Show interesting RECORD RECO OF EMERY STAKE re COANT COMPILED V fa ay THE we CHURCH HISTORIAN ll 11 iram 1 acm deseret nw news ater attending sin interesting and successful conference at orangeville Orang eville finery county uth utah on saturday and nd bandit november 12 and 13 23 together wita with elder melvin celb J ballard I 1 made general trip through the almery take stalls 0 f zion visiting every ward and met t clement within the boundaries boun darie of the to am la in the interest of cho tho choch ch th history iho actual settlement by anglo sax of if what hat in I 1 ily known Is 11 cartic castle valle lying oa the h 0 green rl rb t r supe rait east of the Wasa wasatch range of mountain mountains dat dato lack back to 1878 to that dite thi this part of utah wi wi is a favorite rendezvous for the ute ii in deans aad and during the black hawk war in 1863 67 the indian 1 indr their c chief black hawk made numerous aslam into the ami and sevier val vat lya ley to ofell eal borei borses and cattle which they ai AS A TUI rule brought successfully over the mountain mountains into cattle castle valley where the broken eon llalon of the tons try and the long dui tane from ettle settle ln ato A accorded aare safe hiding biding place places for both themselves thema elve and the animals which they had stolen and thua thus they eluded rapture capture by the brave sanpete and so go vier boy boys who frequently to followed the be robber robbers ai am far as a castle valley and in some instances in their pursuits pur euite went a am far east aa as o 0 gaeu river the first bettl A lit fix lii lao valley fount the be bes facilities tor for their en terp rises ou on the three crek now known as a 1 arron creeke creek cottonwood creek and creek others located on price river further north an aul I 1 till still other others a title later on the o ballel let auldy creek a tributary of the fremont river lerron creek cot ton toll wood creek ani huntington ateek form a junction it short distance dil tance east of castle dale ani ant become the san rafael river an important tributary of orcen green river I 1 think I 1 am safe in stating that of all the valley valleys of utah subdue I 1 by ikc tl C hardy i loneer of our state castle valley has in been one 0 of f the hardest see bione tione ions of the country to u to change from a barren desert to a fruitful fiel fiell 1 but li the persistency of the pioneer pioneers anil and jofh bolhen era who have followed in their wak wake ani ant the bleesing blessings of the lord castle valley hae has become a country ia in which thousand thou eandi of faithful latter d day ay have male comfortable home homes the surface of the val ley broken as it li Is can scarcely coin cam I 1 are in excel ace at fertility feti lity with uch such valle an a ailt salt lake utah sanpete San pete se be vier etc Orang orangeville eville and castle dale icv 1 I he follest settlements ett lenient in catle castle val I 1 ley are Orange Oran Reville Ille an I 1 castle ital dale ite vilich wire founier in 1878 cit catle dale is the lie county seats neat while hile orange valle time thus ban nanal el after the late a keeley seeley can I 1 of the finest location I 1 icing cing situate I 1 near the mauth of ct I 1 amoo I 1 canyon in loth toil these those own owns there ire licitly comfor tal li ic and con eon r olioun dw illings one forte of them r it ni leru lern I 1 in vat es it ai I 1 on the I 1 III I 1 ian vil g in III mediately INI latelY t of castle I 1 pate lies danl Is if idly ant an the he kniery boaks at A len y bull linx aln shieh lit 1 t th e prill brincil irin cil ell nl al le of learning in I 1 attry stake bustio dale li is also the of imery eiith ith I 1 are V a native of I 1 I 1 I 1 baini etab aa as pre eilent lent drother brother haindel II 11 lai son a s 11 of the lae at a t I 1 real 1 it ut L G I 1 birson Is t 1 ishol of cat 1 dal while II 11 preside presides as the of orange ill it re itly a goo tool I 1 auto in I 1 lilt lit roa roal I 1 I 1 lax as teen jeen b bilt lilt across 0 tie e nigul out cains froni front astle dilu dale ani Orange Orangel sille lle to in hanpeter county I 1 I 1 t one great drai aek ack to tl at roe roat I 1 will be the of alss pi ing over it alti antoniol auton iol ile I 1 iring tit alil winter inter mont lisp wien wl en the tile nw usually falls to tha th berth of many ninny feet in the intervening mountains clevn milt of castle dale is L II 11 aron foun duft led in lit 1878 the saints I 1 11 I 1 til ills a severe loss lems manh march 0 1 in it tie by fire of 0 bleir air fine since which time meeting meetings an I 1 sunday chool school cri have been held in the diacri t school hou ferrou liar has not grow row i ry ota 14 it of late ar or I 1 ut it or Is 11 mi oi I 1 homes fir fr the pr tnt in habit i ti C dieterie Ie Ive terie terser pr a les ur thia this wa d as bishop northeast orthe ait of erron about four mile miles Is i the tile blew sett settlement lemet of caw law 10 on 1 unta ining about t wenty fly fat fain flit a ta tie e settlement lement 0 L lik 11 ka a I 1 I 1 all ant I 1 little nook ia in the more ext ex entil til a 1 vaclev va hey nn I 1 Is s surround surrounds I 1 I 1 y pont tiofil g od farnklin farn ilin lan ian I 1 thi this bittl late latea rak ig 9 lot I 1 DO aul J or barney 14 i the i r ent sent bishop the of M 11 al at t it t f ir t enllie ait apt of perron tit I 1 rr is rt it k is 1 an tit growth of f ferron an nit I 1 w a our one a town I 1 ut lit a rn nn js tit 11 at t 1 tilo fields belil have been birou den troed t L late tato rear af av the o 0 ising if pal al i an aai 1 thui thus ill tit m ard hail iwin lit I 1 I 1 to a inere bia ba i ot or the tile fr perron rn w I 1 in ie tf f 1 I arl lie th in the 1 Ili tery stake called like the tak I 1 barty thie this little toa ran can I 1 net of or a flie title val 1 4 11 1010 mono lolo lol o n w t i wo C uns clor who have e r I 1 tb her is an a bl buhrie hrie fit for taut i year years befit re that they represent th 1 eat chishol rie in the tho church t at i ito to ay say that these three mn ha a t I 1 long ollit r a IL I 1 Ish with ut an i astige than any other hotho pric in n ill church inre since the church was organize orga I 1 the only competitor fur for that honor R si far an As I 1 know la is the bishopric of kay ville da dau 13 co county lIty atall where is iter peter starton act acta 1 term 1877 1477 t I 1 with li illean 11 II ans and rhoma F allouche touch as a counselors counse 1 lort boucho roue lie died die in 1903 ati an Ill eliho sho clarton an I 1 hh his other counselor brother Ur other wool acted together beur year years longer or of until ma when the bishopric of the ward wa was ehm than it if brother brinkerhoff an I 1 his jl counselors continue nueh laue h longer in their present capacity tapa elty they will certainly gain the tb distinction which they already claim nw how settlement settlement has ha recently been foun lJ northeast of emery on a beau ticul flat containing tome rith rich fanning farming land the infant colony in I 1 tailed called bo ro theater anil and bid bids fair to become a plate place of ome some importance about even seven miles of ca cam tie dale ats the little town of lawr eoe enee for everal several years promised to be one of the beet best settlements in em fry ry county but of late year years it has dwindled down considerably to so that in tead lead of a war ward d the saints there BOW now constitute at branch of the church the largest settlement ett lement in emery take stake ti is huntington situated on hunt ington creek eleven mile miles north of caa a tie ile daft pare here heber leonard presides pre tlde as a bishop the town possesses a corn cam meetinghouse a modern chool school hou house as and a number of stores an I 1 hop shop wh abt 0 give its it mala street quite a cosmopolitan appearance six bill mile miles northeast nor theat of Is i cleveland which bettl ment A en an put ut growth ol 01 ot huntington Hunt inKton and was wa argall lied as a war I 1 in isoo 1890 joseph L lar son on pre alles here a as bishop north ot of cleveland about four miles li Is the new prosperous settlement of eimo elmo wl etere ere george 11 II oviatt preal pre elle les ai am bishop considerable Consi lerable progress reea haq li been ma me ie le here since the settlement aa first boull led in 1909 and tit the e ex flat and goo gool water ater to at es bil bi I 1 fair for the settlement to become bee 0 we a prosperous commonwealth in I 1 tl e near future last ward from eimo elmo about seven mile miles distant Ui tant lies in a pleasant dittli vale the itt lement of victor which ti Is rather a continuation of the inal desert lake here in is some very jona farming land and were it not for the lack of good water for culinary p ir josesp thie this settlement would ba be a desirable deitra blo place for making he homes es As it Is I 1 the water for irrigation purpose purposes ie Is obtained from a reservoir refer voir known ai as desert lake in which the waller is brackish and unfit foi tot ue use in the house hold holds hence the cuttlers lers have been obliged to haul water for family we u e from it distances but relief from this Is i already in eight aloit eleter miles northeast of huntington Is the coal mining town of Mol irlan I 1 where quite a number of our brethren are miloye mp loyel I 1 in the mine these with their la families milies have ven organized into a branch of the church in which rua lay school an ani 1 regular meetings mee tinge ere are hell bell the brinch butrich wa was first org organize anizel 1 31 1913 A sun lay e 8 hool maa wa org organize anizel 1 aei tern I 1 ler er 14 1913 and a belief society jan uary 22 odid ira I 1 strong act acts as of the branch nil tilt arejula re Inee meet lne an I 1 sunday school a bioni dilons are he hela I 1 NN hen lien I 1 kniery mery county wae was first organ izo I 1 in 1890 an I 1 the finery tike alike wa was organ irel I 1 a out tie game same time the county and take stake included all the net et tle lenient ments li it castle allty kallir nna nn 1 lar lat r the coal manlig campe camps in the al aI jacent moun mountain tAlus lilt 1 lit in MI tit he stake wae was the part ety imling th it lien enax on oil tl tie e I 1 rice ri or I 1 ie e ing organ lI into the arlin stake fill hka I 1 p artera nt at I 1 rice I ook for railroad i the of I 1 imery I mery e unav have for many year years I 1 oke I 1 forwark I 1 ti to the time when a 1 1 I 1 ie le I 1 fallt up thrush ha hal A I 1 canyon to connect with the main lein of the denver A hlo illo franl iad a at 1 A rice e but until the presed the desire in this thi dire direction tion la las not lot I 1 leen pen ep curative culat cula lve tive wave of oil en entire tires hao base lat ly struck emery eon ty bit b it go so far it haq ha only meant prot potting for oil 01 the oil welli N which are intended to male 11 all II the I 1 Bb abitanta of castle valley wealthy ibby are still conjecture and fut fatur u re it lt is quite interesting for ft a pela prea 2 who is need used to oad d settlements ments where tiers are ar railroads aud sud other modern modem anve lences to travel la in settlements like those existing tn in emery take stake but the reo 1 there here also 10 lo have many addan take takes I 1 isolated I 1 atell an a they are from the 1 great eater centers of modern civilization tie e saints can tan live their religion rel iRion and thel raino raise their children ch illren in the fear of the lor lori I 1 away from the alu rementa ments of thel the world worlds and ta in meeting if with several ever of the sunday banday schools of the settlements ettle meata in castle valley I 1 wa was particularly im pressed 1 with the a trong and robust lolwing lo liing I 1 and alfo 1 with their good behavior their seeming intelli kence genet aul an purity aad and their commin commendable dable deportment I 1 believe the people of castle valley have over come anost of their difficulties difficult lei and that a bright future now await awaits them meane means have already been davisa dv il it iu some part parts to drain certain sections of the bany touristy oa ny in order to get rid of the alkali and if the process succeeds nothing will prevent emery county from rom becoming beco miny everything that can tan be desired on the part of people who are seeking see liing homes ta to the more outlying die dis tracts of cur great tate state I 1 preached ta in nearly all the settle went ments in emery take stake and read to old settlers cr and othen others the histories 0 of f the several veral te localities totalities making auch such cornec eions find and additions as were foun I 1 essary ANDRLW JESO JENSON halt salt lake city november ov ember 30 1921 |