Show REDMOND redmond the most northerly town in sevier county was settled in the winter of 1875 and the spring of 1876 A canal was built during that period and in 1878 the rocky ford canal was built in 1867 the townsite was laid out niels peterson Pc terson bastholm built the first house of logs the redmond ward was organic td february 25 1877 with john johnson as bishop J P jensen and A P anderson counselors coun clors fourteen families then lived at redmond within the next few years auxiliary organizations organization 3 were effected A land grant of twenty acres set aside by the ward to furnish funds for educating the poorer children was divided among the auxiliary organizations of the ward when free public schools were started the first children born at redmond were marie mane jensen and chas chaa C jensen both born bom in 1876 the town was incorporated october 2 1897 with P F peterson president resident lewis christensen Christens cn chas jensen hans james hansen counselors F P J smith clerk and fred chris marshal in the course of years various public buildings have been erected although redmond is essentially a farming community some development of salt balt deposits haa been made and other industries tried |