| Show TOOELE the utah pioneers under the leadership er ship of brigham young came to salt lake valley on saturday S july 21 1847 on sunday they held religious services and rested on monday they climbed ensign peak and there raised the stars and stripes on tuesday bangham with a company of men went nent out to black rock to view the great salt lake and bathe in its waters while there professor orson pratt left the company and rode around the south shores of the lake and through tooele thoele valley vallel as far as the adobe rock on E T hill just exactly six miles from the black rock where brigham young was camped and then returned and joined the lake party again gning professor pratt the honor of being tho th first of the utah pioneers to enter tooele thoele valley in the winter of 1848 1948 three or four government herders gerders established herding quarters at black rock these herders gerders were taking care of government stock belonging to captain stansbury who was aas at the time fame engaged in surveying the great salt lake its islands and other parts of utah ho however aber itaas it aas was not until some time in the middle of september 1849 that the first settlers entered tooele thoele valley with a view viea to find homes and a settlement judson tolman wife and one child josiah call wife and one child ind and samuel mecham and wife were acre the first three families to enter jocele tooele valley and settle down with the object in view of making homes for themselves and children chil dien the three families came together the exact date mr tolman has forgotten but it was mas some time in the middle of september 1848 in then trails through the valley they took time to examine the best locations for homes and made trips into the cannons and upon the mountains in search of springs of water and groes of timber after a few das explorations they concluded to settle down on a small stream just south of tooele thoele city and the stream has been called settlement canyon creek to this day extract published on history of tooele thoele as copied from the tooele thoele transcript of january 9 1903 front from this small beginning through hardships hunger pain and suffering 10 A 0 1 v r ap W WAITING THEIR TURN came forth the beautiful city of too ele surrounded with wealth and opportunity port unity the oquirrh range of mountains to the east cast are tho the most unique in the entire world moto moie than a third of the entire mineral wealth of the state has hab been taken out of this structure of natural wealth and billions of dollars worth orth of mineral still rent remains ains untouched the oquirrh range extends from the southern shores of great salt lale lake to bingham west nest to stockton southeast to ophir south to old mercur thence into the eureka mammoth and tintic gintic districts the great bingham district supplies the smelter with an endless chum chain of ore by a tram which operates over the mountain a distance of fo four ur miles the mining districts along the oquirrh range in tooele thoele county are among the oldest in the state the stockton district was as opened up by men who aho composed the johnson army which passed through in the sixties and his has enjoyed great prosperity at times and many men have been made rich aiom products of the mine this same district after a lull of several sears ears is now coming into prominence as a camp through new and encouraging strikes of rich ore in virgin territory of old mines going farther south and cast ast to the ophir district we ne find a rather remarkable record in the past awen ty five sears lears the ophir hill mine 01 boned nod and operated by the late senator dark clark has produced upwards ef of 41 70 az k ae X LAMBS IAMBS or OF THE FIRST PRIZE CLASS worth of ore several months back this mine was closed the officials stating thit the property had been mined out millions of dollars worth of ore remain in the is ar S 00 V V k 44 I 1 r F V 01 X 1 1 aw 07 J rt FRONTAGE OF NEW TOOELE JUNIOR SCHOOL BUILDING district hoA however ever and later developments will bring ne new life to this camp the older inhabitants of the state will remember the mercur district when it was aas a rich and prosperous mining city today it is a camp of the past the mines having placed 0 out ut of pasing pacing ore mercur was inas at one time the metropolis of the county and bid strong to remove the county seat from tooele thoele to its prosperous community at the decline of mercur tooele was aas on the incline the int international smelting smelling Sm elting company was as starting the construction of its smelter on the east foothills of the valley and a railroad was being built through tooele thoele to connect with the trunk line of the salt lake route later made a part of the great union pacific system one sear ear changed thoele tooele from a small farming community into a thriving industrial center its growth was as at the time nd ind tooele beyond reason and it has just now reached the place where it can completely fill the clothes tailored for it almost twenty sears ears ago tooele thoele is in need now of a large number of new dwelling places to house its increasing population and the fail of 1926 will undoubtedly see this need satisfied as the smelter is taking a home building program under its wing ving mr harry G baker local manager of the utah power light company and one of our most energetic citizens has taken the time and patience to t 0 compile the fol following loing statistics on tooele thoele city and county this will A ill enlighten the readers on the wonderful growth of tooele since that september day in the year 1847 merely the span of a life time statistical DATA tooele county embraces 8 square miles at an average elevation of close to feet above sea leel ionel population principal towns and settlements in the county lobele county seat grantsville Grants ville ophir stockton all incorporated incorporate d lake point lincoln milton erda st john clover iokepa iosepa chapah wendover gold hill 1 Bur burmiester 1 ire are unincorporated bettl settlements cements county traversed by two national highways the lincoln highway high ay and the victory also traversed by two transcontinental railroads union pacific main line to los angeles western pacific main line to san francisco chief industries of county are smelting smelling Sm elting mining sheep and cattle raising and agriculture both by use of irrigation and dry farming salt making and refining total bonded indebtedness in 1925 was as on a tion of this indebtedness is the lowest in the entire state of utah tax levy for 1924 for county state and schools outside of towns was nas 16 5 mills for 1925 21 3 mills the increase in 1925 was nas due to a 4 mill specia special I 1 tax noted to build the new high school gymnasium and junior high school in tooele agricultural production in 1925 was nas winter wheat bushels spring cheat wheat bushels 0 oils its bushels barley bushels re bushels corn bushels potatoes bushels alfalfa 24 tons tame hay tons wild fqy 1000 tons sugar beets zev cial thou thousand and tons actual figures not obeal obtainable tooele thoele city county seat scat of tooele county utah population industries copper and lead smelting smelling sm elting copper and lead zinc separating concentration lead and cinc refining irrigation farming dry farming fruit raising ele elevation aaion 1900 feet about sea level mean annual precipitation 10 16 1 inches average annual temperature 60 50 degrees fahrenheit with nith a differ ence of 22 5 degrees between night and day mean of last killing frost may 13 mean of first killing frost october 10 10 growing season averages davs hottest summer average temperature 96 degrees to degrees coldest winter binter average tempera aruie minus 2 degrees to 10 degrees fahrenheit city tax levi in 1925 was kas 11 mills bonded indebtedness in 1923 1925 was vvo 00 average pa roll spent in tooele thoele city monthly international smelting smelling Sm elting company smelter and concentrator OU 00 valley ry 0 00 utah po power i er light co 1200 00 Com combined bind metals reduction ducton Re co 00 miscellaneous ore shippers etc 1 00 total 00 tooele thoele city is located on the lincoln highway the natio national nal through road bioni aiom new york to san francisco D and los angeles angel es in the immediate vicinity of tooele city are many beautiful canossi canon si and some good fishing streams tooele has over 1000 homes two L D S churches a methodist and a roman catholic church tooele thoele has good grammar schools and is located one of the tooele county high schools with an enrollment of over students tooele thoele county is a good county to ti ine ive in and tooele thoele cit is a good community to live ine in and be proud of stoin stem friesian and jerseys with the stimulus of fertile pastures flowing wells and excellent markets and individuals 0 of f merit ment for foundational stock the dairy business is bound to grow the accompanying photo shows a type of cattle that will serve as mortgage lifters for any one that will treat them properly these fine me cows cons are owned by H C russell of st john who nho markets whole milk in tintic gintic sheep while sheep has always held one of the most important phases of agriculture of the county since the beginning of its settled history the lack of summer range has placed a permanent and serious handicap on the west sl side de of the county because of and condition of the state the range sheep will nill always occupy an important position in our sheep industry but the growing importance and popularity of the farm flock has recently eaten inroads into the sheep industry of the county hampshire sheep purchased ased ed from the famous herd of sons owned by the grantville grantsville Grants Grant ville sille sh sheep beep club ate aie giving a very nery good ac count account of their breeding and care the following ate aie photographs photo graphs of spring lambs that show tipe qua quality litS substance care a and ad breeding horses while the horse situation tuition si has been badly neglected to the bonow and misfortune of the people we still have a few farmers who he have hane not lost their balance in favor of mechanical po power there ate aie at least six good stallions of the draft breeds ov ned in the various communities of the county the farmers are again taking hold of the tha situation and are breeding in an increased gumbei of mares this season the saddle loving people especially especial lS those who are fond of sad saddle dle sports will be happy to learn that there is increased interest inte iest in the breeding of horses there is one of the goern government go emment ment remount horses standing in the county and will be utilized to his fullest capacity this season the same stallion nias used in the county evl r 7 r 1 Y ri r ir mg t line li it i 1 sic I 1 F 0 4 grantsville GRANTS VILLE DISTRICT SCHOOL the fore part of november 1921 there was nery slight gerdun germination aaion before the ground froze up that fall probable the majority of the s seedlings winter killed the grain came up well in the spring of 1925 and grew rapidly when the ground vas a as dry enough after the winter snow had melted off and the grain was up the field as gone over with the culli pac packer ker which pulverized the few fenn clods left after the winter effect of freezing and thawing and left a fine mulch on the ground samples of this grain won on first and second prizes and sweepstakes in open competition at the state fair besides wheat of the various varieties oats barley and rye produce abundantly potatoes in ears gone by tooele city has produced the champion potatoes of the state but more interesting at the 1923 1925 26 and 1926 27 the levy lcy appears aP Tears rather high but vohen A h on it is understood that 4 3 mills in 1925 ag and 4 5 mills in 1926 2 27 are special tax levies leies for build building I 1 no pup purposes I 1 it t will 11 be seen that thi the lea levy for maintenance is quite low toselo coo 1 e county school district claims to be the first county to abandon the bonding plan for the erection of new school buildings for the more popular plan of the special tax or what nhat may be called the plan of pay as you go ahe funds for the erection of the junior high school and gymnasium in e and the new high school to be built at grantsville Grants ville were raised by the special tax plan to senior high schools are main one at tooele thoele and another at grantsville Grants ville at ophir the ninth and tenth grades are taught and a junior ugh high school is maintained at tooele thoele the school buildings of the district ar are e in mostly 0 alst ly modern and up to date even t the e smaller aller schools many of them hive have modern heating plants and toilet facilities ind and others are being made modern where water is available the new junior high school at tooele was completed december 18 13 1925 at an approximate cost of 00 it contains ten large class rooms and other smaller rooms and one of the finest school gymnasiums in the state of utah used jointly by the senior high school and the junior high school it has a balcony on two sides and across one end which chich together with nith seating capacity on the main floor furnishes ample seating capacity capaci tv for all occasions in one end of the gymnasium is a beautifully constructed arched alcove which provides a place for dance orchestras and has h as proved to be excellent in acoustic properties the music sounding equally well inell in all parts of the building the senior high school building at tooele completed in 1913 is a modern structure in every respect and provides a splendid place for all phases of high school work this school h I 1 because of its standard of work A cork and its organization and administration has recently been admitted to the north western association of secondary schools the grade school building at grants ville is one of the finest buildings of ts its type in the state it was finished in in 1912 contains eleven large class rooms library and office and a fairly good sized gymnasium this building FT rv i za 91 I 1 JW ab r y 41 41 r f Z VF awk A 4 IN aw M A W r 4 v 4 ja y f e v vy ti SOME OF TOOELE COUNTIS PUREBREDS |
