Show 10 N r diw az A 10 a p C rn 7 4 bwy vy ft 44 W J owr r y a cite s 0 e J by airs IRS WILLIAM WILLIA 31 CHADWICK L MORGAN COUNTY MILITIA continued from last week george 11 II southam of vernal says lie he has heard his r father tell of the early days in morgan and that at one time 1 his father with money welch and others were sent to devils slide to guard the india indians ns at the narrow pass where the tunnels are now situated mr Sout southam hani tells the story of a man mr cahoon who was scalped scalded by the indians at morgan during durin g the building of the union pacific railroad he says mr cahoon always wore a cap after this even while f eating after the railroad was completed he was given g iven a position as conductor on the line eph ephriam ri im robison of ogden was a member of the militia of morgan Zou county nty he tells of an incident that happened in morgan in the spring of 1865 he says it happened right in the heart of where morgan now stands he and john roe were standing together when a band of indians many of them warriors crossed the river and rode through to town nan they had long poles like fish poles with scalps hanging from the ends of them in the band was one white woman never can I 1 forget says mr robison seeing her with a white handkerchief tied over her head in indian fashion and her long fair hair hanging behind she uttered not a word and we know when n our time would come later we heard that previous to this between green river and rock springs a company of immigrants with wagons had all been killed with the exception of this one woman mr robison says that at one time in porterville the indians demanded flour or they would fight president young had told the settlers to give the indians food to keep them peaceable so they gave them flour and beef and they rode away when the trouble came in southern utah I 1 mr air robison states that davis county militia was ordered out and morgan county militia was ordered to stay at home and protect the settlers here which they did he and several other men were stationed all night at one time to guard the spot where the union pacific tunnels are now philemon C merrill men ill an old officer of the mormon battalion was with them other men were put to guard other places william dickson relates the following incident the indians were very treacherous they had fine horses and could go anywhere over the mountains at one time I 1 visited the camp of washakie the shoshone chief and his men when they were camped in norwood hollow near porterville washakie had been fighting with another tribe of indians and I 1 saw hanging on sage brush the wet and bloody scalps of the indians that his men had killed and brought back with them SCHOOLS the pioneers of this valley were interested in edu education tation on feb 17 1862 as soon as the county was organized organize a commissioner was appointed philemon C merrill james bond john D parker and thomas R G welch were appointed pointed hp inspectors of common schools the court ordered on the same day that there be four school districts created in the county mt alt green precinct district no 1 weber city precinct district no 2 thurston precinct district no 3 and canyon creek precinct district not no 4 on july 26 1862 district no 4 was divided and district no 5 created from part of it the same day the county clerk was ordered to issue notices to the justice of the peace of every precinct asking them to call meetings in their respective school districts for the purpose e of electing school trustees on july 28 1862 school district no 6 was created this included enterprise and stoddard on sept 6 1862 district no 7 was formed this district included all of weber city lying south of dalton creek on dec 7 1863 two more school districts were formed no 8 comprised round valley and no 9 the portion of the county lying on lost creek or croydon the first school trustees of the croydon district were charles shill james walker and thomas condie they were appointed march 7 1864 at the same time dis district brict no 5 was divided and no 10 formed from a part of it on feb 3 1866 district no 7 was organized disorganized dis and annexed to nos 2 3 and 5 and on june 3 1866 district no 11 was created at littleton in some instances schools were held in private residences before school houses could be built mrs cordelia smith writes in her journal that she taught a school in weber valley in 1863 mrs elizabeth crouch taught a school in her home in 1864 and in the same year lucinda brown taught a school in north morgan mrs anna weed taught a small school in her home 1 m porterville perhaps as early as 1862 joseph R porter taught school in porterville in 1862 mr porter taught during the winter months and mrs wood during the summer months the young people of richville went to porterville to attend mr porters school in every settlement the first public building to be erected was a school house which was also used for meeting house and amusement hall ball the first schools in morgan county were run on the tuition plan each family paying according to the number of children sent to school the people saw that this system did not work out very well because where people were poor and had large families it was almost impossible to send the children to school finally the tax system was begun this lifted a heavy burden from the poor people and placed the burden where it could best be carried in 1890 1800 91 there were ten school districts in morgan county with three trustees in each district the districts being peterson enterprise milton south morgan croydon north morgan richville east porterville west porterville and littleton at that time a record was kept of children of mormon parents and the number of children of non mormon parents also if the teachers were mormon or non mormon in the school year ending 1891 all were mormon teachers there were 69 children of non mormon parents and children of mormon parents branches taught were reading writing spelling language lessons in two schools english grammar geography U S history composition drawing in two schools elocution in one school and music in one school charles A welch was county superintendent and jacob continued on page 1 HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY continued from pago page 1 S boreman was commissioner of education with residence in ogden the average monthly salary of teachers was the total amount paid teachers for the year was total value of school property was means for running schools at that time was obtained from district taxes from territorial appointments and from tuition fees funds received that year was was spent for improvements current expenses for running the school exclusive of teachers salaries was the ilie compensation of trustees was paymer payment t of officers appointed by the trustees janitors in the year 1901 02 thomas R condie was county superintendent in the next year there were 12 districts mountain green and stoddard being added in 1895 the stoddard school house was built and in 1896 ea east st and west porterville districts were consolidated in 1896 97 miss emily bohman was appointed county superintendent of schools ls this year the reports do not call for religion of teachers or pupils the words colored or white are arc used in 1897 98 the enterprise peterson and mt green schools were consolidated making nine districts and 27 trustees in the county trustees as follows peterson martin alardin gorder joseph B robbins and john croft milton blinton john thurston andrew poulson and abram madson richville william rich fred dark clark and J B waldron porterville william brough C G porter and thomas south morgan T U butters david coolbear and richard fry jr croydon lyon toone john palmer and charles condie north morgan D A robison charles dark clark and J W stewart stoddard edward charles pentz and ernest lyon in 1899 V R bohman was superintendent of schools and in 1901 thomas R condie was superintendent and in that year north and south morgan schools were consolidated C al croft became superintendent in 1905 and rachel C farley le in 1907 1908 which was the year of the consolidation at this time morgan county had 3 male teachers and 13 female teachers pupils all white 3 children 78 school population enrolled and 52 of school population in actual attendance at school the average monthly teachers salary was for females and for males total amount paid to teachers in 1907 08 was value of school property in the county was in school buildings continued next week |