Show r N 71 j V S N r 0 P C A 0 qa ctet A ICA abal af 6 Z ff astoor 0 alvr P e op 0 lk syl i continued from last week by MRS WILLIAM CHADWICK EARLY TRADESMEN OVI MORGAN COUNTY the pioneers of morgan county were very much like those of other localities most alost of them were poor and had large families and to provide food and a I 1 id clothing was a great burden besides building roads and ditches and subduing the waste places to make it possible for their descendants to enjoy the present prosperity of the county took a great deal of time they had very little time to think of theainel the Vinel arts in most cases every family was able to build a home and what furniture they needed as well as prepare clothing and food i but we do have some outstanding examples of men who excelled along certain lines we will mention a few of them blacksmiths charles S peterson and his sons were perhaps the first blacksmiths in the county they came here in the year 1855 and settled in the north end of the valley the place is called peterson in honor of mr peterson the first settler his son george built the log cabin which we have on the stake house grounds as early as 1857 7 fro from M the information we have been able to obtain the first white boy born in the county was born in that hou house e charles russel stevena ort September 23 1957 he was thi the second child of roswell and mary ann peterson stevens william was perhaps the first blacksmith blacksmith to locate ca te in the vicinity of south morgan he came from salt lake city where he had been operating a nail factory in the ward and opened a blacksmith shop he built up an extensive business and made considerable money out of it painters charles bunting of croydon was a splendid painter he painted signs and mottoes which adorned the walls of the school house and meeting house shoemakers in the early days phillip of salt lake city built a tannery at peterson this was operated by charles S peterson the dye used in the vat was made from pine tree bark the hides of animals were tanned and made into leather from which peter nielsen made shoes for the early settlers during the winter of 1868 a shoe shop and tannery was established in north morgan james tucker james R stuart david J ross and fred kingston were employed as shoemakers and cobblers later james tucker bought the shop and continued business with james R stuart and james T worlton as shoemakers richard rawle also made shoes there Brick makers thomas brough is said to have manufactured the first brick in the valley A number of brick buildings were erected in the vicinity of porterville from brick made by him lyman porters house now occupied by mr and mrs thomas rich was perhaps the first brick house in the valley john ager made brick in the field south of morgan perhaps as early as 1864 some of the brick made by him are still to be found in the residence of bert allen alien in south morgan about 1865 charles turner began the manufacture of brick from native clay good brick dwellings began to take the place of log cabins the george W simmons house was one of the first brick houses in south morgan this house is still standing as are many others made from brick manufactured at that early day architecture in 1865 martin heiner built a rock house one and one half stories high this is said to have been the first rock house in morgan county it is still in very good condition in the winter of 1868 the people quarried rock and hauled it down dow n from the mountains and the next summer they built a new rock meeting house george simmons was a carpenter besides building houses bouses etc he be also made coffins to bury the dead among the early settlers george criddle of littleton was a carpenter also ile he worked on the st george temple the old rope bed which we have in the cabin was made by mr magleby in 1863 and the lounge was made by james i hansen who lived at the mouth of line creek in milton these articles belonged to the edholm family N C jensen of milton was a cooper and cabinet maker he made many useful pieces of furniture for the pioneers of milton many of which are still in use about 1872 david J ross a petticoat soldier from scotland built a play ground for the ross and azer children chi dren between bert allens aliens place and stake house this served as a public play ground for many years there was a merry go ro round und flying trapeze teeters and small swings for the children with wooden bars to keep them from falling out mr ross also drilled the men of the settlements for military purposes on the city flat continued next week |