Show n t nn ni f DOWN MEMORY M EM ORY L LANE A NE BY AWN AN 0 OLD LD TIMER ER N M 4 in 1865 6 7 black hawk with a band ot or renegade ute indians terrorized south and eastern utah ter territory by stealing stock murdering and other atrocities operating sting mostly irk in sanpete county summit county was at that time the extreme eastern part of the settled territory being hundreds of miles nor northeast north th east or south to any an other settlers and about seventy miles north of ouray the headquarters of the ute indians therefore greatly exposed to indian depredations the settlers few and scattered mostly on their farms arms so col W W cluff commander ot of the militia of summit county ordered all to move their houses into forts or move tout to larger arger villages and scouts were kept out and home guards the people ot of kames kamas peoa geoa and boyts ville moved their h houses auses all of logs into large squares squar es tb the e houses close together dors facing the enclosure e which was to keep the stock in in case of a raid the people of rockport rockfort Rock port moved to wan ship upton and scattered settlers moved to Co coalville alville croyden in morgan county moved to henefer Hc neler this fortifying doubtless prevented a repetition of san pete atrocities as the indians made several raids driving off stock and members of the several companies made arduous trips to recover er them the writer when on scout duty riding through deer valley saw seven deer and called it deer valley which name seems to permanent where park city now Is was then a grove of quaking asp with a few pines scattered through the nearest settlers were at snyderville derville several years later the legislature made an ap proportion prop making the surviving members of the companies several small payments and presenting us with medals WILLIAM REYNOLDS private ja in company B 13 cavalry captain captai n J C roundy boundy colonel W W cluff commanding mr air reynolds tells the following A rich and very pecunia us summit county man was making a speech at a public meeting in one of the towns and said when I 1 first struck this town I 1 had just fifty cents what do you think I 1 did with it the speaker asked an old man under the stand spoke up 1 I know said he be the speaker leaned over and asked the old man sarcastically well wh what at did I 1 do with it youve got it yet w was as the prompt response frank fernette an old time Pr kIte now of los loa angeles california in renewing his subscription to the record the past week wondered how many of the old timers of park city or eles where remembered johnny a once well known character of this mining section |