Show LETS GUARD WHAT IS LEFT A centennial stora of southern utah by W earl rhinehart district conservationist soil conservation service CHAPTER it Pan gultch hillsdale hatch spry the early agricultural people settling warm lands to th the south give gave very little thought to settling the colder sevier valley john D lee in 1862 1852 called callad attention to the fertile lands at the mouths months of panguitch Pan gultch mammoth and asay creeks in 1864 six families from parowan carowan and beaver crossed the mountain and camped near the mouth of panguitch Pan gultch creek the they y found a region where plenty ot at irrigation water was available and large areas of suited for farming figuring that this was a pretty good place to settle they established a town called fairview the present P Pan gultch itch they constructed irrigation ditches and planted a small crop during the winter 1864 66 when snow blocked the trail to parowan carowan Pa rowan the community was waa forced to subsist on boiled grain and flour ground in coffee mills pear fear of ma utes caused them to have to live in a stockade and they abandoned fairview in 1866 in march 1871 the alle colonists returned to panguitch Pan gultch in 1880 the census was panguitch Pan gultch now boasts over 2000 inhabitants panguitch Pan gultch Is the indian word for fish Pan gultch in late years Is important as aa a supply point along the utah arizona highway and la is the gateway to beautiful bryce canyon its acres ot of irrigated lands comprise a part of the upper sevier soil conservation district upon which conservation farming Is getting a start it serves as it a commercial center and serves it a larger area than any other town in southern utah after panguitch Pan gultch was first settled colonists began searching tor for suitable farmlands farther up the sevier valley which could be made available tor for irrigation G D wilson leading a group ot of 15 families in 1871 settled a river terrace along t the he sevier thus founding hillsdale Hlll sdale this town was about a halt half mile east of its present site fley seventy enty people ten famil families an in 1872 settled the town kofl of aaron near the mouth 0 of f A asay s ay I 1 creek during this same year settlements were sta started arted at the mouth of mammoth homes were selected in Hlll hillsdale sdale proctor johnson mammoth castle and other tributaries tributa ries ot of the sevier river I 1 several settlements along the sevier consolidated in 1880 and grouped together at hatch town the town after consolidation had about people and was cocat od ed at the mouth of mammoth creek because of difficulties in keeping water in irrigation ditches and flooding the settlement from its water supply reservoir the town moved mined to tc its present location in 1900 to 1902 in the same manner farmers north and east of panguitch established homes in red casto lime lima kiln and sanford canyons and at the wide meadows along the sevier spry originally called orton consists of a group of farilla farms and homes about ten miles so il a of f panguitch in 1900 there tire re people living at spry there were 87 in 1940 x I 1 lians inns 11 11 story of gin garfield field county I 1 march 9 1882 the legislature of the territory of utah organized the county of garfield Gartl eld by taking the east part of iron county the organization consisted of the appointment of 0 james henrie ns as probate judge jesse W crosby ira B elmer and andrew P as selectmen the court being properly organized according to law session on march 27 1882 on motion Malion rt al steele sr was appointed county clerk jesse W crosby cr osby was appointed county recorder john myers county treasurer wm win P sar 1 gent prosecuting attorney john E myers sheriff david and james B heywood were appointed justices of the peace joseph houston constable enoch reynolds road supervisor albert delong pound keeper for the panguitch Pan gultch escalante precinct was organized gani zed as follows evan AL green justice of the peace E ed d allen alien constable win will alvey road supervisor james pound keeper may alay 1 1882 school school districts were created at clover flat fiat bear creek hillsdale and panguitch Pan gultch fixing the boundaries of each tile the first settlement of ran pan was made march 16 1864 under the direction of bishop jens with simon mathewson Mathew Bon and james lowder as counselors they built a tort fort in which they all lived was enclose enclosed ed on the east south and west by log houses with posts set in between to make it safe front from indian attacks the north side was left open within tor for tort fort was a large spacious building which served as a school house church building and aniu amusement seme nt hall another building served as a coop co op store the hum of industry was soon to be heard tor for they built canals one out ot of the sevier on the west side to water all the land lying east cast of the present town of pan gultch and the river and one out ot of panguitch creek which covered most ot of the land now known as the south fields A stake and rider commonly known as a fenced all the south field lands and east of town as far north as what was once known as darks clarks farm the first season was short and frost ripened the grain tor for atheni the n so they had frozen wheat for the stapel diet the winter car e on early and heavy snows fell they could not get in or out of the valley alley so they ground their frozen wheat in coffee mills anc am made gruel or mush out of it they had no flour in the tha settlement tl clement some few ot of the bolder and hardier men went on skis as far as Para paragonah Parag gonah onali and paro wan to bring back what they could carry on pull on dog sleighs and by so doing kept the colony alive in late february or early march several of the men loaded their frozen wheat and with six alx or eight horses and a wagon started tor for mantl to get their wheat around they traded it to the la illers tor for flour and tame come home upon return the wo words ads or of ala ander mathewson were ill tell you that the bread made from that flour did taste good continued |