the first police force consisted of james toomer captain thomas sewell and george heiner policemen the first license granted by the city council was to william eddington mayor for merchandising the second was to timothy metz aletz for restaurant feed stable and store in july 1869 the city created the office of water master and robert hogg became the first incumbent richard fry was appointed city treasurer in july 1869 one of the first laws passed was one regulating the sale of liquor the great union pacific railroad was in course of construction as that time and a lot of liquor was being sold both to white men and indians and the city found it necessary to take some action in the matter early in the year 1873 smallpox having appeared in the city and in the county a quarantine was established the disease was checked with the loss of about five citizens in the city an agreement was made between the city and morgan county in june 1874 to build a court house city hall and jail together the building to be feet with a rock basement containing five cells for prisoners and two stories above the basement of brick in 1878 the city council ordered that no tax be collected the reason being that the crops had been practically destroyed by grasshoppers the previous year in july 1878 two hundred citizens petitioned the city council to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquor this ended the sale of liquor in south morgan the petition was granted with the proviso that the agent have the privilege of selling out the stock in hand the people began to feel that the expense of keeping beeping up the corporation over balanced the benefits derived from it the city council partook of the indifference of the people and it held no meetings from september 1881 to may 1882 on which date they again resumed their official duties in july 1883 it was reported that two cells were prepared for the reception of criminals this was the first time that the city was prepared to take proper care of delinquents in september 1884 an ordinance was passed making the Z C M I 1 bankers for the city in 1886 and 1887 two cemeteries had been fenced and improved and forty acres had been purchased for a public park the government of the city was administered by men who labored for the general good of the people with very lit ali U regard for their personal interests continued next week |