Show 0 C V N of N r T ctet ewla 0 4 C r P KW 3 0 apsy cw ant KS 10 1 ij a t by MRS WILLIAM CHADWICK ROUND VALLEY the first white man to settle in round valley was john cameron this is thought to be about 1860 mr filsht pa shoemaker came soon after he lived at the mouth of a hollow which bore his name john gibby moved there in 1861 with his wife and one child who is now mrs mina neilson of roy utah hen henry ry father in law of john gibby came about 1861 or 62 in 1863 edward geary with his wife and five children came caioli henry klumill also came that year about 1864 came henry ridout and samuel carter and their families mr carter was the first presiding elder of the branch after a few years residence in round valley lie he moved to porterville and henry took his place as presiding elder the people lived by farming and sheep and cattle raising some of them lived in dugouts dug outs some had bad log houses with dirt roofs and dirt floors at one time they were entirely without flour and lived on roots and greens for six weeks the indians showed them the kinds of roots to dig sage thistle and artichokes they had very little trouble with the indians large numbers came through and camped on the outskirts of the settlement the south round valley canal was taken out in 1861 during the bears years 1867 and 68 a number of people came into round valley among them were henry wise august lambert and john johnney ney binsley with their families the place became quite a thriving community on the south side of the river the first school was begun about 1870 with charley watkins at teacher mrs taught later A small log room with a dirt roof was erected and used for both meeting and school house all the first settlers of south round valley have since moved away and only two families are now residing there 1930 george H southam of vernal utah says he was born at round valley morgan county in 1867 his grandfather john cameron owned the hunter farm at one time he says bishop parker took care of his fathers family while he went east to assist with the last immigration in 1868 CROYDON this town is located about a mile north of weber river on creek commonly called lost creek on account of the water disappearing underground and coming to the SU surface lower down in the spring of 1862 george knight george shill and james walder visited this locality with a view to settling there they returned to salt lake city and in july of the S same ame year they came back together with some others and put up hay which they expected to need the next winter G A gondie informs us that his father thomas condie built the first house there that year in november 1862 a number of men moved onto the ground with four families and seven wagons george shill and levi savage had built a log cabin during the summer the company built their houses in fort form for protection red sand rock was used in building the fort in the square inside a log school house with a dirt roof was built this was to be used also for a meeting house the men combined their labors and besides constructing eight houses corrals and sheds were put up at a safe distance to the rear of the houses hay was hauled to cover the sheds and general preparations made for the coming winter fortunately there were no storms or severe weather until the new year the following year a townsite was laid out and several small farms selected an irrigation ditch also was wag commenced at f first the church members belonged to henefer branch and went over thereto there to attend meetings about the year 1865 james walker was appointed presiding elder ile he was succeeded by gorge shill ephriam swan sivan and george knight f during the indian troubles in utah in 1866 the people of croydon were advised by the presidency of the church to leave their homes and move into coalville Co alville they did this but returned again the same season among the first settlers in croydon were thomas condie AV H toone george shill shili charles shill george knight james walker charles bunting levi savage john toone charles blackwell joseph blackwell ephraim swan gibson condie george thackery william chapman solomon edwards thomas cooke william probert john london charles toone and john caste many of these moved away and were replaced by later comers john hopkin william bower W A flagstaff G W bowering E wilde charles cottrell J mole james bosworth rob stokes william palmer john palmer and many others who lived anly a short time in the neighborhood the location has proved to be very healthy the first death a swan child occurred about eight years after the founding of the settlement the first child born was victoria daughter of james walker the people engaged in agriculture and raised all kinds of grain they also raised cattle and horses lion toone says we had to cross the river 13 times to get to morgan it took a full day to go there and back with oxen we obtained most of our provisions from echo two days were required to go to salt lake city by way of coal ville and parleys canyon we are indebted to gibson A condie for the following some very fine tal talented anted people have resided in croydon and contributed much to the community life charles bunting was a painter he painted signs and mottoes some of which adorned the walls of the school house and I 1 believe still hang in the church john toone sr was a splendid musician he with his famous cello or bass viol assisted by jacob and john mole w with ith fiddles furnished splendid music for our entertainments while J bosworth and mr storer called the dances john casto was the chief hunter and trapper john wainwright was a potter charles cottrell a plasterer george thackeray george shill and IV chapman were carpenters solomon edwards edward was a sawmill saw mill man the steers and taylors were fine singers lion toone ex excelled celled in base ball john kirkland in croquet joe mikeiel Mi kesel could catch more fish than anyone J toone jr could ride the wildest horse the range could produce continued one page 4 I 1 HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY continued arop from page pace 1 early school teachers were john wainwright IV chapman charles bunting jr mary bunting john toone george K bowering J S barrett and james M mason in point of service in the community fanny swan and helen thackeray should have first place they nursed the sick and cared for the needy they were country nurse and doctor combined honorable mention is deserved by sirs mrs blackwell and sirs mrs jemima toone 4 croydon has been the cradle of many distinguished people her sons have proved a wonderful asset to other places her daughters have gained renown as teachers nurses and homemakers john hopkin waz was the first bishop ile he was appointed in 1877 continued next week |