Mildred Mansfield presentation about the Mill Ward [Transcript]

Presentation given about the Mill Ward by Mildred Mansfield to the Uintah County Golden Age Center history discussion group. Topics include: Different Mills established in Ashley Valley; The Hard Winter of 1879 and being snowed in and cut-off from the outside world; Effects of the Meeker Massacre on Ashley Valley; A Diphtheria epidemic, Food scarcity; the necessity of a flour mill in Ashley Valley; William G. Reynolds building the first flour mill powered by water; the flour mill becoming a community center for gossip, politics, announcements, discussions, business transactions, meetings, sports, entertainment, and social gatherings; the establishment of a saw mill powered by oxen teams in 1878 and the saw mill's changes in location; the establishment of a split shingle mill powered by a boiler in 1882, Artifacts located at the local Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) museum; The building of a second flour mill in 1885; Interactions with the Natives; Building of the Tabernacle; Excavating dinosaur bones; The first stone house in the area, a planer mill that moved multiple times; The first Utah sawmill in Parley's Park paid for by gold that Jessie Johnstun sent from California; Johnstun and Snyder families moving to Ashley Valley to range cattle in the winter; The first white woman in Ashley Valley, the first baby girl born in Ashley Valley; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and discussion about what year the planer mill burned down.