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Show Sugar House Sermonettes O -' ; by E. Cecil McGavin , This is the second in a series se-ries of articles on early days in Sugar House. II. EARLY SETTLERS The name of Sugar Plouse dates back to pioneer times. Though (there were settlers along Canyon Creek as early as the summer of 1848 the I name was not applied to the community for a few years later. Ira Eldredge has the distinction of being the first farmer on Parley's Creek within with-in the presents limits of Sugar House. In the spring of 1848 he constructed a small ditch and diverted vater from the creek to a piece of land about half a mile southeast of the present site of the stae prison, and produced a crop of wheat, corn, Jmd potatoes. In the autumn of that year Charles Crismon built the first house on the creek, near the spot where the residence of the late Ira Eldredge stood. In 1 1849 several families were attracted to the locality and several cabins were erected erect-ed along the small stream. At an early date President Brig-ham Brig-ham Young built a flouring mill on the creek. l!y S.j3 j there were enough settlers along the stream to erect a small fort about 2 miles south of Canyon Creek. In 1852 a small log school house had been erected on the north side of the stream, near the spot where the old paper mill stood. For several years school was taught and meetings held in that building. In 1852 a school district was organized in the community. The same year the machinery machin-ery for a sugar mill was brought ! from England by Philip De La Mare for the Deseret Manufacturing company. com-pany. This machinery was first installed in Provo, where an unsuccessful attempt was made to manufacture sugar. The following spring the machinery ma-chinery was removed to Temple Tem-ple Block in Salt Lake City where another fruitless effort was made to extract sugar from sugar beets. In 1854-55 a sugar mill was erected on Canyon Creek, which was later known as Sugar House or Paper Mill. From this time forward the n a m e , Sugar House was definitely and permanently per-manently attached to the area. |